Digging the Compost Hole

Those of you who know about these things will probably be laughing but this girl from the suburbs with a black thumb does at least know that compost helps a garden.  So the children and I set out to prepare a compost heap, which became a compost hole.  (They like digging like all children!)  We dug, and got grass and more cow manure and  mixed it all together and go the hose and made it all wet.  Subsequently I have discovered HOW hard the ground turns when it is wet with the water of Kalkfeld (chalk field), lime.  But we shall deal with that later somehow!  

Sharifa, Cyril and Jaydine with bags of grass (or cow dung?)

Finishing touches on the garden wall.
Sharifa with backside to camera, Cyril, Jaydine, Geraldo in back, William with schovel.

 Jaydine is a good worker but I think she would be even more talented with a baton don't you?

Let the digging begin- Sharifa with shovel, William with his back to the camera, Cyril talking to Geraldo and Geraldo holding up the pitch fork.

Cyril got tired of waiting on the shovel or pitch fork and used an old mop to break up the manure in the garden with Jaydine's help.

We gave  up on the bags and found a wheelbarrow for the grass.  Geraldo, William, Sharifa

Think the guys know there is a camera?  Sharifa is all business however.  Note the sandal- the children run barefoot more often than not unless it is really cold and then they might have shoes but seldom socks.  Socks and shoes are for school.

This is actually the next week.  They came back and wanted to dig some more.  Note the rock wall they built.  Sharifa is getting ready for church with her hair in curlers and she and Geraldo are doing the digging with Jaydine looking on

Vanessa, who lives across the "street" came over to see the activity.  She has become a wonderful Sunday School teacher.  And you can see the children like her a lot.

Although I think this was one occasion when Cyril was getting instructions from her and big sister Sharifa he wasn't sure he particularly cared for!