Preparation of gardens for seasonal planting, maintenance of the gardens, and an urban farmer’s market to boost your income by selling the produce of your hard work.
Cost-effective, healthy food will be a challenge that all will be facing shortly. Monkey pox, listed as AstroZeneca and Pfizer side effects, may be used to lock us down shortly, so it is good that we be prepared, as a community, to take care of each other. Our main challenges, besides our age and wallet, are the preparation and maintenance of our vegetable gardens, and then the sale of the produce.
Suggestion: Establish a “Food Security and Gardening Club" where all those interested in growing and selling vegetables or plants in the community go once a week, from garden to garden, preparing or servicing each one, starting with the oldest person’s garden and working down to the youngest. This is similar to the system the Essene’s of Jesus time used back in the day.
Not only will this break the disconnect in the community spirit since lockdown and make new friends, breaking the boredom for many, but it will also help us to share gardening tips and skills while protecting the children.
Market day: The gardener keeps half the money earned from sales, while the other half is shared amongst the club members. This should be adapted for use at schools too, including financially.