Summer is absolutely beautiful on our homestead. Below you can see our house in blue with the Woofer Cabana to the right, across the valley.
We are inundated with ripe bananas this time of year.
We eat them fresh, fried, baked in breads, fermented into vinegar, and soon dehydrated.
Newly planted sweet potatoes are thriving with the protection of a hibiscus and Camilla hedge to block the winds.
Our winter onions are ready for harvest and the ground is ready to be replanted for the next crop.
This is our first year to grow them and now that we know how easy it is, we will grow many more in the coming year.
Red Mustard and Aborigines are thriving in a bed of mulched earth.
The jungle we cleared is now full of banana trees and gardens.
A closer look reveals tomatoes, beans, onions, squash, sweet potatoes and herbs thriving in the rich jungle valley.
The food has gone wild here, with figs, ground cherries, taro, peppers, citrus, comfrey, peanuts and coffee thriving in the sun together.
A closer look at the above gardens.
Our first figs are coming after waiting a few years for the trees to mature.
And of course we have more jungle to clear and plant until we have met our entire caloric needs and have a surplus to give and sell to the surrounding community.
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