All right now she's just pointed out, this is dokay what they called Okay, in Thailand. This, obviously is another form of a Kostya tree. And it's just as much of a nitrogen pictures anything else but you've got the added benefit of this flower with this lovely bloom or fruit that comes on this tree and they and it is edible, and it's kind of a delicacy for them. So, so Okay, so And of course, there's about 1200 species of these Akashi around the world and you've got tamarind and all kinds of other very interesting variations on this one. This is two years. When when did this start growing when this this is more than two years?

Yeah, only two years. Folks, I want you to see the size of this. The stem that's it To buy for right next to us, you see the size of that stem, they're two years old. Something I didn't know how quickly this one is growing. So that's a good a good clue for anybody that can get ahold of Akasha I see now Yeah, this the stick you're looking at was destroyed from the typhoon but was another prolific tree. I want to show you here too.

I want to go back this way. And I want to show you this tie Albertine for eggplant right here. And you know, she's got these growing in the tires. So all of these major festivals, these major producers, she's got coming out of tires because apparently she rented the local junk. yard and just grabbed all these tires, which is a tremendous idea. If you're not really tight for land we have all kinds of things and of course the the metal.

The sheet metal being very useful for walking. I'm walking on this right now. What else we have here? bitter melon, bitter melon. A major producer if you can, if you can get it. I'm not sure where those leaves are.

This is kind of a mishmash. Oh, sorry. Here we go. Bitter Melon folks. Yes. This is lovely.

Extremely lovely stuff. And she's got those creeping Throughout the field here, let me back up. So you can see where we are. Yeah. We have a we have spied a fruit. I see.

Li Oh, this is like a this is like a this is like a winter squash. Yes. This is like a Yeah, a winter variety very tough. They're like medieval cannonballs or something when they get full size, but a very hearty vegetable. It's mostly carbohydrates, but it's it's very hard to be very substantial for a diet I use it whenever possible. Yeah, I see this one also this this this little fella and lemongrass lemongrass is a favorite in Thailand we use it in the tea and in the cooking of the various soups that they have the Thai delicacies This is a main staple for that cuisine and is growing semi wild although I think she definitely had a something to say about these being here being Thai and all of that.

And, again, more bananas framing the outside of this field. So around you see neighbors doing what neighbors living their lives. And here she's got all this land that she's putting to adequate use coming off of a devastating typhoon, but life goes on. And she's a very hard and persistent worker. And in my experience, farming is something that keeps you perennially alive and vital. Because there's always something you haven't done yet.

There's always something to do. And there's always more that the farm is needing your presence for, as always feels like you're not quite there yet. Even though of neighbors or friends, like myself can come over and say, Wow, this is amazing. You're going Oh, yeah, but you're looking in your mind and your mind has this incredible shangri-la. Set up and that you're not there, you're never there yet. And that also is very in a way is also very good for the farmer.

Because the the push is always on the challenge. Not that that's a challenge. I hate that word challenge. But the push, it's always there. And it's the question the invitation is always upon us. Like, could you be doing something a little better with your time and sitting around and surfing on a computer?

Watching some fool show you farming videos. Could you actually better put your time to use by doing this by being the one who makes this all happen? Okay, now this is the flower from pumpkin. Yeah, and This is also edible me. focus a little bit. Yeah.

So if you've ever grown pumpkin or squash, you'll recognize that flower there. Normally as soon as they bloom then the the fruit will start behind. But she's got a whole lot of these. So she's able to harvest these as food themselves.