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Very cool to see all you've done in the last three years. I've got some custard apple seedlings you might be interested in, and extra strawberry plants too if you care to try those. I'm also trying to promote jackfruit, which can be eaten in a number of ways (including Liberian soup), and also used as food for pigs and other livestock.
Is custard apple the same as Malay apple? If so, I have several of them planted in my food forest. I would LOVE to get some strawberry plants from you! Our elevation/climate is a little warmer than yours during the Harmattan, but other than that, it's probably similar. I obtained 12 jackfruit seeds from ECHO a few years ago. 6 sprouted, 4 survived the first few months, 2 survived following a brutal attack by one of my children and only 1 survived the relocation to Bomi. However, its doing great! It's probably close to 12 ft tall, but not yet bearing. There's an orphanage 90 minutes from here that promised me some seeds or seedlings, but nothing yet!
@@africanhomestead No, it's more like a soursop, but smaller, sweeter and less stringy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_reticulata). They kind of taste like coconut flavored yogurt. There are a number of jackfruit trees in Lofa that I know of, so if you need more seeds or seedlings I can hook you up.
Hello, its great to have you back!! Would be interesting if you shared the background of your activities in Liberia. You are still part of the mission or you are on your own business journey now?
It’s great to be back! And thanks for the suggestion! I am still part of the mission and will try to record a “what and why” video at some point in the future.
Thanks for the great questions! Yes, we plan to sell it. One of our goals is to be a self sustaining organization, funded by our farm. Maybe, in the future we will develop some value-added products to sell locally, but we have no plans for export. One of the rolls we play is as a test farm. We try different projects, taking on the risk of failure, rather than asking local subsistence farmers to do that. We share what works and learn from what doesn’t.
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This is aaammmaaaaazzziiinnnggg!!! You have all been extremely busy, it’s been worth the wait thank you! 😁
Thank you for the kind words!
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Thank you!
Very cool to see all you've done in the last three years. I've got some custard apple seedlings you might be interested in, and extra strawberry plants too if you care to try those. I'm also trying to promote jackfruit, which can be eaten in a number of ways (including Liberian soup), and also used as food for pigs and other livestock.
Is custard apple the same as Malay apple? If so, I have several of them planted in my food forest. I would LOVE to get some strawberry plants from you! Our elevation/climate is a little warmer than yours during the Harmattan, but other than that, it's probably similar.
I obtained 12 jackfruit seeds from ECHO a few years ago. 6 sprouted, 4 survived the first few months, 2 survived following a brutal attack by one of my children and only 1 survived the relocation to Bomi. However, its doing great! It's probably close to 12 ft tall, but not yet bearing. There's an orphanage 90 minutes from here that promised me some seeds or seedlings, but nothing yet!
@@africanhomestead No, it's more like a soursop, but smaller, sweeter and less stringy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_reticulata). They kind of taste like coconut flavored yogurt. There are a number of jackfruit trees in Lofa that I know of, so if you need more seeds or seedlings I can hook you up.
I'm very curious about your toileting operation for the family and employees.
Plant banana trees to accompany each cocoa tree
There are people here who do that to add shade to the young cocoa trees while they are young. They also offer beneficial biomass as mulch.
I'm curious why you wanted to avoid burning? Had you considered a herd of pigs to root all that area out? I'm glad you've had such good results.
Hello, its great to have you back!! Would be interesting if you shared the background of your activities in Liberia. You are still part of the mission or you are on your own business journey now?
It’s great to be back! And thanks for the suggestion! I am still part of the mission and will try to record a “what and why” video at some point in the future.
So interesting! I hope the cocoa plants work out. Do you plan to sell it? Are you going to be associated with something like Equal Exchange?
Thanks for the great questions! Yes, we plan to sell it. One of our goals is to be a self sustaining organization, funded by our farm. Maybe, in the future we will develop some value-added products to sell locally, but we have no plans for export.
One of the rolls we play is as a test farm. We try different projects, taking on the risk of failure, rather than asking local subsistence farmers to do that. We share what works and learn from what doesn’t.
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