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O Manifesto pau-brasil 2009
Oi gente. Este será meu primeiro post em português! Na quinta-feira passada visitamos a Estação Ecológica do Tapacurá, pertencente à Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRP). Situada perto do...
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The Life of a Coffee Bean, Part 2
When you were little and wondered about the intimate workings of the world, didn’t many of you turn to a trusted adult in your lives and ask, sheepishly, “Where do coffee beans come from?” Of course...
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Our first Ancho
Mexican food is our weakness. In July, we planted pepper seeds: Giant Ancho, Anaheim, Habanero, Poblano, Jalepeño. We added some tomatillos to the mix (purple and green) and hope to make some amazing...
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Where cashews come from
It’s cashew season! The cashew is a tree in the Anacardiaceae family. The pulp is sweet but very acidic. We drink a lot of cashew juice this time of year, but it’s available year-round in frozen...
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Eat your greens
We harvested our first head of broccoli today. Isn’t she a beauty? We sauteed her in some fresh chicken broth, garlic, and a little bit of anchovy paste. Delicious! Next up, cauliflower. Colhemos...
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New Planting Space!
One of our goals this year was to open up overgrown areas. In these cleaned areas, we’ll plant coffee seedlings this May. Our coffee plants like shade, so we keep as many trees as possible. The photo...
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What’s yellow and green and prickly all over?
It’s jaca season again. Yum. There is nothing like opening a ripe jaca (or jackfruit as it’s called in English) and eating the meaty yellow bulbs surrounding its seeds. They are delicious: sweet, a...
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Curiouser and curiouser…
Some Alice in Wonderland creatures found on the farm. The first, mushrooms. The second, caterpillars. (The caterpillars are not smoking hookahs, unfortunately.) Algumas criaturas de Alice no País das...
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The Coffee is turning./ O Café está amadurecendo.
It is June and the coffee cherries are beginning to ripen. This is early for us–usually the cherries ripen in early August–so the coffee harvest will begin this week. We have six people coming to pick...
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Sucupiras in Bloom / Floração das Sucupiras
The Sucupira trees are all in bloom, dotting our farm with purple. Sucupira is a species of hardwood that is listed as a vulnerable species in Brazil. On the farm we have many Sucupiras (one of the...
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