April Pictures

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Pictures from my village in April:

After biking back to my village from Kedougou. It was a little dusty and a little hot that morning

This used to be a garden (onions, jaxatu, and lettuce). Cows broke the fence, entered, and ate every last scrap of green in sight
My host mom's garden, formerly full of jaxatu, okra, onion, mint, and lettuce. This is the same garden I have posted pictures of in previous months. The cows broke in here as well. The back fence was rebuilt by my other host mom, whose garden lies behind it. Cows ate only 75% of her garden


One of the potential culprits for breaking the garden fences


The new shade structure outside the mosque. There were two work party days in the village for the mosque: the first to build this shade structure and the second to make the concrete floor of the mosque


Drying mangoes in my backyard
My cucumbers finally dried up. They did not get enough shade. I'll make some improvements to my garden space after the rainy season

Mango drying version 2.0


Frogs like to hang out in my pepiniere at night because the soil is wet. They have only killed one tree out of about ten during the last month. There are five frogs in this picture--see if you can spot them all!

This enterprising frog either thought it was going to climb my fence or camouflage its way to safety


Filling tree sacs with kids from the primary school


Placing the filled tree sacs in the pepiniere


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  1. Charron AndrewsMay 13, 2019 at 6:39 AM

    Dear Tavish,

    I’m really sorry to see so much devastation in those gardens. It appears that the people in your village aren’t like American backyard gardeners (me, for example) who raise vegetables for fun. Your folks look like they depend on their gardens. I wonder what they do when the gardens are destroyed. Will your host mom replant? Or is it too hot and dry for that?



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