Saturday, March 7, 2020

This and that... projects and photos.

A few light rains this week indicate that the rainy season is almost here. The local farmers will start to plant their corn and beans soon, with the hopes of completing planting by the end of March.

The shed project saw the walls built this week.

I like the rounded look of the corners, however the V shaped door will need some adjustment as will one wall so that the 6-foot-long q-deck sheets can span from wall to wall.

Lord willing, next week the guys will fix this, cut the q-deck, and pour the roof / porch floor.

The irrigation pond will likely hold water now, even with only part of the plastered cement layer completed due to the work week ending.

The donkey delivered another two bags of cement this morning so the projects can continue next week.

Cory harvested more yacon this week. This is a crunchy, juicy, mildly sweet root crop from the Andes. The two plants on the dirt pile each yielded about a bucket of roots. He divided and replanted the inedible tubers that grow above the roots for a larger crop next year. They produce some even in very poor soil.
Yacon - The sweet roots look like sweet potato and the inedible tubers
look like red jerusalem artichokes

Fritz and I spent a few hours, over a couple days weeding in the garden.

Today we spent some time behind the house working on clearing brush where a new path will run once the guys move a dirt pile and rock.

This will likely occur in April, after they plant their gardens.

The step following the making of the path will be to plant some of the trees and plants from the nursery along the path.

As some of you have heard..the US government raised the travel advisory warning for Haiti up to a level 4 this week due to increased violence and kidnapping.

We remain safe on the mountain but it would be helpful if Cory could make a supply run before rainy season starts in earnest and the corna-19 virus arrives [it has been diagnosed in the Dominican Republic]

We are praying for wisdom to know if and when it is best to travel.



Trying to root the leftover apple budsticks. A few are blooming.

Irrigation pond


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