Very sad news, Arthur’s first cousin Zakaria passed away unexpectedly last Thursday. He leaves his wife, 7 children and one granddaughter. Over the past year he has helped us with many of our projects. He could always be counted on to bring a smile to work and great ideas. Arthur and Zakaria had so...
Yesterday marked a turning point for our farm, our first commercial sale of cassava to Agromarketing! Up to this point all our crop sales have been small, mostly to local markets. We sold 3190 kg of cassava at $0.50 per kg for a total of $1595.00. We have probably another 6 tons in the...
Yesterday Arthur and I rotated our chickens into a new pasture. It took about 3 hours to relocate and detangle the vines from our temporary fencing but now our chickens have lots on new green stuff and bugs to eat. We had wanted to completely free range our chickens and move them around in...
Last week we took a day off from the farm and enjoyed a day on the ocean. We traveled about 2 hours down the coast trolling. It was a beautiful day, not too hot and not too windy. Arthur’s cousin Zakaria and two of his sons, Budha and Jimmy, joined us. And of course...
While I was in Canada, Arthur hosted a Basic Beekeeping workshop at Mudrenicagi sponsored and taught by the Agricultural Department. There were 26 participants who successfully completed the workshop. Participants learnt about the lives of bees, colony management, tools and protective equipment, and how to harvest the honey. Everyone enjoyed the practical experience of...
Oops its been two months since my last post. I’d like to says I’ve been too busy to write but that would be a lie. While we were very busy over the Christmas and New Year season with our Canadian family visiting, since they all left its been a bit slower paced. Here’s a...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends and family here in Fiji and around the world. Arthur and I have been very fortunate this year to be able to celebrate the season with Siana, Marc, Kinesi, Ateca, Brendan and many of our Fiji family in our new house. Our kids arrived...
I can’t believe that is been well over a month since I last did an update to my blog. What can I say but its been incredibly busy as we’ve all been working hard to get the house ready before Christmas. We’re almost there. I would be very remise if I didn’t acknowledge all...
Yeah!!! the chickens have moved to their new home and are starting to settle in. I can’t express how much it means to be able to sleep in past 4 o’clock in the a.m. without a rooster crowing right next to the house and tent every 15 minutes. We’ve penned off an area in...
Well we’re one month into construction and we’re now onto the second floor. We had a bit of a delay a couple of weeks ago when we realized that we were short lumber for the second floor joists, walls and rafters. It seems that the quantity surveyor that drew up the material list from...