We had a crazy weekend with 3 friends who had come to stay with us. The weather has changed in the last week to very freezing! I was sure that winter had come and gone but alas it is here with a vengeance!!! We spent most of the weekend indoors around the fire playing card games! We couldn’t bear to face the elements!
On Monday though we put ourselves to work and started moving the seed bags with soil in them on to the beds where they will stay for seed planting and irrigation. Myself, Sarah and Erin had a wheelbarrow and were moving bags but we realized that we probably did more talking than we did moving as the 3 guys on the other side of the bed probably did twice as many us (they are men though! And they seem to move a heavy laden wheelbarrow a lot faster than we did – it took 3 of us to move one!) But we did a fare share and were happy with the progress. It is amazing how quickly the nursery has been set up. It looks so professional now! We picked up some seed today so it really is all systems go now to get them planted and growing before November!!!! Very exciting!!!!
On Monday afternoon we went to a golf course near us for lunch and discovered this amazing pit close to one of the greens. There are many different explanations for these pits in the Eastern part of Zim. Some say they were slave pits, some say they were used by which ever tribe used to live in that area to keep their livestock away from predators and a recent explanation is gold-mining?? They are an amazing site to see. So deep and the rocks walls all so perfectly placed without the use of cement! This particular one was very inviting and they guy with us decided that he was going to go down and investigate. There is a tunnel that comes out of the ground near by and he had first thought to go in down the tunnel and then decided that in case there was an animal in there that he was not prepared to face, he jumped down into the pit and went up and out of the tunnel. I couldn't resist going in when he yelled from the depths of the tunnel that he had found a pot! So I jumped down too and explored the inside of the tunnel. An incredible bit of masonry with these old beautiful pots in it!! The archeologist in me was jumping with joy!!!!! A must see for anyone who decides to visit us!!!!
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