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GoFundMe and getting dirt under our nails

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V and I decided to ask the public to help support the first round of pawpaw trees for the orchard this year. We have set up a GoFundMe account and are greatly humbled and honored by those who have donated anything at all. If you are interested in learning more about our GoFundMe, please visit www.gofundme.com/lostcreekpermaculture and donate today! We also recently purchased 7 packages of "Giant Pawpaw Seeds" from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, a company we frequent when setting up our personal kitchen garden at the Broadmoor Food Forest. These seeds were collected from a well-known orchard in Kentucky which is home to almost every named variety of pawpaw that exists. Each package of seeds was advertised as containing 5 seeds, but we were pleasantly surprised to see each package contains at least  5 seeds. We also ordered RootMaker Express propagation trays and 1-gallon Air Pruning containers and intended on planting 35 seedlings to prepare for next year's planting (we int