Getting literally hundreds of packets and thousands of seeds ready for the trip to Zambia is easier than it sounds.  Seeds have always been exciting to me.  The potential; the future.  They are small and they don't take up much room, but they hold so much promise.  They are definitely worth bringing!  Then there is a drip irrigation kit, enough for 4 rows with 100 foot of drip tape and all the connectors and filter.  If this works we can always expand in the future. White plastic mulch has a place.  Not exactly "appropriate technology" but there should be some availability in Livingstone if the gardeners see it hold promise (trapping moisture, cooling the soil, limiting weed competition and possibly discouraging other pests) of better yields.

On this blog I will attempt to document each facet of our "try's" as we look at the situation in place and think about how to make improvements.
Then we have grafting supplies so that we can graft mangoes and maybe some other fruit trees.  Dan has a vison for flourishing fruit trees on the Love's Door property in the village.  We have got to find some fruit types that work well here!  Our minds are too full of last minute things at the moment, I'll post more later!