Friday, April 27, 2012

Garden Time

On one of the photos you will notice Elder Grimmett on the left.  The Elder with the shovel is demonstrating how to make the rows.  The Church garden projects started 20 years ago in Peru and have been successful in various places around the world.  The soil here on the Navajo reservation is devoid of nutrients so a department at BYU examined the soil and decided on what might work to grow gardens.  Last year was the first year  of the project and it was very successful.  We are signed up this year to have a garden so will send photos during the summer to follow our progress. Right now we just have the sheep manure spread on the dirt.  That will be followed by a thick layer of sawdust and on top of the sawdust will be fertilizer and then comes the tiller which is lent out by appt.  Right now the tiller is in need of repair so Elder G. is thinking he’ll just buy one because time is a wasting.  More to follow.

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