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It Is a Good Day When I find Worm Fertilizer
Posted by: | CommentsLast week I ran into a friend who asked me how my day was. I responded with, “it was a GREAT day!” My friend was so amazed by my positive response she thought something major had happened. Perhaps a BIG donation. She asked me, “what made it such a great day?” I smiled and with such enthusiasm said, “I found worm fertilizer!” At that point we both started to laugh. I realized how silly I must have sounded and my friend laughed at my excitement at finding worm fertilizer.
Guatemala is an agricultural country. The soil, in most of Guatemala, is rich and just about anything grows when stuck in the ground. Sadly, Guatemala also depends heavily on toxic pesticides to grow these crops. Most people who spray the pesticides do not wear protective gear. Pregnant women spray pesticides and work in the fields and this can cause birth defects. The bottom line is that pesticides are dangerous and there are other alternatives. Changing that belief system is not an easy one.
Semillas de Amor has an excellent gardener but he has worked with pesticides his entire gardening career. I, on the other hand, am adamant that our vegetable garden and flower gardens will be organic. So off we went to find worm fertilizer and anything that was the least bit organic.
What a wonderful surprise to find company that sells worm and chicken fertilizers only 10 minutes from the children’s home. This place had mountains of chicken fertilizer. The owner of the business came in as we were paying for our fertilizer and never missing an opportunity to tell someone about the children’s home, or getting a discount, proceeded to tell him about our garden, the home, the kids and our future. We left with our worm fertilizer and hundreds of vegetable seedlings donated by the owner of the fertilizer business. They were thrilled we wanted to have an organic garden and spent lots of time with us explaining different organic methods. We were also directed to an agricultural partnership between Taiwan and Guatemala that is developing fruit trees. We left that project with peach, lemon and orange trees. So yes, it is a good day when I can find worm fertilizer because, if nothing else, the kids will eat healthy veggies. Next stop, the chicken coop and eggs.
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The Spirit and Wonder of Popeye
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A number of months ago I came across Popeye and his story on the internet. Popeye came from Taiwan, to California, as a little paralyzed puppy. He was fortunate enough to come into the home of his foster mom.
I kept up on Popeye’s story because I was and am amazed by this little guy’s spirit and ability to keep on going. I have been so touched by the people who love Popeye and by how much and at what lengths his foster mother will go to make sure Popeye can live a quality dog life. I am in awe that Popeye’s foster mom and the people in Taiwan cared so much about this little being that most would just ignore.
The Semillas de Amor blog is for our work in Guatemala and so you may wonder why I am posting information about a little dog from Taiwan that lives in California and needs surgery. The answer is simple. Our work at Semillas de Amor is all about love, kindness, and fighting the fight for those that cannot fight for themselves. Typically children and animals are the ones that need someone to be their voice. And so I found Popeye one day on the internet and I knew he had lots of people that care for him but now, now that he needs surgery, he needs more people to be his advocates and angels. For those who have dogs that they love, think about what it would be like to have a dog that needed surgery that you could not pay for? Popeye’s foster mom has fought long and hard for him. Let’s give her a little help and make sure Popeye gets his much deserved surgery. If we could all have the loving spirit of Popeye the world would be a far better place.
You can read Popeye’s story on his very own blog at Popeyethedog
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