The rainy season can present some troubling weather, however in nature there is always good and bad mixed with any event.
A heavy storm passed last week and on the plantation some of the homes were damaged by strong winds.
An interesting aspect of these strong winds is that the trees that are suffering from root disease are often blown down. This can be positive as it is impossible to tell in a timely manner if trees are suffering from this root disease because the trunks look healthy. As we will eventually be thinning the trees to allow for better growth this helps us by eliminating trees that can be polluting the earth with disease and taking nutrients from healthy trees.
Teak trees require a significant rainy and dry season. During the rainy season the trees leaves are green and full. However during the dry season these leaves all fall off allowing the tree trunks and soil to soak up sun and further nutrients. An interesting natural event happens at the end of the rainy season: Caterpillars come and attack the beautifully full green leaves, as the rainy season ends, helping the trees purge their leaves for the dry season. The cycle starts all over again at the beginning of the rainy season
Whether the rainy or dry season the guardians always have ample work to keep them busy maintaining the trees.
