As of this writing, August, 2023, Idris is collecting seeds for trees and is planting in preparation for the October rainy season. Current seedling quantities are are limited by water.
Examples of seedlings in stock for the upcoming rainy season”
200 avacado
100 mango
250 Kayapa (tree used for fencing)
70 Local mahogany
150 Lmarggwet (cottonwood)
150 black passion fruit
40 papaya
40 Marubaine (three with 40 medicinal uses)
Vegetable crops
50 pili pili peppers plus more coming along
Many Skuma (kale)
A variety of flower seedlings are also available at the nursery.
Published by William Rubel
I am an author who writes about traditional food and foodways. My book, The Magic of Fire (2002) is about hearth cooking. I have written an introductory history of bread, Bread, a global history (2011) and am currently writing a history of bread for the University of California Press. Other areas of interest include wild mushrooms, and specifically the treatment of Amanita muscaria in the historic record. I also write about Early Modern British Gardens, and for a more general audience, I write for Mother Earth News on bread, gardening, and more. I have an ongoing research project into the smoke-cured fermented milk of the Kenyan Samburu tribe. I am a co-director of the Samburu Lowlands Research Station, Lengusaka. I am the founding editor (1972) of Stone Soup, the magazine of writing and art by young people.
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