Clearing, cleaning, cutlassing and collecting

An early start

saw us in

Corn Buck

for 7.15 a.m.

Occasional

heavy showers

were not

appreciated

by the

warrior

princess.

We

continued

clearing

the bush

and cleaning

the fig trees

until 10.30a.m

when we

went up

to collect

some

grapefruit

that

were

ready,

leaving

before

the

river came

down

too heavy.

Commitment

As
2007

draws

to

a close,

T and I

decide

that we

will

commit

to

spending more time in Corn buck.

The recent news proclaiming that any lands not being worked properly by the landowner could be requisitioned encouraged us to make this decision but it is also something that we have wanted to do for some time. We have made regular weekly visits to help Mr A, T's father,bring down fig, weed, collect lime and mango etc., but it needs more than that now. Mr A isn't able to work as before and we both feel that the time has come for us to make a bigger commitment to this place.

We

began

today

by

'grooming'

the fig

trees

beside

the

river

and

cutlassing the grass.

We are trying to deter Mr A from using Gramoxone which, although makes it much easier for him to control the bush, also carries health risks and makes the garden look terrible when everything turns brown.

We

achieved

quite a lot

in a

couple

of hours

and

decided

to

make

several

similar

visits, throughout the week.

There

were

refreshments

available,

waternut

and

sorrel,

and T

searched

for fig

ready to

bring down

to ripen.

and this

is where

the real

problem lies,

to cross

the river

and climb

the bank

to

the road,

with load,

is hard.

We

took

a

five

and

watched

the

shadows

play

before

returning

home.