May 16
today we helped out in the kitchen, we chopped fruit and helped prepare breakfast. after we ate we finished building the irrigation system and built more garden bed. i also helped plany trays of seeds, i planed a vaiety of seeds which will be plnated once they sprout. in teh afternnon we helped one of teh locals make mate bowls out of an indigious friut, that was a great time. I began to feel sick before bed and wasnot well throughout the night. i woke up with a fever and was sick the rest of the day. i am finally feeling a little better but not 100% yet. we ended out week with a trip to canoa to enjoy the beach.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 15, 2013
Today was a culture day, we began by working with the livestock. the farm has pigs, horses, cows, chickens, and guine pigs. they do not eat any oth the animals but use them for trade or sale. the cows are used for milk and cheese. all of the manuer is used for compost, they have pig compost and then horse and cow mixure. the farm also uses worm composting. They really utilize everthing, even the waster from humans. the toilets are dry compost and eventually it is used for fertilizer for fruit trees.
for our culture activity we went shrimp fishing. with one of teh locals we walked down the Rio muchacho river. we had to hold teh net on the edge of the waterand pull the vegitation from the banks, this caused teh shrimp to be washed into our net. we only ended up catching a dozen or so but we dod cook them for dinner. later in teh day we made chocolate. we roasted cocao beans in a clay pot, once they were toasted we chracked thier shells and and ground them with pure cane sugar. the cocao is grown on the farm. we miked the grounds with fresh milk and poured it ouver fresh bananas also grown on teh farm! it was amazing
Today was a culture day, we began by working with the livestock. the farm has pigs, horses, cows, chickens, and guine pigs. they do not eat any oth the animals but use them for trade or sale. the cows are used for milk and cheese. all of the manuer is used for compost, they have pig compost and then horse and cow mixure. the farm also uses worm composting. They really utilize everthing, even the waster from humans. the toilets are dry compost and eventually it is used for fertilizer for fruit trees.
for our culture activity we went shrimp fishing. with one of teh locals we walked down the Rio muchacho river. we had to hold teh net on the edge of the waterand pull the vegitation from the banks, this caused teh shrimp to be washed into our net. we only ended up catching a dozen or so but we dod cook them for dinner. later in teh day we made chocolate. we roasted cocao beans in a clay pot, once they were toasted we chracked thier shells and and ground them with pure cane sugar. the cocao is grown on the farm. we miked the grounds with fresh milk and poured it ouver fresh bananas also grown on teh farm! it was amazing
May, 14, 2013
we have been in ecuador for about a week now. So far it has been a good time. We arriver to Rio Muchacho farm and got a tour of the entire facility. The far belives in zero waste so every thing is used until it is gone. the river is teh main source of water for showers, laundry, and sinks. drinking water is colleced rain water which is then filterd.
We began our work on teh farm by hooking uo a drip system irrigation line. we also made many new garden bed by weeding, and turning teh soil. we added compost to enrich the soil and finally planted peppers, cucumbers, okra, and beans. we worked in teh morning for a few hours and then break for lunch, in the afternoon we work for a few more hours usually lighter work
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