We have had a very busy and productive day on the farm.  I have started to pick pigeon pea (Cajanus cajun) which is an edible legume…

I harvested the brown pods as you can see:

This is the time of the year to pick this bean and if I keep up with the harvesting, the plant usually flowers two or three times making it a very prolific producer.  Once we have gathered all the brown pods over a succession of weeks, we shell them all at the same time with a gnome-mechanised contraption.  The pigeon pea tastes similar to lentils with more of a bite.  Watch out for some recipes later on!!

Gnome has been working hard.  He is not in a very talkative mood  right now so I will tell you what he has been up to today:

He has been cleaning the coconut plantation:

He has been grating coconuts:

Gnome attaches a grater onto the end of a hand drill.  We use the coconut in cooking and the animals like it too.

He has also been busy making a batch of soap today and right now, as I am writing, he is cutting the soap.  No pictures yet…maybe later!!

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