Managing difficult and challenging terrain is often a virtually impossible task to surmount. When you do, they often hold great promises, and the success, sweeter.
Category: Upkeep
Removing an Oil Palm Tree Stump
The dead can indeed come back haunting. 6 months later after felling an oil palm tree, it’s time to totally snuff it out for good.
Killing Wild Bananas By “Suffocation”
Wild bananas are really a pest at the farm. Since space is limited, they have to be methodically removed and planted with “useful” bananas.
Carving a lazy man’s path
No workers. No money. Quick fix to get walkable paths up and running to do manual watering for now.
Trimming Vetiver Grasses
Life is indeed beautiful and meaningful when you’re working with a truly multi-functional natural element that is almost unsurpassable as the vetiver. A quick trim of a vetiver hedge refreshes the farm.
Damning rain for a dam
The recent wet season has served as a good test for this embattled dam. Nature is a formidable force to be reckoned with. Visual checks have unearthed more improvements to be undertaken to rush for its completion in preparation for the dry season.
Killing wild banana plants
Wild bananas are a nuisance. In my attempt to plant the desired banana varieties, uprooting the rejects may prove a huge undertaking. It’s a necessary act to avoid confusion years down the road.
When the stakes are high (literally)
Sticking stakes into the ground for newly planted vegetation helps prevent collateral damage when working an area. Simple, cheap and effective method to flag a valuable in the ground.
Red alert: Durian stem canker rot!
Face to face with the Phythopthora palmivora fungal infection, I’m torn between conventional and organic approach to combating this deadly disease. What are my chances of finding a chemical-free workable solution?
Carbon carnage for the greater good
90% of the non-fruit trees are finally down. Should be having another 2 or more weeks to go to transform this mess into neat piles of logs and branches, stacked away in preparation for their various functions.