This last week of Feb was great as the group got together again for another interesting learning session. Identifying Seeds Types, Cloning, Cuttings and Seed Germination was the topic of discussion.
I was pleased to see more people joined the group this week in effort to learn more about Agriculture.
This week we look at identifying seed types, shapes, what can be considered a seed and the right environment for seed germination.
We also took a look at making clones, slips and cuttings and how easy it is to create a whole new tree just from taking a simple piece of another tree.
The group also got a chance to get their hands dirty as we set a few seeds to germinate. Some brought along seeds and some we provided for the experience. We set to germinate kale, tomatoes, beets, cucumber, water melon and Suriname Cherrie seeds provided by one of our visitors.
The time progressed great and in the end we all had a chance to sit, relax, share dialog and enjoy some great salt fish, jonny cake, fresh garden salad and some papaya freshly harvested.
Week 3, which was scheduled and set to cover ”Plant Science and Soil Types” got rescheduled due to the fact I was invited to travel with a Dutch Caribbean research group to Statia and Saba to share plans for positive climate change research, while hearing more about each islands challenges also faced by climate change. I plan to share more about this trip in a next blog post. So stay posted to the website for an update.
What was truly great is that even though week 3’s session got postponed and moved for this upcoming Saturday March 14, 2020. I actually got a chance to learn and see more about soil erosion happening in the Caribbean neighboring islands and what some islands such as Statia has been doing to try save its hillsides. As we all know, saba is one big massive rocky rain forest, but still that does not excluded it from the much present climate change adaptations that is currently happening around us.
Saba Rock also facing erosion. 
Saving Statia Fort Hillside from erosion.
If we don’t take care of of our land and work toward restoring our soil and increase cultivation of plant species, there is much far worse challenges ahead that await us as mankind. Sometime we have ask ourselves, ‘’is MAN really KIND at all’’.
That’s why, its important to perhaps come out this Saturday and learn more about plant science and soil types. Understand more about how you may be able to not only revitalize the hard rocky soil in your back yard, but how we all may play our part to compliment nature towards positive climate change actions.
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