Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Planting Guava Trees at the Farm


I went to my uncle Pete's farm, and I started planting Guava trees.  I had to count out the seeds.  I eventually counted 115.  Once they grow, Pete keeps a couple and the rest he gives away or sells.

[Guava trees are great for agro-forestry, which means it is a blend of farming and keeping forests healthy because they are great nitrogen-fixer.  This means they help keep the soil healthy.  They also attract lots of birds and mammals.]


Here I am softening the soil and pulling out the weeds.
Here I am setting up the dirt.  I have to set up the bags because  
they need to collect rain.  They need rain so that they can grow.
Here is Pete.  Pete has the biggest, nicest farm
I've seen in my entire life.
Here is a guava seed.   First we put them on top, and then we
 cover them up with a little bit of soil.  They don't like to be packed down,
and that's why I softened them up earlier.
Here I am watering the guava seeds with cow-poopy water
with a little bit of sugar and milk.  This is Pete's homemade fertilizer.
Here is the guava fruit itself.  They have very sweet stuff around the seeds.
You eat them like you are going to chew on a lollipop.
After you suck the sugar off, you put the seeds into new soil.


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