summer gardening!!

July already!!!

plants are happy happy happy with so much sun..... but they also want water... so we have been putting in good watering systems to help out the plants.

THe garden at the women's center has been busy with ART.

we made animals out of paper maiche to hang all over the garden- lots of colors and fun times.

we started with paper and designed our animals- we have a pig, a giraffe, a couple of elephants, a smake, a snail... and others. and then we cobered the paper with gluey paper to smooth the surfaces. THen we painted... and we are going to hang them all around the garden.

We also made little clay moasics to hang around the garden to make it look nice and make the people involved feel connected to the place. It looks nice.

We have a couple of different groups taking part int he activities- a handicapped group and a religious school group, and a college group and american volunteers.... lots of different people- it feels good to hang out there!

and the garden in the city park.. is moving slowly but surely. We are in the midst of creating a flyer to hand out to the neighboorhood to entice the residents to come help out and be a part of the garden project. We have some american volunteers coming to clear out the area of weeds. We also are going to write an ad in the local newspaper. We asked the city to support us and hopefully they will let us use the water in the area- paid for by the city!!! thats the best!!! they seemed to like the idea from the beginning so we are hopeful.

We also started another garden with an afterschool nature club. THey planted popcorn and okra and beans and squash. Cant wait to see how that looks as the summer continues!!!

thats it for now!!!!