Economic Growth South Africa Project #5984

Ecovillage: Uplift 20000 squatters in South Africa

by Reid Falconer - Individual Grantee

Project Report | Oct 18, 2010
Do It Day at Indlovu.

By Reid Falconer | Project Leader

Container Gardening

Hi to all our wonderful supporters!

Yesterday was "Do It Day" at Indlovu

The event was a huge successes. Many Volunteers came out to show their support and we got the children from the youth centre involved so that they could a) learn how to plant, b) take care of the gardens and c) harvest the fruits of their labour. Volunteers brought bags of compost, potting soil as well as bags of manure and hand tools to work with.

As you know the soil at Indlovu is just sand so we are initiating container gardening. This will be the best thing to do. The day was amazing and we have now started to implement one of our many ideas for Indlovu.

Items used as containers:

Baskets

Suitcases

Crates

Buckets

Waste bins

Tyres

Pallets (can be stood up and wired together to form a BIG box)

Baby baths

5 litre plastic water bottles

Sacks

Bathtubs

Laundry baskets

Old vibracrete walling is very useful for making large beds

Food planted:

Spinach/swiss chard

cabbage

Brinjals

green peppers

chillies

tomatoes

potatoes (bring all the ones that have sprouted in your veggie rack)

sweet potatoes

granadilla

rosemary

sage

celery

parsley

marigolds

nasturtiums

Butternut

pumpkin

runner beans

carrots

lettuce

Thank you again for your support.

Reid Falconer
Project Leader

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