(click here for 06/2009 updates)
Since 2007 we have planted about 500 trees at Grota Funda, mostly from the OCA nursery in Alto Paraíso. Mid-December 2008 Lewis, Celcio, Amber, and Fabinho planted 129 additional trees, 50 of which were generously funded by Lynne Dorner and Lexington Dorner Peterson. João, Marcos, and the gang finished out the year planting even more trees for our wildlife friends to enjoy. We got a good mix this month: buriti and juçara for by the nascente (spring); banana to bring up nutrients in the soil; almeçega, avocado, mangaba-do-cerrado, caneleira, pitanga, pitomba, baru, jaca (jackfruit), and jaboticaba for Lynne and Lex’s “Hope Orchard”; and maracujá (passionfruit), which is technically a vine, because it’s really fun to eat.
Here are some pics:
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- for by the stream
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- caneleira
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- jaboticaba
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- pitanga
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- pitomba
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- pitomba & almeçegas
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- at OCA, where we bought the trees
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- planning
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- planting!
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- maracujá
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- Lewis gets to shovel
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- avocado
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- jaboticaba
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- pitanga
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- almeçega
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- Grota Funda
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- jackfruit
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- jackfruit
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- caneleira
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- banana
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- Amber planting
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- Celcio planting
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- baru
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- Fabinho with Tatu
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- cows used to be here
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- headed to the nascente
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- through the woods…
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- job well done!
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- pitanga
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- mangaba-do-cerrado
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- palms by the nascente
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- planting palms
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- on the way back
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- waiting for us…
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- planting trees is fun!
