Category: Farm Diary

Today I planted the 2nd Atom tree. I’m planting big trees about 30 feet apart. The Queensland Maple trees are one of the tallest trees on the farm. They…

Today I planted another cacao tree. Most of the mature cacao trees are in full bloom and many tiny little pods are starting to form. The tree needs about…

Today I planted an Arazá which is what I planted on day 1 this year. An appropriate tree to kick off the 2nd half of 2021. Arazá (aka araçá-boi) is a tree…

Today I planted something every day for 6 months! I’m a maniac! A total of 152 trees of which 41 were cacao trees. Aside from that I planted 57 shrubs and…

Today I planted an Atom or Balsam tree (Dacryodes macrophylla) which is from the tropical rainforest of Central Africa. This tree forms buttresses and can…

Today I potted up about 14 durian seeds from the fruit that I got from Kaholo yesterday. So it seems like these durians are from the Paxton genetics from…

Today I planted two thornless naranjilla, rooted from cuttings that I got from Adam. Naranjilla is a medium size shrub, and a night shade like tomato,…

Today I planted some Pitcairnia atrorubens which is a bromeliad that doesn’t look like a bromeliad, but they put out really cool flower spikes…

Today I planted a cacao tree which brings our grand total now to 143. Yesterday someone asked me how many varieties of trees we planted so far and I had…

Today I planted a Guaquica which is a rare relative of jaboticaba from the Atlantic rainforests near Rio de Janeiro. It’s a small tree that produces small…