I came to the recent realization that rainy season is more than half over and I've yet to post an agriculture-related video. So here you are. I don't know about you, but I get exhausted just watching this video for 54 seconds. And those kids are out there all day. Most of the clearing, planting, weeding, and general field-tending in my area is done by guys with hand tools. No horse. No donkey. No plow. Just the daba. Dabas (the short-handled hoe seen here) are as ubiquitous among the Malian male 8-40 segment as knock-off designer purses are among the American female 12-30 segment. Girl, you know eeeeevverybody got one. Now that it's Ramadan, people aren't working so hard. That is both because no one has the energy (you know, due to lack of eating) and most of the hard work (planting) has been finished for a while. Now we wait for harvest time. We've had good rain and the millet's looking pretty tall, so I am anticipating a bountiful yield. You know, because I'm an expert in the field...
dimanche 14 septembre 2008
"Junior's Farm"
Yaba Daba Doo!
I came to the recent realization that rainy season is more than half over and I've yet to post an agriculture-related video. So here you are. I don't know about you, but I get exhausted just watching this video for 54 seconds. And those kids are out there all day. Most of the clearing, planting, weeding, and general field-tending in my area is done by guys with hand tools. No horse. No donkey. No plow. Just the daba. Dabas (the short-handled hoe seen here) are as ubiquitous among the Malian male 8-40 segment as knock-off designer purses are among the American female 12-30 segment. Girl, you know eeeeevverybody got one. Now that it's Ramadan, people aren't working so hard. That is both because no one has the energy (you know, due to lack of eating) and most of the hard work (planting) has been finished for a while. Now we wait for harvest time. We've had good rain and the millet's looking pretty tall, so I am anticipating a bountiful yield. You know, because I'm an expert in the field...
I came to the recent realization that rainy season is more than half over and I've yet to post an agriculture-related video. So here you are. I don't know about you, but I get exhausted just watching this video for 54 seconds. And those kids are out there all day. Most of the clearing, planting, weeding, and general field-tending in my area is done by guys with hand tools. No horse. No donkey. No plow. Just the daba. Dabas (the short-handled hoe seen here) are as ubiquitous among the Malian male 8-40 segment as knock-off designer purses are among the American female 12-30 segment. Girl, you know eeeeevverybody got one. Now that it's Ramadan, people aren't working so hard. That is both because no one has the energy (you know, due to lack of eating) and most of the hard work (planting) has been finished for a while. Now we wait for harvest time. We've had good rain and the millet's looking pretty tall, so I am anticipating a bountiful yield. You know, because I'm an expert in the field...
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I'm never going to complain about yard work again.
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