How Does Your Garden Grow?

This past week we've been going throughout the Hawane community and following up on the Seeds for Swaziland gardens that members of CLC Dayton planted last August.(Remember, Swaziland is south of the equator, so right now it's late summer. Here are some photos of those gardns.











As you can see from the pictures below, we have also been doing some fall planting. Gardening with people such as Gogo (grandmother)Phiwa and several other members of the community has really made this suburban girl adjust to life on the farm. Community members taught me how to plow, plant, water, and anything else you can think of. Several of the students from the Lighthouse Life Skills School were able to oversee the planting and turning of the gardens and help gogos and "makes" (Siswati for "moms" and pronounced "magays") throughout the community.












Hawane CLC is also partnering with a local school to have a garden for the students. One day during school hours, several parents of elementary age children came out to work on the school garden. It was really nice seeing the whole community come together through gardening.

It was also fun watching Pastor Augustine of Hawane CLC attempt to plow a local garden. After slipping on several rocks, he finally found his part as “distributor of the fertilizer.” Haha! I really respect him for trying but more importantly the community is really thankful for his hard work.

Gardening has been an effective outreach to meeting the needs of the Hawane community - both physically and spiritually.

Posted by Waheedah Pugh - CLC Extended stay traveler to Swaziland