Ready for new cultures
posted in: Burkina Faso, Raised garden beds, Yagma Garden - Ouagadougou
The cultivation boards are ready for new crops, in the shade of papaya and moringas in the garden of the Yagma school.
Washing vegetables
posted in: School garden - Hlohlo region, Swaziland, Water management
Designing Hope undertook an awareness campaign on water saving. The washing of vegetables can be a source of waste, when it is done with running water at the exit of the tank. The purchase of basins for this purpose by … Read More
Our chicken coop
posted in: Crops and livestock, The Grand Potager - Lauris
We welcomed our chickens and their first eggs. An enclosure has been built for them so that they can move around safely.
Summer vegetables at the Traversine
The garden of Traversine in Paris benefited from an exceptional sunshine. This first year of cultivation was a successful test for several crops: very prolific climbing beans, tomatoes, squash, salad, corn …
Saint Paul’s garden
posted in: Chicken, Crops and livestock, Saint Paul school – Leribe
The henhouse of free range native hens is booming! The laying hens have been isolated and there have been several births. Therefore the number of hens is about 80 hens. The vegetable garden is covered with cabbage and spinach, adapted … Read More
Alternating plots for animals and crops
posted in: Chicken, Crops and livestock, Saint Paul school – Leribe
A sas was built, with 2 doors, to control the exit of animals and direct them to one or the other 2 plots being intended alternately. This will make it possible to cultivate on a parcel benefiting from the manure … Read More
Construction of a mobile henhouse in Lesotho
posted in: Chicken, Crops and livestock, Saint Paul school – Leribe
Imagined for the Grand Potager de Fontenille in the South of France, here is a second application of this mobile hen house concept, in Lesotho this time, in St Paul school for the deaf in Leribe. The realization of this … Read More
Installation of a drip irrigation system on the mandala
posted in: The mandala, Water management
A drip irrigation system has been set up on the petals of the Mandala of the Grand Potager. This irrigation system is particularly adapted to the shape of the Mandala, because it allows to irrigate the plantations without watering the … Read More
The mobile henhouse
posted in: Chicken, Crops and livestock, Rubric farming techniques
The mobile hen house has doubled its capacity! We added an additional 4m module, in the same width of 80cm, which allows to increase the capacity in hens, which are now 10, and the weeding capacity.
Milpa and biochar
posted in: Biochar, Companion planting
2 cultivation plots of 14m long were set up to carry out 8 experiments on 24 squares of 50×50 x50cm deep. Experimentation of biochar on a plot of Milpa The milpa was chosen to experiment biochar, as it allows to … Read More