How the other half of the world does it. Notice the evaporative storage for rootstocks.
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Wow, that is quite the production, Kevin. Very organized, very neat, and the storage is very interesting. Thanks for sharing, we all love the updates on this great project. Just amazing.
Patty S.
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Notice the guy using a CD to protect his hand from knife cuts.
There’s also no water on site, they were using portable tanks and trucking water in, and would run out of water. They dug a pond this year and it’s working out great, so they will be digging more over the season and trucking water in to fill them. Apparently this is way cheaper than a bore hole, which they eventually hope to have.
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Oh my gosh, Kevin. The things we take for granted, here. That is amazing. So much work to have water on site.
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Yes, I noticed the guy watering the rows of grafted rootstock with a watering can and realize I complain about watering my few potted plants with a hose.
I also noticed the hand pruner. Looks like the recommended Craftsman utility cutter that I just purchased.
We take a lot of things for granted. Check out the Google Street View of the main road leaving Entebbe airport, the guys digging a trench by hand Google Maps
By the way, the Google Street View of Kampala is highly addicting; you can get such an insight into life there from it.
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amazing…I guess the cost of labor is cheaper than bringing over something like a ditch witch…
Exactly. They have backhoes and excavators galore, but you’d be putting 20 guys out of a job. They make $4-$5 a day, which is good money for them. All those concrete curb stones on the median were set by hand also, a guy digging a footing, setting the slab in place, then mixing up mortar on the ground and grouting between them.