Picked Nov. 9th. Now that is a meal
It's all in the soil that feeds the plants
A how-to site humanitarian food gardening. 6 months in Africa teaching gardening. We were in South Africa, Malawi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, later on in Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Mozambique. Book - GARDENING for LIFE - No Money Required & 2hr DVD. 4 Sale as a fund raiser. You can communicate Email - rutbuster@montana.net. Our VISION: FOOD GARDENS that never give up producing healthy food year-round anywhere in the world. Call us for hands-on Gardening for Life workshops 406-328-6808
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
21 new Jamaica Gardens for LIfe
YA MON! (a common Jamaica saying). After another successful Gardening for Life mission trip this time to the Caribbean Island of Jamaica.
Here is a great photo of all the help that God sent from the SouthBrook Christian Church from Dayton, Ohio (a 31 person mission team). Together with their help and the support of ACE (American Caribbean Experience) in a few days ... 15 garden boxes were constructed with Bamboo poles for the sides all staked down on a steep erosive hillside. Plus 7 more Food factory gardens were constructed for individuals.
The success has started as these boxes held together in two torrential rainfall events (like several inches of hard rain in a matter of minutes). The boxes have germinated all kinds of vegetables thanks to the Good Lord and a very generous donation from the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company. One miracle (a unplanned blessing) happened, for soil amendment we ended up using several sacks of old chicken manure mixed in with small wood chips that we added to each box. The native soils are mostly hard clay, which is a poor growing environment. The wood chips became a surface mulch and held the soil in place during the wind driven downpour. Strong mulching is a great aid for any gardening efforts in the tropics. Again, thank you Lord.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Here we go again ... off to Jamaica to teach "Gardening for Life" for 3 week in Oct 2010
Wayne contacted "Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company" out of Missouri wanting to purchase some good quality seeds. During the visit, he told them about our upcoming mission trip and they donated 2010 seeds. A huge box arrived at our doorstep with $2,875.00 worth of seeds. Holy Cow, God knows how to Bless people. If you want to look up where we are heading go to:
www.acexperience.org/Home.aspx What a vision they have to help people in need!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Update on Gardening for Life
Update on Gardening for Life (learning how to grow food from small places with less weeds, less water, less work and more fun). And we are starting to think in many pounds (kilos) of food.
The 2010 Montana USA test gardens - we have changed our ways, all because one African fellow looked at the small garden and said: "My 10 kids could eat that puny looking garden in one day" This has caused us to start thinking bigger gardens, larger blocks of food, such as 1,000 carrots in one small bed 4 foot wide by 8 foot long or can you raise hundreds of tomatoes from just a few plants or a wheelbarrow full of lettuce? Stay tuned, as this is what we are learning this summer. See the following photos:
Friday, May 28, 2010
Food Gardening Manual
Please click on the following link to view AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE FOR GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD - Gardening Manual
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32115700/Gardening-Manual-2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Gardening Kits in Africa
These are illustrated HOW-TO Gardening Manuals
called "Food Factory Kitchen Gardens"
They come with seeds and we left all them in Ethiopia.
Pray that they help the people there!
Friday, January 22, 2010
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