Quarantine and crops

Today I found an empty bag of Tolima coffee in our kitchen. Alfredo had left it, as if waiting for something. The coffee was brought to us by a friend and it was very delicious. I looked at the packaging and thought, "This can also be of use."

Since the time quarantine began and we have had to carry all our food on foot, we are more aware of the containers, of reusing and recycling. And that is great learning. Something positive that is emerging from the pandemic!

In our house we have always separated the garbage. We have had our compost for many years, we reuse the water from the shower, we collect the rain water to water the garden. But now we are reinforcing these measures of foresight and care for the land.

I started collecting even the smallest remnants of soap to make liquid soap. Later, Alfredo built - with pieces of wood - a box to store the potatoes; They have been kept there from the beginning of the quarantine, without chopping, without spoiling, without wasting energy and, in addition, there is room to store the sweet potatoes, the corn and everything that fits.

Alfredo also started with vegetable crops; For seedlings, he used recycled plastic containers. Then he planted corn, beans and potatoes in small spaces in our garden.

One day we were wondering what to do with the Tetrapak and we thought that they can be used to plant, for example, lettuces. Today the idea of ​​planting caihua in the coffee container was born. We're already running out of compost soil with so much planting!

And the very idea of ​​sharing the harvest is so pleasant.

As circumstances also encourage us to do more things with our hands, I started knitting socks again. With the scraps I still had at home, I was able to make a pair of multi-colored socks for Mara. She now wants to learn to sew. Let's see how her project of patchwork fabric pants comes along!

And Rumi already has a stamp project, in addition to his caihuas plot…

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