We laid out the whole project today, which consists of almost one acre of vegetable gardens and moringa groves. Once the irrigation project is complete, hopefully we will have a Garden of Eden that will provide food for 200+ orphans, the church planting school, and funds for the orphanage. Hundreds of feet of ditch were dug & most of the material was ordered or purchased. Jack's knowledge of farming was put to good use - for someone who claimed he doesn't know much about irrigation systems he sure has an incredible hidden talent! There is a lot of potential and the soil quality is good. With irrigating, the garden should be able to produce year round instead of only during the 5 month rainy season.
By the end of tomorrow we are hoping to have the pump wired and pumping water. The irrigation network system will not be in place yet since we are waiting for the manufacturing of the pipes (plus this is not exactly a one day project anyway).
Jim (aka, Bashi Tannen)
PS from Dr T: The Zambians would gladly compliment these two gentlemen with the following expression: "MWA BOMBENI EPASHILI PAKULEKA" (well done, keep it up!).
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Digging ditches is hard work--however the fruits of this labor will be put to so much good. My prayers are that all the supplies will be delivered as planned to make this project one day complete. Blessings from the Calif mom
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