We put a lot of effort in to keep the ecological footprint of our projects minimal. This is why we have changed the pump valve design to be created from old potting tubes via upcycling them. As we are growing evermore seedlings, eventually the amount
We received support from Terraformation to set up a solar roof with a small off-grid battery solution to power devices in our seed bank to dehumidify, dry or treat seeds – and not a moment too soon
We are really excited that our partner One Tree Planted has sponsored us a DJI Mavic Mini2 drone to document the work on the ground.
Just a little note to start a series of posts about my visit to Malawi in Jan 2022 and the exciting work I witnessed while there. I arrived in Mzuzu on 7th and left on 22nd and it was pretty hectic in between.
One of our big projects is in the Enyezini area. The area suffers from erosion through deforestation in the last 50 years.
Christmas time. Like every year the workers celebrated the last day before Christmas holidays with a feast at the main office with food and soft drinks.
Today seed distribution has occurred at Ehleheni, Traditional Authority Mzikuwola, in Mzimba district. 50,000 seeds and tubes have been distributed to two clubs comprising 20 members each.
We took advantage of the pump team going to Nkhatabay. We visited a preschool which is in operation. The caregivers were told how best they could teach preschool in the midst of COVID-19.
Here we have very early apples this year but they will take many more weeks to mature. Not sure of the final number but I feel that the farm will produce about 500 apple tree seedlings this year.
Since we focused on planting indigenous trees this year the really serious work has been to find seeds suitable for growing the wide range of Climate, Altitude and Soil conditions we encounter over a large area from Central to Northern Malawi.
29th August 2020: Way back in 2007 we bought a piece of land in Lusangazi about 11 km from our base in Mzuzu, Malawi. It was fully organic from the beginning. We have never used chemical fertilisers and never use noxious chemicals as pesticides. A year later we
Today we went to distribute seeds and monitor nurseries at Jolozi. This place is very far from Mphompha. It took us two hours on a motorbike from Mphompha to arrive to this area.