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Dry season in the tropics is usually dry!!  Hahahha! This year, however, we have received more rain during the month of February2025  than ever before in my 25 years living and doing this work in Costa Rica. While many people believe this extra rainfall is a good thing, and yes, we are grateful for healthy rain, the fact remains that unseasonal rain makes it hard for the farmers to grow our food and for the trees to give us all their fruit blessings as well. Many mango flowers were already blooming on the trees before the heavy rains knocked them all off. Many coffee plants, avocado trees, and bean crops also suffered. We just have to keep the hope and adapt our maintenance practices to accomodate these changes and hope that some of the crops will be available despite the unpredictable weather. 

This unseasonal rain also means we have to go and clean many of the smallest trees since the rains make the agressive cattle grasses grow even more. We have been in the field taking care of all trees planted last year in order for. them to survive the rest of the dry season which frankly, we hope will be DRY!!  The tiniest trees under 3 years old truly dislike the cattle grasses growing up around their trunks which is why we chop and clean the dirt space around each tree while also leaving the higher grasses in the alternating stripes to hold in ground moisture and allow air to flow and sun to enter to prevent mold and tree suffocation. 

This is what is takes to bring the rainforest back to life. Constant care and attention and flexibility to mitigate the changing climate patterns. Adding tree cleaning sessionsin dry season can be risky for the trees to get burned by trhe strong sun. This extra work also means more fair pay for our crews and reinforces the reality that bringing the rainforest back to life requires money, time and commitment, long term. We appreciate our sponsors beyond words. Real gratitude for all yall. THANK YOU !

We love trees!