Hopi Garden Planting

On April 9th, Jerry Honawa and family came down to plant this year's Hopi Garden at the park. Joining us was the Camp Verde High School AG Class. Jerry gave a short talk on how they plant on the Hopi mesas and how his seeds were different from those you might find in a typical garden store. Then Jerry gave a demonstration of how to plant, and the AG Class dived in.

Three kinds of corn, four variety of beans, and various squash and melons were planted. Jerry explained how they just depend on rainfall to water their gardens up on the mesas, but we will have the benefit of the irrigation Natural Channels has installed off the ditch for the field reveg project.

As the garden grows I will add updates to these pages. But check out the new lightbox feature for pictures. Just click one of the thumbnails below.