February 18, 2023
Charcoal seller to indigenous Seed collector
Phillip Siniza used to cycle about 60 km every day to transport charcoal to sell in Mzuzu so instead we asked him to collect indigenous tree seeds for WfZ
February 6, 2023
Biodegradable Potting Tubes
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
March 17, 2022
Drones, Panoramas, Mapping
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.
November 17, 2021
Soil Erosion control
One of our big projects is in the Enyezini area. The area suffers from erosion through deforestation in the last 50 years.
June 7, 2018
Counting tree seeds
Our plan this year is to plant 1 million pine trees for forestry regeneration, Eucalyptus for poles for a quick return for the poorest and then some firewood trees, fruit trees and nitrogen fixing trees as well. Our big first task was to locate the pines
March 8, 2018
Its called Mulching
8th March 2018: This is Martina placing tephrosia leaves around the growing Maize. This is our favourite super plant. We grow thousands of trees of tephrosia. At this stage of the growth of the maize plants, when they are flowering, as they say, a covering of Urea (an
January 4, 2018
Tomatoes
4th January 2018: Tomatoes are a big part of the Malawi diet at village level. Sadly we can't grow the local varieties successfully on the farm. We refuse to use noxious chemicals, so the local, GM varieties are attacked by pests the we can't control with our
December 22, 2017
Mango
22nd December 2017: In our twelve years farming in Lusangazi, we have expanded our horizons considerably. Besides organic/sustainable/agro-forestry, we have a big focus on producing improved varieties of fruit trees. We now have nine varieties of Mango, which extend the season in which mango is available to eat.
September 20, 2017
A way out of Slavery for Women and Girls
Women and girls carrying disease ridden water, long distances all day every day on their heads, is modern day slavery. The Zoë pump is causing a quiet revolution against this horrific waste of time and talent which is certainly contributing to the economic disaster, that
August 3, 2017
Stoves for Zoë
3rd August 2017: Some time ago I designed a little zero cost (almost) wood burning stove for cooking. It is built from local bricks, available in every village free. It is built with soil from ant hills (also free!). And it is built by hand or hands; no
July 9, 2017
Pine Seeds
9th July 2017: This is a small part of our pine cones in the warm shed. They are crackling away and ejecting their seeds. There is huge demand and our guys are on the job
April 4, 2014
Venice
4th April 2014: Our irrigation system in Lusangazi farm is fairly simple. We have a series of channels around each garden, all fed by collecting water and piping some in from a higher level on a stream elsewhere. Dave and John are seen here lowering the trenches to
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