In Cardamom County today, we harvested spinach, ladiesfinger (okra), mint, beans, and parsley. Our full wheelbarrow is heading straight to the kitchen. How many hotels have you heard of that grow a good portion of the food on site?

We have been hoping to get the monkey-proof vegetable cage approved so that we can grow the majority of our staple foods on site. Today, I will be meeting with one of the head engineers to see how we can make the design more smart: cut cost but still get the job done.

Today, I learned that mint is called pudhina in Tamil, the language of the state neighboring Kerala. Lately, I have been working less with the person who translates for me and just with the garden team. I am really enjoying learning this way. They explain what to do by showing me and it becomes like a monkey-see-monkey-do game. It never ceases to amaze me how much we can communicate with eye contact and hand motions.