EXPLORING 'MERDADA' LAKESIDE : PART 5

Harvesting potatoes...
Yay... potatoes...
The edge of this lake was full of organic material.

The sediment comes from the hill 'above'.
This lake is surrounded by high hills.

Heavy rainfalls that evenly happen there makes the top soil flown by the rain water.

The wide sediment area is a great place for growing vegetables.

And this time we could see wide potato 'farmland' on the edge of the lake.

We were so lucky... we met some local farmers were harvesting potato at this area.

They were traditional farmers from this highland.

The potato plants look so lush...

They use plastic for mulching.

That's really help them to control the weed problem.

Me and my friends bought some potatoes to be brought home for our families.

Fresh potatoes from the 'farmland'....

GIFT OF THE WEEK : FARMER'S GIFT

Last week my friend went to farmland on the highland in suburban area.
He did short time training for the tea farmers.
Something that we love to visiting farmland area, the scenery, neighborhood and especially the hospitality of the farmers.
We look like a very close family.
Talk a lot of things, and share each other.

What we have just a small amount of knowledge and experience.

And when we go home, they always give us so many gifts to be taken home.
How lovely...

And for the last visit we got three cartoon boxes of potatoes, a sack of cabbages and a sack of long green peppers.
A bountiful gift!
So, my friend re-shared what he have gotten to others, and of course me too.
Look what we got...

Big potatoes for french-fries...

Cabbage for soup and cap-cay...

Oh... lots of peppers!
Thanks friend, and thank you for your kindness our farmers!