February 1-March 9, 2009
Summary: So much to cover, and it all happened in one month!? 10th anniversary of the Eco-city. Tree planting. Myriads of volunteers. Rains. Ridiculously fast growing weeds. Land visits and field trips.
I’m going to stick to the field work, since Peter has covered a lot of the Bahia happenings in his Dispatches. I will also rely on photos to show more of what has been going on instead of text.
Thanks to the help of the numerous volunteers who came to help this month we were able to accomplish a ton of work. Close to a thousand trees were planted. El Toro, one of the most arduous sites, was planted with nearly 300 trees halfway up an incredibly steep slope. A brand new site, our largest ever with over 400 trees was started from scratch. Trails were cleared, holes dug, and trees planted.
Hundreds upon hundreds of stakes for identification were cut and painted. And as each day passed the weeds increasingly encroach upon the trees. Two weeks after a site was planted, the trails had disappeared and the trees were lost in a tangle of weeds and creeping ground vines.
The greenhouse was neglected for awhile and nearly overrun with weeds until we unleashed a team of volunteers to clear them out.
We are approaching the end of the planting season and soon will be transitioning to other work, such as greenhouse upkeep and seed planting and site maintenance (weed clearing). Our machetes are sharpened and we are ready.
Pásalo bien,
Clay
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