Cory, Gener and Yvon brought a few dozen fruit trees on Wednesday to plant at the Helping Haitian Angels orphanage, about 15 miles east of Cap Haitian.A strong breeze comes in off the nearby sea most of the time and the climate is closer to semi-arid LaGonave than rainy Port Margot.
It has been a few weeks since the last good rain so it was a pleasant surprise to find the soil was good and deep, relatively easy to dig, and still moist.
Most of the trees planted are drought resistant, like mango, egg fruit and avocado. Since the soil is deep, other species will also probably do well.A few each were planted of starfruit, jackfruit, black sapote, everbearing mulberry, peanut butter fruit, and a few others to see how well they grow.
A few kids helped plant the last few trees, and then carried water for each tree.
A second trip will probably be made soon to finish planting the area.
We pray that the future fruit will be a blessing to the children and spread to surrounding farmland.
Link to the Christian orphanage website:
http://www.helpinghaitianangels.org/
1 comment:
I've never heard of Peanut Butter fruit, but I always approve of planting trees and edible things.
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