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August missions update
RWENZORI SCHOOL OF PREACHING – UGANDA After two quarters have been completed at the school there are many milestones to be reported and much to look forward to. The students regularly go on evangelistic campaigns which have resulted in the planting of 6 new congregations and over 150 baptisms. They are truly putting their education…
Read MoreMarch Haiti Trip
In March, Gregg Knight, Brandon Myers and I traveled to Petion-ville Haiti (a “suburb” of Port-Au-Prince) with the goal of installing a dutch bucket hydroponics system on the roof of an orphanage. We had a great trip with much success. We were able to install the system and 40 tomato plants are growing strong right…
Read MoreFarm update for October
Tonight we were bottle feeding our baby 4 week old calves and my son Pike was gathering eggs. He came running to me excited about something. He was cradling an egg from a chicken that was nearly twice the size of a normal chicken egg!!! It was so large in fact that it would not…
Read MoreHydroponics nutrient “recipe”
Several people have asked for my nutrient mix recipe, well here it is. It is not original by me, I learned it from mhpgardener on YouTube but it works amazing. This mix is added to five gallons of water (preferable rain water or well water). This is the strength for tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. It’s…
Read MoreI love “suckers”!!!!
Today I went to greenhouse to check on out hydroponics unit and found a pleasent surprise. My suckers that I cut off of our indeterminent tomatoes had successfully rooted. Check out the size of these roots! We cut this sucker on Friday Sept 27. They are over 4 inches long. This is amazing! I love…
Read MoreDutch buckets are up and running
Today we received our nutrient solution for our hydroponics system. We planted tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, cucumbers, multiplying onions, and squash. The whole system is running great! Tomatoes Multiplying onions Swiss chard I also took a picture of one of our feeder pigs. She is growing fast and strong!
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