Demonstration Plot

A demonstration plot was given by Lesingo beside his boma. He announced that he was very happy that he was going to learn the ‘secret’ of the soil as he already knew the ‘secret’ of keeping cows.



The first job was to bag up lots of manure for the planting holes from inside the goat pen.



The next job was to dig the holes but although the ground was sandy it was as hard as rock about 6 inches down and the pickaxe handle was broken in the first half hour. The workforce was less willing at this stage!



But in the end, everyone was very happy with their efforts. Each hole was filled with goat manure and a sprinkling of seedbed fertiliser. It turned out that Lesingo’s only contribution to the process was to go round waking everyone up at dawn each morning! He then sat down for the rest of the day to watch the work and chat to the other elders. As soon as the rains begin in earnest, we will go back and sow the seed.