Those superfood fruits have grown here for generations, and their ripening is a cause for celebration, including a newRummana Festivalheld in Jabal Akhdar, recently created to highlight the arils that pop out of the ripe fruit. Kids, adults and visitors from around the world delight...
Perhaps especially if you feel that the place has “given” you something (our brains like gratitude and reciprocity). I sometimes offer a song for the wind to take, or simply make an intention to carry forward. Or, if I’m particularly organised, a bag and gloves for picking up litter....
The life history of annual and perennial crops is traditionally divided into four phenological phases: vegetative, flowering, grain/fruit maturation, and senescence/harvest phases. The development of the crop phenology closely follows the accumulation of GDDs throughout its lifespan. The accGDDs requir...
We hope the plants will start becoming a little active and if we can protect the blooms --- maybe we will have fruit to pick by Mid March. Wednesday December 13 -- there will not be any picking for the rest of the winter. The good news is that it did not get cold enough to dole...