Sho Sho Garden September

I wanted to supply a quick update on the demonstration garden run by the grandmothers.  A week or so ago Maai Mahiu received an abnormal rainfall in one day, even hail. Yes hail!!!  Which was truly a site for the local town as many had never seen golf ball size ice cubes hitting the metal roofs.  That all being said, and though it sounds exotic, it was far from.  Since the town has no real drainage system, runoff simply does just that, run off.  The soil is often so hard packet that there's also very little sponge action.   So guess what?   The town is at a slant and what of all things lies at the bottom, yes the Sho Sho garden.    The rain was so hard and runoff so strong that it even washed two young girls away.  Thankfully they were rescued and are doing fine.

When I arrived the next day the garden was a mess.  Stacks of garbage and all the drip feed systems all over the place.  I was very worried that we were going to lose all we invested.  But never fear the Grandmothers took over and within a day or so it was cleaned up.  I wish I had took pictures of the "garbage day" but what I do have pictures I took just yesterday.  As you can see the garden looks even better than ever with more crops planted, sack gardens going crazy and the drip feed systems producing tomatoes, onions, spinach and kale.  Take a look at the pictures from the previous post as it gives a good comparison to less than a month of additional growth.  Good job Gramdmas, always knew they had it in them.  Also, included is a picture of the two donkeys and cart that were donated by the Kansas State team.  Little business for the Grandmas and guaranteed water to the garden.