Today the beautiful cruise ship Carnival Horizon docked in Ocho Rios, and we had the pleasure of welcoming another wonderful group of visitors to our farm and herbal garden in the hills of Jamaica. It was one of those perfect sunny Jamaican days that remind us why summer is such a special season on the…
One of the most rewarding parts of farming is watching nature recover, renew, and surprise you. Earlier this spring, I had to cut back our fig tree quite heavily because it had become overgrown and was no longer producing the way I hoped. At the time, it looked almost bare, and I honestly wondered how…
For the past few weeks, I have been introducing a new plant to our medicinal herb garden tours here in the hills above Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and that plant is Comfrey (Symphytum). To be honest, this is still a learning journey for me because the comfrey plant we now have on the farm was given…