QUEST FOR COFFEE

There are some buds forming on the main plant. So far it looks like there are more than last year, but still no great amount. The plant is growing pretty fast and I wonder if the less mature branches aren't able to bud.
I picked cherries from the trees in a guys house that lives near by a couple months ago. I crammed some of them in the soil of another houseplant. Low and behold, two sprouts popped up. They are so close together I can only assume they are from one cherry...

Spring is in the air, the sun is shining warmly, and the rains they are a coming. Well not in drought ridden North Carolina, but the wet season has begun at Finca Nueva Berlin. After several months of very limited watering I have begun a new regimen...

Okay, so I dropped the ball. I don't know why really, I just stopped posting and got lazy about it. Sorry.
So, last spring I received a handful of beans straight from some friends in El Salvador. 100% bourbon, they sat in moist starter soil doing nothing for close to a month. Just before I was ready to toss them in the trash, I decided instead to put them...

Spring has been a good season. The re-potted plants continue their journey outward and upward. The big plant has proven to be a real fast mover. It reminds me of a conversation with Aida Battle of Finca Mauritania fame that occurred last fall. She had...