The trees we planted in December ‘08 are part-way through their first dry season and doing well! Their resilience is amazing – check out the ones that, after being munched by bugs or sun, resprouted new shoots from their bases. Go nature! Can’t wait to see them hit a growth spurt this rainy season… That’s also when we will be able to see if any of them don’t make it, in which case they will be replaced.
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- dry season in the cerrado
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- native plants bide their time for rain
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- bananas are holding strong!
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- new hardier buds take over
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- leaves darken to red in the sun
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- a bed of mulch holds in moisture
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- native plants have no trouble staying vibrant!
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- gravity-fed drip irrigation
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- relief in the shade
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- tries again after the sun proves too harsh for nursery-pampered leaves
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- insects taste the trees
