The picture below is what our garden looked like when we started 2.5 months ago.  You can also see the size of the garden.  It is hard to imagine a garden growing in the middle of nowhere.

Garden when we started our mission.

This is our garden now.  You can see Lyndy
behind the corn in the middle.  The leaves in
the bottom of the picture were squash we
replanted.  They are now over 12 inches in
diameter.

You can see the upper corner of the garden.  We had to extend or  go south or to the right of that point by 4 feet and another 4 feet closer to the parking.
We how have the fence in front of Lyndy that goes to the edge of the gravel.  

The Pumpkin .

Tthe Pumpkin started between the fence and
the windscreen. We had to cut a hole in the
windscreen to allow the pumpkin to grow. The
fence outside the Pumpkin was to keep the
rodents off while it had a chance to grow.

This is two of the Zuchinni that we have gotten off of  our garden.  We take the produce we grow and use it for a "gift" to get us into doors.  Many people have a difficult time with the size and quantity of the food we get.
We had visitors from the Humanitarian Depatment visiting our gardens this week.  They were amazed at what we have been able to accomplish.  We have 25 gardens now with 14 more to date that want gardens next year.  It has been a great door opener for us as we visit the inactives.  The church wants us to start having the people purchase some of their own seeds or dry and store the seeds from this years crop for planting later.  We told them we have to get the people active in our branch first.  We do not have any Priesthood Quorums organized in the Branch.  We have activated a few brethren for a potential Elders Quorum Presidency.  They will eventually take over the management of the garden projects.  The Presidency will conduct training classes and work to get more self sufficient.  Now there is one couple that does all of that.

Hogan...

You will see many of these abandoned Hogans all over the Reservation.  We could not figure out why we saw so many close to houses.  Traditionally, if someone dies in a Hogan then the remaining family vacates the home. It is taboo to return to the Hogan for fear of disturbing the sleeping spirit.   We met one lady that had a very nice 4 bedroom trailer.  Her husband died and the adult children would not return to the home so she let the company that sold them the trailer take it away.  She had a small Hogan like this one pictured built in place of the trailer she was living in.  They will not tear them down or move them for the same reason.

They also use these to establish ownership of an area. If a family moves to an area on the Reservation they will build these to establish the fact that that area belongs to that family.  It is very interesting to see old customs that still exist even with those that are members.  Doing temple work for their ancestors is very difficult.  One of our members said that he had twin brothers die when they were only 2 years old.  I asked what cemetary they were buried in.  He said that his father took them somewhere on the reservation, wrapped them in a blanket and put them in a crevase of a rock.  He does not know where that rock is and his mother will not tell him where they are.  I think she does not remember.  Additionally they will not submit names to the temple without all of the family agreeing to have the work done.  Many of them cling to the old traditions even after they accept the gospel.