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Making Something with Nothing: The Rubbish Garden
This is a story about how a group of women changed their lives using only what they had _ though it seemed they had nothing at all. The story starts with Shirley Sifunda, a community outreach worker in Matsulu, a small village in South Africa. Shirley met with the village women to talk about their…
How Bees Help You Make Money
Can you name four products that bees make? Honey, of course is one. Then there’s beeswax. Two lesser known products are pollen and propolis. In a few minutes, I’ll explain what these products are. Then I’ll discuss some ways you can use honey, beeswax, pollen, and propolis with your food for your health or to…
How Bees Make Honey
Bees always look so busy! Have you ever wondered what they are doing? How is it that they make such wonderfully sweet honey? If you keep bees, it is important for you to understand bees and how they work. Then you can manage them properly and get the most benefit from your work. Bees live…
Why Plants Make Good Neighbours
Plants can be good neighbours or bad neighbours. Some plants help each other and grow stronger when they are planted together. Some people call them good companions. Other plants growing next to each other do not benefit one another. In fact they may grow poorly side by side. They are bad neighbours and should not…
Compost – A Wonderful Food for your Garden
Today we’re going to talk about compost. We’ll explain what compost is, and why it is good for your soil and plants. Then we will tell you how to build a compost pile. Compost is a dark brown or black material that looks and smells like soil, but is lighter in weight and more crumbly….
You Can Make Compost in Two to Three Weeks
Save and edit this resource as a Word document Imagine this. You will be ready to plant your garden in three weeks, but your soil is poor and needs fertilizer. You’ve heard that compost is good fertilizer and will make your soil rich and your plants healthy. But there’s a problem. It usually takes three…
Make Compost as Your Vegetables Grow
Imagine this. The rainy season is coming and you’re ready to plant your vegetables. Adding compost would be the perfect way to make your soil fertile. But you don’t have much compost available, and you don’t have time to make it. You’ve cleared some land and the ground is covered with the branches, stems, and…
A Mother Helps to Start a School Garden
Planting a school garden is an excellent way for children to learn many important lessons. As the children are planning the garden, they will learn about the connections between agriculture, the food chain and the environment. While working with soil and plants, they will learn about the biology of plants and microorganisms. To grow crops…
Choosing a School Garden Site
Planting a school garden is an excellent way for children to learn many important lessons. As the children are planning the garden, they will learn about the connections between agriculture, the food chain and the environment. While working with soil and plants, students will learn about the biology of plants and microorganisms. To know where…
The Many Uses of Bitter Leaf
In tropical countries, bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) is a widely used vegetable, especially in the southern part of Nigeria. This small evergreen plant grows well in both the dry and rainy seasons, and has many uses. Rural and urban women earn extra income by selling the leaves in the market. They must wash the leaves…