It has been soooo hot and dry lately…as they say here in Belize, “The heat punish me.”  The other morning, Gnome left the house and said that he was going to mow around the farm.  He was gone for a fair bit and I didn’t hear the motor starting so I went to look for him.  Well, he certainly wasn’t mowing because the cat had nicely settled down for the day!

I did finally find him with the fruit picker getting some sapodillas down.  It was only 8am and we were both sweating profusely.  I looked at him all hot and bothered and I said,

“Let’s do something easier today!”

And so we picked a basket of pigeon pea together and podded them.  We thought it would be easier!!

Podding this  amount took two hours!!  Pea Sheller Jr (handmade in the USA) doesn’t work…we tried!  We have to do it by hand:

Each pea you see represents one drop of sweat!!  This one is definitely not for sale.  It beats mowing in the dry season but not by far!!

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