Category Archives: Plants
Huge Croc Surprised in Lake Baringo
On the Lake on Sunday morning in two boats, ours was the first to get close to a sleeping crocodile in the reeds. We pulled up so close to it, about 12 feet away, that I was able to take this photo of its tail: Continue reading
"In the Tea"
We had a lovely two-day outing over the weekend into the highlands of western Kenya to visit family who are managing one of the major tea plantations, growing Camellia sinensis. It has been many years since I first saw tea farming in Kericho, and the vistas before us were a sight for sore eyes. Long accustomed to the browns and yellows and pale chartreuse colors of Baringo, the lush emerald green of the tea was as enticing as an ocean of green velvet. Continue reading
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Prickly Pear Cactus in Kenya
Due to cultural constraints, none of the other uses of Prickly Pear Cactus have yet been discovered and exploited in Kenya. The people here turn up their noses at the idea of eating either the fruits or the pads (nopales or nopalitos) of this plant which is a common foodstuff in Mexico and parts of the US, even around the Mediterranean. Continue reading
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