The weather has been quite amazing my first two weeks back on island. This week I have spent my days walking in the woods, one of my favorite things in the world. The air seems to be much crisper on the top of a mountain ridge, no matter where on earth you are (as long as its not raining). Walking back down from a hike up to a farmers plot to check on some trees I stopped and admired the view. I could hear a chainsaw somewhere in the drainage, it made me smile. I spend a lot of time in the woods in Jamaica, but rarely do I hear a chainsaw. I know it is silly, but it made me feel back in Oregon working in the woods.
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| Cedar Seedling |
The last two or three months we have been distributing timber and fruit trees to the farmers in Shirley Castle as part of a agroforestry project the organization I work with is heading. We started checking on the farmers this week to make sure that they are planting the trees, they are doing it properly and distributed some small funds to help with the cost of clearing land and planting trees. The farmers really do like us, we bring them trees and help them with drainage issues on their farms. In return they treat us pretty good-usually giving us some sort of fruit or vegetable to take back to the "city". Today I scored with some sweet potatoes, yesterday-some plantain, oranges and a lemon.
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| Meeting with a Farmer |
The weather has been quite amazing my first two weeks back on island. This week I have spent my days walking in the woods, one of my favorite things in the world. The air seems to be much crisper on the top of a mountain ridge, no matter where on earth you are (as long as its not raining). Walking back down from a hike up to a farmers plot to check on some trees I stopped and admired the view. I could hear a chainsaw somewhere in the drainage, it made me smile. I spend a lot of time in the woods in Jamaica, but rarely do I hear a chainsaw. I know it is silly, but it made me feel back in Oregon working in the woods. 
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