Here are a couple of sketches of the shade house.
My goal is to put together a folder of pictures,
sketches, and instructions for folks to use to build
the shade houses easier.

Shade house construction

Here are a few pictures of our work day last Saturday taken by Mark Scott .

We had a really hot day to work Saturday building a green/shade house at Steve Arrowood's farm near Fulton, MO. Everyone worked hard and tried to stay hydrated along with occasional breaks. We discovered some things that worked and some things that did not work but it is better to discover those things here at home. Four people from Hope for Caribbean Kids out of Jefferson City joined us also and will be building a shade house in July just south of Port au Prince. We didn't get completely done but we have several people that now know the basics of building one of these in Haiti or elsewhere. No welding required and very few special tools. Here are a few pictures. Thanks to the folks from Jeff City, Global Compassion, and especially Marla for the great lunch.



Connecting PVC

Painting the hoops to prevent reaction between

the pvc and plastic cover

Driving iron posts the easy way Mark held the

post and Steve pushed it into the ground

Placing the hoops over the anchor posts.

Attaching the purlins

Starting to take shape

Covering the ends with chicken netting as

well as the lower sides

Things are coming along great to build the shade/green house on June 27. It will be built on the farm of Steve Arrowood and he has found a great location. This is going to be a great place to instruct potential builders on how to build the structure and beds and also a great gardening tool to be used by Steve's family.

We gave 20 packets of garden seed, each with 12 different types of seed, to Steve Leach to use around Bombardopolis and also 5 packets for Mr. Leonard.

I had a wonderful visit with the folks at Hams Prarrie Christian Church this morning and shared with them about projects we are currently involved in and some of the opportunities coming soon.

The last garden report from Mr. Leonard and Ti Paradi was that things are going pretty well and several of the village men are learning about gardening.

In Honor

Joe's Garden

Sugar peas

water logged tomatoes

Herbs, sage, tyme, oregano, parsley

May 9 Update

Things are still going very well with the work in Ti Paradi, Haiti. Some of the folks there have enjoyed green vegetables produced by Mr. Leonard. In addition he is planting breadfruit and other fruit bearing trees. The men at Ti Paradi are still helping out with the work and we are hopeful that some of them will become good gardeners also. Other parts of the Northwest are in desperate need of rain with many cisterns becoming empty.

The garden at Faith Home in Honduras is producing squash, zuccini, and cucumbers. The tomatoes and chiles in the shade house are growing and look good. April was a very hot month in Honduras and we hope rains will return soon.