Agriculture

Look at these tomato plants

 pwa nwa (black beans)

kalalou-- don't recall the name in English but it is usually about three inches long, green and star-shaped when cut sideways.  It's a popular veggie in the southern states.
From wikipedia:
Callaloo is widely known throughout the Caribbean and has a distinctively Caribbean origin, created by enslaved Africans using ideas of the indigenous people along with both African (okra) and indigenous (Xanthosoma) plants (See Palaver Sauce for the West African dish). Trinidadians have embraced this dish from their ancestors and over time have added ingredients such as coconut milk to modify its flavor.

Agriculture

 chou/cabbage

zonyon/onions

pwa nwa/black beans

As soon as the rainy season ended (about four weeks ago) Toussaint, our agronomist, and his crew planted cabbage, onions and black beans.  Looks like about 20 acres worth.  Wished I liked cabbage a bit more than I do.

Black Bean Harvest

It is harvest time for the black beans and you can see that it was successful. We produced 231 marmites (overflowing coffee cans-- an official Haitian measure) with a value of just a little over a thousand US dollars. We spent a little over $300 for the seed and labor so this is very good news. Anyone for some Black bean Soup?