Harvesting eggs at Roosboom’s chicken coop
Today, the children take care of the chicken coop. The chickens have started laying this week ! The manure and straw are used for incorporation into the compost and enrich the garden.
Yagma under water
posted in: Burkina Faso, Water management, Yagma Garden - Ouagadougou
The rainy season has arrived … The garden of Yagma was partially flooded, the garden very soggy.
La Traversine – Filling of the trays
The construction of the beds is finished, they must now be filled! The first step is to cover the inside of the beds with a waterproof plastic sheet. For this, we used the bags of potted soil, recycling what could … Read More
First fertilizing tree seedlings – Yagma
posted in: Agroforestry, Burkina Faso, Fertilizer tree, Yagma Garden - Ouagadougou
The fertilizing trees are now ready to be transplanted onto the growing beds.
Fertilizer tree nursery
The compost was used and incorporated into the plots. The shaded hut and the trenches dugged for the compost will be used now as a nursery for the fertilizing trees. Plastic bags, filled with a mixture of soil and compost, … Read More
Macambeni – creation of a pond
posted in: Swaziland, Water management
Below the garden of Macambeni, a wet area offers accessible water for the garden. In order to facilitate the collection, a small staircase is dug in the slope of the ground, and a small pool allows the water to be … Read More
Planting Chaya – Ladysmith
posted in: Activity session, Fertilizer tree, Rubric South Africa, Seedlings
Chaya is a plant of Central America similar to spinach. Chaya is easy to grow in temperate climate. It is tolerant to heavy rain and drought. Propagation can be done easily by cutting 20cm of the stems and planting them … Read More
Macambeni – Preparation of the soil
posted in: Compost & fertilization, Swaziland
The first step in taking over Macambeni’s garden consisted in clearing it. Dry grasses, cuts of trees and bushes were recovered to form a compost prepared under a garden tree. The soil extracted below a swamp was used to enrich … Read More
Preparation of compost beds
The first step in the launch of the Koudougou garden is the preparation of the compost beds. Two trenches 7m long and 1m wide, 20cm deep were dug. The first trench is used for the creation of the compost bed, … Read More
Grand Potager – Setting up the composting area
posted in: Compost, Compost & fertilization, France, The Grand Potager - Lauris
A composting area of 20 meters long has been set up on the Grand Potager, in order to upgrade green waste and create compartments for the storage of elements in different stages of maturation, as well as to allow them … Read More