Paballo\\'s garden to Paballo\\'s Farm
Lungisani Tshehlo
Isaac Okwir

In a far town village there lived Paballo and her family.They had a little garden behind their house and was mostly cleaned by Paballo's uncle as Paballo would go to school as a grade eleven learner and after school she watered her plants.

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Where they lived, water was very scarce as there was low service delivery so they would store water inside of a big steel bathtub specially stored for Paballo's plants . She planted some corn, spinach,carrots, beetroot and other vegetables.

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At some point in time they saw the need of planting fruits as they didn't have stores that sell fruits . Paballo and her family started to save some of the seeds of grapes,orange, apples and pears as they loved to eat them time to time.

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As their garden was full of vegetables there was no space to plant their fruit seeds on the ground so they came with a plan of planting them on fluffy cotton , using tissue boxes to plant, glass bottles and release them after some time.

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So they came with a perfect strategy to plant seasonal food so that they can plant their fruit trees.It became more problematic for them as they had water shortage for their fruit trees , as there was water scarcity in their town village.

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Paballo came with an idea of having a jojo tank but there was no enough money .Paballo's Uncle Lulu decided to sell some spinach ,corn and beetroot at a local store which they had a little profit but they managed to get their own jojo tank.

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JoJo tank really made things easier for them as they could store some water and watered their plants daily.At some point their garden was growing rapidly and they had to sell some to the street vendors but couldn't make enough profit.

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Paballo's mom worked at a local store she decided to sell some at the store and started to have profit and money to buy some of the seasonal seeds.The store gained more customers and the manager decided to work with Paballo's family.

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This was a start of Paballo's growth mentally and
financially as she had to spend more time after school watering her plants.But becouse of the support that her family gave she juggled her school chores nicely and managed to pass at school

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One year passed and Paballo was going to University to study agricultural sciences to expand her garden into a big farm. With the help of the money that they made they managed to pay her varsity fees and enrolled into varsity easy

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With the help of new knowledge within two years of her studies Paballo bought a piece of land to breed goats and chickens as she grew her farming business.It wasn't easy as there was lot of crime ,she had to tighten up and hired security.

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Two years passed and Paballo managed to graduate.This became Paballo's family bread and butter as they survived by this farm as it grew daily,also she hired people to do some work at the farm which it produced employment around the farm.

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At some point in time Paballo became a nutritionist and taught people about the importance of having gardens in their yards as this promotes food security into our yards and country as we practice food security daily.

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Paballo\\'s garden to Paballo\\'s Farm
Author - Lungisani Tshehlo, Paballo Bohlale Tshehlo
Illustration - Isaac Okwir, Rob Owen, Jesse Breytenbach, Leo Daly, Magriet Brink, Vusi Malindi, Wiehan de Jager, Salim Kasamba, Adonay Gebru
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs