Visit from Summit Church

Just going through pictures and found these from a visit by Summit Church at our demo garden in July. We really appreciate all you are doing with Africa Windmill Project. Thank you for coming out and we hope to see you again soon.

Windmill go!

Second generation windmill at Mziza Demo Garden. We installed the windmill last week, letting it run over the weekend to check for any kinks. We hooked on the pumping rod today and a makeshift pump to see if we could get water into the tank. We did get water all the way to the tank, 3m above and 20m laterally from the water source.

Mr Onion...

Mr Store has grown the finest onions in all Mziza for the past 2 years running. We hope he keeps it up.

Final meeting of the season

We have closed out the irrigation season with a final meeting at Mziza. While most people are still growing in their irrigation gardens, we want to encourage them to look ahead toward the next growing season as soon as possible.

Windmill

First look today: our windmill starts rotating on its own.

Pedal pump

This is what our new pedal pumps look like. We incorporated more bicycle spare parts and the frame is all galvanized steel. It can be made by a bicycle repairman with off-the-shelf hardware.

Farmers see first signs of success

Farmers in Salima are seeing the first signs of successful irrigation. Their 1 acre of maize has pushed through the soil. The sprouts have got them excited for what they will eventually harvest to suplement the rainy season crop.