The Edible Landscape on Salt Cay

Home Grown Veggies for Everyone Stage One

 This week we planted over 300 seedlings into any recyclable container we could find. ...tomatoes, hot peppers, sweet peppers and spinach. We are starting the seedlings in  potting soil and keeping them nicely moist with a few hours of sun each day  even though we have shading from the midday sun. Hopefully something will sprout in a couple of weeks!

  

This is one great way to recycle any plastic bottles.....chop them into slices and fill with potting soil,...the very first stage in producing ripe, juicy tomatoes. Remember to put holes in the bottom of your plastic bottles for good drainage.

Join in our Home veggie Program Stage Two


Anyone who would like to receive some baby plants in a couple of weeks can join in our 'home veggie program' Please let me know if you would like to grow your own vegetables.

Now after some consultation with our knowledgeable landscapers both in Providenciales and Grand Turk we are going to create some simple shaded structures that will help our senior folk grow veggies close to their houses and protect the plants  from harsh sun and roaming animals.


Of course this farming lifestyle is nothing new to our older folk 
who have plenty of tips on what can grow once the wild cats, fowl and donkeys can be kept out of the yard long enough to grow a crop!

Thanks again to Salt Cay Devco for once again providing all the necessary materials that are a tremendous help to our plans.


 Big thanks also to Sunshine Nursery in Providenciales for the shading and good advice! 


Big thanks to our DC who has many good ideas and is supportive of the community and works hard to help make things happen.

Our project will begin with four of our local senior folk who already have green fingers. Ms Nettie is delighted and looks forward to selling fresh home grown tomatoes in her store. 

As a parting thought we are very lucky that today we can find fertilizers and 'miracle grow' at Mr Cees and Sunshine Nursery's.  With any luck we will be able to see great results quickly before I for one keel over from this summer heat!