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what we are doing in the Bolivar Garden and Agricultural Plant Science.

Progress

Digging through the second terrace has been hard work due to the hard nature of the ground – it has been very dry.   Developments in the second terrace. Before and after (top to bottom).  You...

The top path continues

Work on the top path is in the hands of Christian, Andres “Billy” Felipe, Juan Mario and Nick N. They have been using the cement filled bottles with wooden planks (that were salvaged from the...

Revisiting our Stairway

Though a good deal of work was done early on to construct the staircase the agric students were all involved in digging out terrace #1 and constructing the stone wall. Now with smaller groups working...

Terrace #1 now has a companion – Terrace #2!

We continue to work on Terrace number 1, our 18 m flat terrace. The wall has been finished though we still need to pack the remaining four meters of stone wall with grass sod to compact it.   The path...

Wheelie – a new member to our garden!

Diego Arias, turned into our Father Christmas, with the kind gift of an old but trusty wheelbarrow. Gabriel and Manuela have both been responsible for painting it Purple, and a number of students...

The first terrace: 2017 – weeding and planting bamboo

After the Christmas holidays we came back to an overgrown hillside, and weeds and bamboo shoots growing, in our partially constructed terrace. Weeds were weeded and the bamboo shoots were dug out and...

Reduce, Reuse, Recyle.

One of the most important aspects of the agriculture course is inclucate the idea of reducing consumption, reusing equipment and resources and recycling materials where possible. When I came into the...

A New Year – 2017

We have started back in earnest, returning to a slightly overgrown hillside garden.  Work continues on our three main construction projects: the first terrace, the stairway, and the path at the top of...
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