lots of travel + maddeningly slow internet connection = a discouraging combination for a blogger in haiti. so, i'll try to catch up on a few of the most recent happenings you've missed i have yet to share. here's the first: a farm tour!
rows and rows of bananas/plantains
coconuts
real avacados! on a tree? uh, i knew that...
approximate size: your head
a few weeks ago we had the pleasure of visiting a local farm in ferrier. i was in swoon city. our friend, jean claude, offered to organize a tour for us when i mentioned that i was interested in farming (which in my limited kreyol amounted to something like 'i like farm'... ahahaha).
i wasn't expecting the farm to be as high-yielding as it was. with acres of bananas, coconuts, cherries, avocados, limes, and every sort of orange (sweet, not sweet, dancing), the place was serious. they had a reservoir and were utilizing some sort of irrigation that i didn't catch the translation of.
it was refreshing to see such fertility here in ferrier, where it seems to be deforested and sand-in-your-eyes dry in most other places in the town. an interesting link between agriculture and conservation.
and the farm tours continue (i hope!).
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