In order to fill the beds of cultures of the St Paul’s Palesa garden, the children with the assistance of the gardeners carried out sowings in cup for the species which does not require sowing in direct (squash, melons, tomatoes, … Read More
At the Gouloumbou farm, the plants that were transplanted a few weeks ago are starting to produce their first vegetables. The different varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers and chili peppers have started to grow inside the greenhouse. The tomato varieties … Read More
Early 2021 thanks to the support of @the-ivory-foundation, a well was dug and a water tower composed of two reservoirs was installed at the farm of St Paul (Leribe, Lesotho). These installations secure the water supply in school and compensate … Read More
The Gouloumbou greenhouse was ordered from a designer based in Dakar and was transported to the site and assembled by 3 technicians and assisted by the entire farm staff. The assembly was done in several steps and by several teams: … Read More
To prepare for spring, spinach seeds and young shoots from the bioclimatic greenhouse of the Grand Potager of @domainedefontenille were sown and transplanted onto a cultivation bed previously weeded and prepared using the campagnole. In order to stagger the harvests, seedlings … Read More
“Alone we go faster, together we go further”, African proverb (quote). With the help of the farm’s trainees, preparation of the trays with the 9 varieties of seeds supplied by our seed partner, Agrosemens: tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, courgettes, … Read More
As at Bercy school in Paris, we involved the children of St Paul’s school in Hlotse (Lesotho) in the decoration of wooden flowers which take the silhouette of Thebe Magugu’s flowers. Once decorated, these flowers will be varnished and fixed … Read More
In order to protect this new garden from damage that could be caused by farm animals, 60 meters of wire mesh and 30 poles were purchased to construct a circular fence. This fence was installed 3 meters from the trapezoidal … Read More
Palesa Garden’s plots are filled with a mixture of soil, compost and biochar. Biochar allows better retention of water and nutrients in the soil. A circular fence, which will be planted with fertilizer trees, will protect this garden from damage … Read More
In order to allow the children to cultivate a larger area, we decided to create 8 extra wooden plots at the end of each petal of the mandala. As St Paul’s school has 4 classes, each class will be … Read More
