Work On Community Green Spaces is Finally Completed

The work on the community green spaces has finally been completed. Several days of hard work were required just to prepare the land so that it could be planted. Before the area could be planted, an irrigation system had to be installed to ensure that water could easily be given to all the plants during dry periods at Villa. Using trashcans and donated tubing, the fellows installed a irrigation system similar to a barrel irrigation system that Oscar Rubi uses at his own farm. With the system in place, fruit trees and various vegetable seeds could be planted in the neat rows. Someday there will only be trees growing in these green spaces. However until they reach their full size, other short term fruit trees and vegetables can be planted by the villagers for their personal use.

The completed space will eventual have full grown trees, but for now the trees will share the space for agricultural use
Fran gets ready to plant another tree next to the holding tank for the irrigation system
A recently planted mango tree sits next to an irrigation line set up to water trees and plants in the "green spaces"