Joe here -- So, it turns out that chipping our way through dried clay isn't exactly the most efficient manner of working in the banana farm. We had another local farmer (a Dutch man who manages a banana grove across the city) visit us and politely mention we were doing this the very hard way. So today, instead of digging holes in concrete, we prepared holes to be soaked with water overnight. It turns out that the moist soil digs up much more easily and holes that took us a half hour-45 minutes to dig would actually only take about five minutes. Oops.
Trina's ready for some work--but no digging holes for us today!
Here are a couple of pictures of me helping out before lunch. They were still making concrete before the food came, so Boyd (a Northrise student majoring in IT) and I pitched in and shoveled gravel for about a half hour.
Shoveling shoveling shoveling
Joe and Boyd, just before lunch
Lunchtime!
3 comments:
Looking Good you guys! Trin: Thanks for the photo of you hydrating yourself! Staying cool, I see! :) Glad to hear that the weather is beautiful. I love seeing what you are doing. Love and Prayers!
Hey Mcg's! Looks like a lot of fun! And by fun I mean digging. :-) Didn't realize you'd be bloggin this much, I'll have to check in more often. That cap would make DW proud Joe. The Rays own us. :-( -----Ed
I love reading this! I love the pics. More importantly, I love reading what you're doing and being 'brought along side' with you in this. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you. I love you Joe and Trina!
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