I woke up and got up at 4:54 am, having had (another) night full of compelling dreams/nightmares and frequent, fitful awakenings. Maybe it is the energy treatments, or just being in a different part of the world. Instead of letting the dreams go, grateful that the roller coasters of danger and emotions are part of my sleeping life rather than my waking life, I am writing them down in detail to ponder later.
Part of me knows better, but the situations and stories are so filmic and involving that I can’t help myself.
In gathering the ingredients for the morning smoothie, a great bounty was discovered:
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| mangelbeet |
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| Rex with beetroot compared to a tennis ball |
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| Jo tests the sugar content of the beetrood (Brix test) with refractometer: an 11 which is just shy of super excellent |
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| the beetroot smoothie |
Before embarking on the daily tasks, I said hello to the kunekune pigs:
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| Ceres and Juno want to be in the picture |
We worked an hour on tree clearing this morning...
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| making process with managing the tree detritus |
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| a row of branches, butt end out, ready for the wood chipper--to be borrowed from Craig, maybe after we have gone |
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| Harrold the tractor helps with some of the big stuff |
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| the view of the Jacaranda from the house...without the three trees behind it |
We then had 2 hours for hanging about before an early lunch, after which we were on our way.
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| signs directed us at the final turns...it was about an hour away |
The car trip, with three wwoofers in the backseat, felt totally like a 45 year old memory of an outing with Mom and Dad. Jacques drew, in jest, an imaginary line which was Not To Be Crossed. The twisty turny ride made me a little queasy, which added to the authenticity of the memory of outings as a kid in the backseat.
The Tree Crops event was peopled by farmers. It looked like a group from Iowa--I would have been at the younger end of the bunch, not including Molly, Jacques and Jo--who were the real outliers as far as age was concerned. This was a talkative, grounded bunch, full of stories about successes and failures and all kinds of advice. I think I may have been the only person there who had ever worn make-up...and I mean EVER.
Lots of fruit and veg in here. Very good. Just wondering if bananas are few are far between?
ReplyDeleteTry to bring home sweet potato seed and see if you can grow some those small spuds!
ReplyDelete(Seeds are ok to bring into the US, btw.)
I didn't know that seed was OK to bring in...thanks... BTW--there are MANY varieties of bananas here--not yet in season. Little Lady Fingers seem to be a growers favorite. It is a very good use of shower graywater to irrigate banana crops. I wonder if these would grow in Los Angeles? If not in the wonderfully temperate Santa Monica...xoxo Teri
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