So happy with the nursery

I am SO happy to have the nursery working again.

When it blew over in the cyclone of December 30th last year I was determined to have a better one built.  The original had collapsed several times, was the wrong design for this climate and after the cyclone had to be shored up with bamboo poles.  I was determined that we should have a new one as the nursery is central to the work we do here in Buddha Garden.

We managed to get the money together and had it built during March/April of this year.  One problem we had had with the previous nursery was that the plastic roof was rather vulnerable.  We therefore went for a new kind of roof which was more expensive but was, we were assured, the right kind of material to use.  Unfortunately it wasn't as the roof did not let in enough light for our vegetables.

So we had to search around for the right plastic, raise some more money, take off the old (which is really quite a new!) roof, make sure the plastic was properly taut to shrug off the rain - and after a lot of effort the roof was finally finished last Friday.

This picture celebrates the finishing of the nursery at last (it only took six months!) and that we have a fully functioning nursery just as the monsoon rains begin.

Tuesday October 23rd 2012