Greenhouse is moved!!!
Today we went to Kirbyville TX and deconstructed 90 x 30 greenhouse. A special thanks to Trent And Kade Sherwin, Doug Tibbits, Jori Higgins, Greg Caldwell and my wife and children for helping me today. It was hot and humid and fire ants were everywhere!Here is the greenhouse before we tore it down. This is Pike…
Read MoreHere are some new pics I took this morning in our greenhouse. The growth in one week is extraordinary. One of the tomato plants has reached the ceiling!! Tonight we will move the strawberries to their own system. Tomatoes Swiss Chard Multiplying onions Yellow Squash Blooming Strawberries Tomatoes and cabbage
Read MoreHydroponic strawberries are blooming!
Our Allstar hydroponic strawberries are blooming this morning. They are growing so fast in this nutrient solution from Amhydro.com. I can’t wait to eat the first one!
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!
Read MoreHydroponic strawberry towers and Dutch buckets
Today we have been constructing our vertical strawberry towers which will grow 65 plants per tower. They are made out of NEW 4 inch sewer pipe that is cut in 5 ft lengths. We the mark and till all our holes offset from each other 2.5 inches horizontal and 2 inches vertically. This a picture…
Read MoreNew greenhouse is finished
Thanks to the help of Doug Tibbits, Paul Praschnik, and Trent Sherwin, we have finished our new 10 x 12 hydroponics greenhouse. Almost all of the supplies were donated or recycled! I’m looking forward to growing food year round in it! This is it finished with the shade cloth to keep it cool during the…
Read MoreAugust Update
We are continuing on with our work as usual. We are currently planning on traveling to Ho, Ghana in West Africa next month. We will be teaching how to raise peppers and tomatoes and working to improve the schools farm. I am looking forward to our time there. We are also working here stateside to…
Read MorePignon and Cap Haitian and back
Over the last few days we have traveled to Pignon (in the dead center of Haiti) to Cap Hatian (the far northern coastal city) and back to Port Au Prince (the far southern capital city where we stated our journey.) This journey has been one I will never forget. I did not have a clue…
Read MoreSafe arrival in Haiti
I arrived safely on Haiti this morning. Brothers David Hamrick and Manius picked me up and we began a hectic morning of running all over Port Au Prince. David and I found a dominos pizza for lunch and man was it good. We then delivered some papers to a congressman who is also enrolled in…
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