This weekend, with no visitors, we decided to get a start on our planned vegetable growing project. The food bill is one of our biggest expenses, so the more we can grow ourselves, the better.
As with everything here at Stratton House the plan is for the children to do their bit.
So on Saturday morning we set to preparing the ground for the first stage of the project.

First job was to clear the weeds from the chosen growing area.

Once that was done everyone piled into spreading gravel as the base for the growing area.

Once this was done we placed concrete “pipe’ sections, which will serve as individual vegetable plots for each child.
We also utilised some old garden fence, hanging the sections along the wall ready for climbers such as broad beans.
Today(Sunday), we will spread the remaining gravel and then allocate the vegetable “plots”.

The children will then paint their pots and paint their names onto their individual plots.

We have so much space available that it is hoped to extend this project in the future.

Possibly offering the chance for other children in the community to take part, splitting their finished vegetables 50/50 between The Foundation and their own family.
The concrete sections cost just 100 baht each, the gravel was 2000 baht for a full load that was enough for a 15 metre stretch.

We will need soil and of course vegetable seed. So if you feel like helping out, please do:)

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