Our food

Urukundo has gardens that produce greens, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, peas, greens beans, tomatoes, squash and more. They have 8 avocado trees. Sarah and Rebeka gather the fallen avocados.

There are also banana trees, 18 for cooking bananas and 11 for eating them fresh. The green bananas are cooked and are sweet because of special ingredients. A huge stalk of bananas can weigh up to 40 pounds. If you need to get any from the market they use old scales to weigh them.

Mama is standing by by the newly planted pineapple tops. They will produce one pineapple per top in 1 1/2 to 2 years.

We all pitch in especially if you want a special lunch. I fixed potato salad and greens for Mama Arlene, Jan and I and it was a nice change. Nothing like going to the garden and picking your meal year round! What a bounty they have. If you could only see how every spot is planted with food. And in Rwanda having gardens are a necessity for survival. Praises for all we are so blessed with.