Category Archives: Back 2 Eden

Plantains!!!

Posted on May 27, 2020 by danforth

Cooking bananas, plantains, makemba, whatever you want to call them, we call them yummy.  Roy was given this plantain plant about a year ago; banana family plants produce quickly, nothing like the mangosteen that typically takes about 8 years to …

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Roy’s getting the Back 2 Eden nursery and farm in order

Posted on May 27, 2020 by danforth

Though we are disappointed that our June 2nd flights to the U.S. are being postponed, Roy, for one, is delighted to have more time to get everything set up to continue during our absence.  We hope to return, as independent …

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The Back 2 Eden farm is looking great

Posted on May 26, 2020 by danforth

After a very lovely summer and fall with plenty of rain and sunshine the grasses and weeds were taking over.  The 3 guys who live offsite couldn’t come to work during level 5 of our lockdown.  Now that we’re in …

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Helping out on the farm while in “lockdown”

Posted on April 11, 2020 by danforth

We have been officially in “lockdown” in South Africa for 2 weeks now and look to another 3 weeks, meaning we are not to step foot outside of our yards except for going for groceries or medication.  Not even for …

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Green beans and water storage for the shantytown soup kitchen

Posted on March 4, 2020 by danforth

Tozama and Melita make soup or stew 4 days a week and they are excited to have their water tank finally close to being hooked up.  There are days when they cannot cook because the water supply is cut off, …

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Megan Duplessis Center

Posted on February 29, 2020 by danforth

Just down the road from us is a learning center for special needs youth.  It was established by the Duplessis’, whose daughter Megan was a very special young woman with special needs.  Their search for the perfect site, a farm …

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Love in action

Posted on February 29, 2020 by danforth

Planting trees and seeds, planting hope in people’s lives, that’s what Roy is about.   He’s happiest when he’s got his hands in the dirt, showing someone firsthand how to take care of God’s creation.  One of our visitors this month, …

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Rita and her kids

Posted on January 15, 2020 by danforth

 

Rita runs a nursery school for 130+ kids, ages 1-5.  Well, she had 130 last year and is waiting to see what this year will bring.  She has a hard time saying no to the parents who desperately need …

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New kids on the block

Posted on December 31, 2019 by danforth

Our first ever vanilla pod, coffee plants full of cherries, and a new flower are among the sights on the farm nowadays.

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Work goes on

Posted on December 31, 2019 by danforth

 

Roy is not a person who sits still.  Holidays don’t stop him, and sicknesses slow him down only a little now that he’s older.  If he’s out and about without his cell phone (yes, it happens often though he …

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