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A food forest, just like it's supposed to be. Masama, do you see snakeskin fruit out there, known as sala in Bali?
A food forest, just like it's supposed to be. Masama, do you see snakeskin fruit out there, known as sala in Bali?
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Its a first line of defense and one rough mutha to get through, so in order to keep this line of a some what impenetrable defense it needs to be maintained, and when I ask ,,," how long have you been replanting mangrove trees" I get one of the standard answers,,,
,"Always"
along with the "scooby doo" look of why would I ask such a dumb question.....
Ight lets see if the cams back up to operating temperatures...
massa, do you speak native language with the people from the tribe (i suppose they dont speak english)? If so, how long did it take you to learn it?
I would not fuck with a wild monitor lizard, masa, and if that's where they live then that makes sense. Don't forget, I was born near the bayou and growing up summer camp ALWAYS always ALWAYS began with The Rundown. The Rundown was a reminder listing of all the animals we had to stay away from, cottonmouths, copperheads, rattlers, all kinds of critters. Makes perfect sense to me.
Dangit, we missed photos of the cashew harvest? Now we'll never find out why they cost $15 a pound in the US...
Wow, a monitor lizard was running away with a 120, 130 lb pig? Strong. Do they spend any time in the water? You don't have any crocodiles there, do you?
The guinea pig is a spiritual animal in ancient Peruvian cultures. It was used in rituals and
healing ceremonies, and even today it is used to get rid of illnesses....
View Image(I found the dancing guinea pig icon)
This thread got so big so fast, and everyone goes to the Introductory forum to post on this
thread, so I'm going to leave it be to grow like a wild mangrove.
Your pictures are so beautiful and your stories are so great, thanks Masamaaso!!!!
kind regards from guineapig
Those mangrove 'reefs' look intimidating. It's interesting but most of the pictures you post seem to have a double entendre, beautiful beyond belief and deadly just beneath the surface!
Masa I read about the health benefits of raw cocoa. The Kuna people of Panama drink 5 cups a day of cocoa and have the lowest incidence of heart disease of any people. It is a flavonoid in the raw cocoa that is attributed with the health effects. A recipe they gave was take water and boil a bunch of bananas for sweetness add cocoa and boil. Strain and serve.
So your crocodiles only get a few feet long at most? Maybe the monitors eat them when they get too big.
I'm sure we'll get cashew pics in time; they must be pretty labor intensive and/or slow growing to be so expensive. Are they popular trade items with the passing ships?
Yeah, what do you do about the bugs there? I'm a mosquito magnet in the summer; the big ones will bite me through my sneakers I swear. I use the 90% DEET skeeter repellant for when i'm going to be outside for any length of time in the summer, especially at night.
I guess you use a lot of mosquito netting on your homes, do you have bug spray for outside? Is malaria a cause for concern on your islands?