Stuart Barden in Kenya

Friday, August 26, 2011

The Soil on our Kenyan Shamba (farm)

Sorry for the lack of posts of late, yesterday Annie and I flew to have a look at a backhoe loader to buy in Eldoret.
It was to rough though and so we came home empty handed.
The clearing is coming along (slowly) and I will post a photo of some of the 60 to 80 locals clearing the land by hand as soon as I can.
We hope to visit the school where Grace and James will go next year early next week which should be interesting.
This morning I will be out checking out the clearing and talking to the head fellows who are managing the two clearing teams.
The international grain market appears to be going well and with the number of "issues" around the world in relation to weather/crops there appears some up side.
Our and The Mckay's farms at Condobolin are about to be advertised for auction and we expect an auction date of Mid Oct. The crops there look as good as last year and have stacks of subsoil moisture under them.

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