Garden to Market- Helping the poor to grow food!

In Thailand we have had lots of rain and sunshine which has created the perfect environment for a bountiful harvest in our garden.

We constructed a fame using old bamboo so that our marrow plants could climb and grow marrows. Using this method, they are off the ground  and this protects the fruit from rot when it sits in puddles of water after heavy rain. The plant has grown so fast, in just 3 weeks the vine has covered over half of the frame and is producing lots of fruit. 

Our banana trees are producing large hands of bananas which are enjoyed by the families we feed each week as well as the people who live ot our housing estate. Nothing is wasted as the stems of the banaba hands are chopped finely and dried in the sun. These small pieces are then sprinkled around the garden providing a great source of potassiam and other nutrients to our plants. 

The chickens are laying lots of eggs and we are collecting between 15- 25 eggs per day. The shells are dried out and crushed to place on plants around the garden.

We were gifted with many cactus plants and the youth who live out our housing have been given these to care for. On October 1st, we will be having a fair where they can sell the cactus. 100% of the money with go to the youth who cared for that plant.

We have had great success in growing new plants from cuttings which we have been able to give to families in the slum so they can grow herbs for their own needs.

Thank you so much for supporting this important project.

Links:

• Hand to Hand Foundation