A boy and his garden!

These sweet little boys at First Love started their own little garden plots and care for them diligently.  

One of them is our sposnored son, Sammy:

(They put the stakes up to protect the plants from the cows).

Check out their elaborate drip watering system:

(The head gardener who manages the 2 greenhouses gave the boys scraps of tubing to use on thei little gardens).

These gardens were something they did on their own initiative. There is one older boy who is the role model for the younger ones and gets to help milk the cows. Even as he is an apprentice himself, he encourages, helps the younger ones and "oversees" their work. It's 100% volunteer and only a handful of boys show interest in farming. We were so touched by their innate desire to tend a little plot of land, protect it, nurture it and have the joy of watching it grow!