It's about time I sit down and put together another page up for ya'll, thanks to all who have been keeping me in the loop and for your comments keep'em coming and keep me sane.

So I think I left it last at arriving at camp. I'm not sure if I mentioned flying on the charter out here (writing updates on a computer without internet then transferring when have a chance). It was unforgettable about forty minutes of flying over dense woodland and jungle bordering lake Tandanyika with just my luggage, the pilot and me.

It is awesome here. It is not muggy at all, pleasant mid-twenties, so I can where a jumper or a singlet and be comfortable. The facilities are fine there's a shower that works on a fire boiler, proper toilet, flat screen television and they didn't tell me the camps dry season cook Laurensia was staying for the wet season so I'm getting spoilt with hefty, balanced meals using the last of the dry season garden produce. Growing the sprouts is taking a bit of getting used to so I am glad I am not relying on them, had the first of the alfalfa today but I think the soy are stuffed after bursting the bag during travel none sprouted. The barley grass is ok but now the sprouts are pushing the lid off the container and some little flies are getting in so I reckon I'll just stick to alfalfa.

I will upload Pictures of the garden with this blog we have built if I haven't already

The "Mibango Bustani piponi" or Mibango's Paradise Garden.

John Christopher (J.C is a Tanzanian bloke and was the first caretaker) has been here for three months already so was gagging for a new project when all I wanted to do was settle in but away we went and you be the judge. Pretty schmick I reckon for a mornings work with just the two of us. For you horticulturalist readers, the beauty of this garden is that the amaranth is a desirable food crop here rather than a weed we have to remove.

There is plenty of composted material around for seedlings and the core sample trays here also double perfectly as seed raising trays (see photos : P ). Half the crops won't be ready till after I leave but it's a fair exchange for the experience already. I have planted masses of seedlings which has worked out well as I've organised to set up a demonstration garden at the village school (which is hopefully being cleared as I write). The local villagers are farmers and do it extremely tough, huge numbers of kids and they stick to limited farming methods and a small range of crops, mainly maize, cassava, and maharagi (a type of staple beans), without a doubt the most difficult part of being here. Anyway the school garden will give me something helpful to focus on.

That will do for now but the next blog will be all the cool stuff. The critters, the kids, the village and school, emergency first aid, wading across rivers with washed out bridges, baboon troops and more!!!