Michael´s Farm

Michael was our host on the first farm we visited. It is his father’s farm and he is working to make it a certified organic farm. He will get the permit in Septmeber 2009. He has two pieces of property. One is behind his house and the other is a ten minute walk from the house.
“The Backyard Farm” is a plot small plot of land that was, and still is, overgrown in some spots. When we got to the farm there was a small plot that had already been dug out and shapped for irrigation and was ready to plant. We think that the other volunteer cleared that out the week that we weren’t there(lucky him). There were a couple of compost heeps and another less overgrown plot that was behind some trees. The rest of it was over grown and out of shape. It looked like we were some of the first people to weed in a while.
We only went to the other plot of land one day. That land was more like an orchard. It was pretty overgrown too. There were a few distinguished paths but that was all you could really see. There were some coffee trees, an avocado tree,a chiramoya, and mandarins, but otherwise it didn’t have that much. There was a farm right next to this one that had mandrins. They were all in rows and you could tell some hade put some work into it. Overall, Michael’s farm was overgrown and a small production. Carsen