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The Farm Group

The Farm Group

30th April 2015: Today we had our last meeting for a while. We had clothes for all, men women and children. They picked their choices in order of farm seniority and great fun was had by all. The three people who decided to complete a job on the upper field were

Grafting Mango

Grafting Mango

19th March 2015: John, Benidicto and Laston are re-grafting mango that have failed to take. I'm sure Alepher will we asking serious questions, or at least I will on Friday next when we arrive.

Turning to business 8thJan2015

Turning to business

8th January 2015: Since we arrived in Malawi I always had a view that Malawi should contribute to its own development. Pumps and wells are what we are there for and are free to everyone. However we started farming to show what could be grown and how

Farm produce

Farm produce

5th October 2014: This picture comes from the garden part of the farm, where they grow, demonstrate and research vegetable growing. We use only open pollinated seeds with no artificial fertilizer and no noxious chemicals. We are fully organic and more. The farm also has a conservation farming

Seedlings

Seedlings

20th September 2014: Now that we have 25,000 improved variety fruit tree seedlings propagated where do we put them. We have the hot dry season coming up so we will have to build a shade for them. We will use local grass in preference to netting which

Production Line

13th September 2014: These guys are relentless. They are so systematic and of course have to be. We had a team building meeting at the beginning of the year to look at trying to organise our production. I asked if we could REALLY produce 15,000 seedlings for January 2015. One

Farm visit & report

Farm Visit

2nd April 2014: Alepher (and Linda) popped to the farm to, as she says, supervise & monitor the work. BENEDICTO Talked to Benedicto who is in charge of the orchard, it was noted that Benedicto has started clearing the upper orchard , and supported the fruit trees. She advised Benedicto that

Laston - fruit tree propagation

Laston

20th March 2014: Laston This is Laston checking some newly budded orange plants. He came to work for us a year ago and after a very successful year of initiating conservation farming system in the upper farm, he has come to the fruit tree propagation area to

Extracting lemon seeds

Extracting lemon seeds

7th March 2014: Gallons of lemon juice thrown out. No matter how I tried our farm women could not be convinced of its value. They never drank it before and they won't start now!!

Having a go

Having a go

16th October 2013: This young man offered to be the first to have a go on the new pump. This was a very remote village about 35 km from Mzuzu. The chief came to Harisen to ask if W4Z could help with three pumps and here we were. The

Horticulture Conference

Certified Seedlings

This is the Conference where Robert made his impression. So much so that we had certification of our seedling growing and Ministry orders promised. Robert is back left hand corner of the picture. Read more here

Wezzie collecting lemon seedlings

Wezzie collecting lemon seedlings

18th September 2013: These are potted lemon seedlings for next year's crop of improved variety Oranges, Satsumas, Kumquats, Grapefruit, Limes and Tangerines. Yes, they all come from the same rootstocks and become what they are by a process called budding. All our people on the farm and hundreds

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