Awe farm, view to west from farm road near entrance. Area is well-plowed from the road to the berm and to the north / northwest boundary.
From the same point, the view to the south. A few acres near the stream are not plowed due to too much water. Nearly every tree is flowering; perhaps 25% have fruit bunches, though almost none are ripe.
Example tree slightly damaged by the tractor. This is the third tree on the left upon entering the farm - we will track to see if its progress and/or productivity is affected.
Sample early fruit bunch.
Another fruit bunch, having appeared even more recently.
This section of the farm is to be hand cleared (ringing), but ringing was delayed by ants.
Beyond a fifteen yard strip delayed by ants, the remainder of trees toward the stream boundary have been hand cleared like this tree.
This fruit bunch is nearer to being ripe than those pictured earlier.
This is the area where the tractor required another truck to extricate it, and the reason why this portion of the farm is not plowed.
view along the stream boundary toward the road. This region has been hand cleared (ringing).
A view of the biting ants that have delayed the clearing.
View to the south across the berm. This region plowed by the maize farmer to whom this has been allocated. Most trees in this area were removed because of rocky soil.
View to the west from across the berm. Many trees here are in good shape. The same maize farmer will shortly complete plowing this section.
The same area as the last slide, showing more clearly the just-harvested maize.
West of the stream that crosses the farm, the view to the west (right side of the road). Most trees here were lost to a combination of rats and fire.
View to the south, where again, most trees have been lost.
Although most trees in this area are gone, the stream margin shows a few good trees that survived.
This sectioned is maintained by the maize farmer, though with almost no trees.
A few trees here have survived. We hired the tractor for this region.
This region was again recently harvested (maize), and will shortly be plowed for replanting by the maize farmer. Note that Segun is always present when the land is plowed.
Except along the main stream boundary, almost all trees here lost - mainly to fire.
Section just like recent one due for plowing - again, very few trees here have survived.
A little further along in the same plot - more trees here have survived.
This section is managed by a different maize farmer, who clears by hand.
More of the land managed by the second maize farmer.
An oil palm can be seen through the maize.
The manual-method maize farmer will clear this section shortly.
Back to the tractor-based maize farmer - a few trees can be seen.
The cleared boundary in this view is the edge of our land.
Very few trees remain in the south-west end of what was planted.
Another view of the south-west edge of the planted area.
These hills dominate the view to the east. They are near to the Osun State border.
