Yams, kinda like potatoes grow in mounds here like this! |
Mimuni, a friend of mine at his corn farm |
This is actually what peanuts grow like |
We talk with an agriculture outreach agent about proper spacing of your crops and the importance of knowing the size of your fields |
Jordan and the school group bait the bars for a bee hive with bees wax |
Then we make it smell sweet by rubbing lemongrass all around it to attract the bees |
The top bars are replaced and we're finished baiting |
Issah and I transport the grafted mangoes to the general garden project |
Jordan gives a small talk about nutrition of mothers and their children. |
Now the beehive is ready and in place out in the bush |
The three circles represent who is central to the cooking of nutritious foods in the community. It is obviously the mother in our community. This was arranged by RADFORD, a local NGO. |
Sarah prepares to janga dance |
She enters and starts circling... |
showing the characteristic moves |
here she comes! — |
and the butt tapout! — |
Wow....crazy to think how many peanut plants you'd need to fill up a bag of peanuts to sell!
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