... and the WORK is light...
A student can get frustrated when they believe that a project or assignment is beyond their ability. The same is true when it comes to farming. If someone believes that the work is beyond their ability, available resources or income level that might not even give it a try.
That is why we are working hard to split our farm up into smaller projects to show students what is possible with just a little piece of land and a light work force...
Below is a picture of our rabbit and goat barn with a small scale garden in front... nothing fancy... just two and a half rows of tomatoes... to keep the tomatoes off the ground a simple structure was formed out of sticks found on our campus and so hand woven rope...
Anyone want to guess how many tomatoes we have harvested from these 2.5 rows?
This past season we have harvested over 250 pounds of tomatoes from this small garden!
Using local materials and farming practices which includes the use weeds we have cut from around the campus for mulch...
The harvest has been so large that we were forced to sell off many of the tomatoes to our staff and the local community because it was too much for just our students to eat!
Just another way we are working hard to show are students what is possible when they use the resources that God provides!
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