July marked the 3 year anniversary of our first attempts to "beat back the jungle".... that anniversary helps to show how things grow in the tropics!
In July 2011 we started to blaze a trail into the overgrown old guava orchard we'd bought. In Hawaiian tradition Leslie planted an "Ulu" or breadfruit tree at the site of a family's home. After defending it from marauding boars, dozer operators to clear rocks & the power company running cables you can now gauge how fast things grow here in the tropics!!
That same tree is big enuf that we had to protect it from the grazing sheep. So we installed a small electric fence & warned them not to touch the ulu!!
July's trophy boar was 168 pounds & allowed us to test out the new smokehouse for several kinds of sausage & smoked meat. Leslie is becoming a regular supplier of friends in a small local town for eggs, sausages & lamb. We had to register with the state as we are making enuf in this sideline to be a business!!
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