Great cabbages and tomatoes from seeds sent by our good friend John Curtis after whom the gardens are named, and tended by Timothy’s gardening squad. These are photos from October and most of the vegetables have now been consumed. However, the new season is starting. Ridges have been prepared for maize and vegetables, and many different seeds kindly donated by John have been sent out by air freight. There are some different flower seeds, too, for the children to nurture.
Healthy female and big male kids
Another healthy female
Vegetable garden with carrots, mustard, rape and cabbage growing well, and plenty of room for new seeds just arrived – Levison, Timothy and the agricultural students have been very busy
Levison and an extremely heathy mustard crop
The John Curtis Vegetable Farm
Rape growing well. The leaves are used to make the relish to go with the staple nsima
Rape and first crop tomatoes
Carrots and tomatoes sown here, irrigated by small diversions in the river
Carrot and tomato drills
Some of the agricultural students learning how to lift and care for the sweet potato crop
The John Curtis Potato Farm
Agricultural teams helping with the harvest, singing and dancing round one of the maize stooks - holding cobs aloft
Maize cobs: a bountiful harvest
The first seventy-three 50g bags and still much more to be treated and bagged
