The Church Welfare Services is providing gardening supplies to people around the globe to help them feed their families. There are also gardening missionaries who serve 6-month missions from spring until fall to distribute, teach, and help with this gardening program. In the March 2011 issue of the Ensign Magazine there is an article showing it's success. In this article the picture on page 60 shows the garden in our backyard last year. That spot is being used by one of our ward members this year, and a new demonstration garden is being started right behind our trailer. Page 62 of the article talks about the Tuba City Stake about 45 minutes south of us. There are several gardening missionaries serving in our mission who have organized about 80 gardens this year. The participants are given fencing, poles, a drip system, seeds, fertilizer, and sawdust (to hold moisture in the soil). The gardens must be fenced since all this land is open grazing with cows and horses everywhere. The new gardners must commit to attend the 3 different classes for training. Once the gardens start growing, the missionaries will go to the individual homes to help if needed and check on progress. These people are so excited to get started. It has been fun to help a little bit with the distribution of the gardening supplies in our ward. Elder Payne got to plow and fence our spot and we will plant it.
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