coral gardening

I'm currently watching Wild Pacific on the Discovery Channel. One inspiring clip highlights a project in Fiji that has local Fijians (?) transplanting coral. Reminding me of my last post on vegetable gardening, this is gardening on a whole new scale. Helping the reefs grow not only helps to preserve these beautiful specimens, it also increases the wildlife and fish populations, which benefits local fishing communities in the South Pacific islands who still rely on subsistence fishing to survive.

We know how we're damaging our beautiful oceans. Hopefully, it's not irreparable.

Coral nurseries (screenshots from the show).

don't mistake carrot leaves for weeds

I think I'm taking up gardening. It's such a joyous activity, and you really feel productive after a long day in the fields, well gardens...patches really. 

RCCC, a church I attend in New Jersey, has volunteers out about every other week to tend to a vegetable patch. Called Giving Gardens, this project provides fresh veggies to food banks in Somerset county and fruitful exercise for us. We've recently harvested cabbage and broccoli, planted pea and bean seeds, and we're still waiting for those carrots. 

See? Easily mistaken.