By Marine Servonnat | Project Leader
The Sasekile Gardens are coming along and developing at an amazing rate. We are more than half way through building the fence and it already looks really nice. The gardeners are really proud of it! They are also taking good care of the garden by removing aphids very often and by keeping the path clean. The vegetables are growing super fast, it's amazing to see the differences each week. The team have also started to put in place an innovative watering system with 2L plastic bottles. By planting them upside down in the soil, we won't lose water through evaporation and because the water goes deeper in the soil the plants will grow deeper and stronger roots. The gardeners and the volunteers are already collecting them and we have already planted 15 of them. Adding to that, we put in place mulching. The idea is to cover the soil with a layer of hay/dry grass in order to retain the water in the soil and to keep it protected.
The gardeners have planted their own seeds which isa big responsibility as they have to get seedlings ready before the next planting season.
The next steps are building the compost bins and to get some aromatic herbs to fight against some pests.
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