Good Morning. Just here with Ratty
Beautiful day. Just got rained out like crazy
but it appears the sun is coming out again
I've been trying to do an
an Herbs of The Yard tour 2020 with Mokko
but he's been very busy
and very serious, I would say
Yes
Yeah, he's hard-workimg on the farm
and
doesn't want to do
deal with anything else
so
luckily Ratty has generously volunteered
to give us a tour
of The Yard
and show us all the different plants and
Yes
fruits, vegetables, herbs
everything growing on there, so
let's do this Ratty
Yes. Ready?
Ready!
Go
Go!
What's this?
This one
is some cold bush, trumpet
Cold bush
Yes, trumpet
Trumpet, ok
Yes
and you use this as a tea kind of thing?
Yes, for asthma
Asthma? Interesting, ok
and this is [a] big ackee tree
long all the way up to the top
Wow
so ackee
going all the way up
long way up
and
Mokko did clean it up this morning, there's
tons that have even been falling
there's been too many to even eat
that's a good problem to have
and over here, some tamarind
Tamarind
you cannot reach them
because they'll drop out on your mouth
so tamarind
that is the tamarind tree that the dogs eat
and you can see the leaf
it almost reminds me of a
Moringa
kind of, well I guess not
more oval than round, but
different
but you said it's bearing right now
Yeah, look over there
let me show you
just need to grab one limb
and pull it down
and show you
See it? It's brearing
Tamarind bearing
and what do you use Tamarind for?
You can make Tamarind balls
also you can use the leaf for tea
and we can already
eat it
but not yet
I've seen it in candies too
yes
they make a tamarind sort of candy
Yeah, tamarind candy
yeah I think they use this one a lot
but this one is the sweet one
this is not the sour one
Yeah I like the sour one
or I like them both actually
O man! the sour one is too bitter
What else we got over here?
some bananas
Yup
big
bunches [of] bananas
and what kind are those ones again?
Gros Michel and Honey
Gros Michel, Honey
so there ones bering here
these are the
Honey
Honey banana
[that one there]
Just beautiful
and then
these ones are Gros Michel?
Yes
the smaller ones
so I know I've talked about these before
but these are the famed Gros Michel
which was the main strain of banana
before
in the 1940s and 50s
and that kinda thing
that was the main one in the world
and the bananas have slippery peels, right?
Yeah, it's easy to slip on them
Super slippery ones
Over here over here
and these are some chocolate trees
Chocolate. So big chocolate here
yeah, you can tell by this leaf
but this is the one that really gives it away
near the hammock
where it's
all those black kinda football-shaped things
No there are no black footballs over there
some of them, sometimes
but look on the tree, there are some ripe ones up there
Ripe chocolate. Delicious
There's some yellow ones, yeah
Yeah, they're ripe
so up here
we can see some yellow ones higher up
I might climb and get those later
and then this is one of the
footballs
Yeah they look like footballs so
Expired
chocolate fruit inside there
Yes
You guys have so much chocolate on The Yard
it's like my childhood dream come true
Alright, shall we go in The Yard
Yes sir
Ok
Oops, Matthew what did you do?
I just kicked the dog bowl by mistake. Whoops
and
the sun's out now
Let's see if it lasts
over here is some mint
Mint
they're looking sweet
Matthew you need to smell it
Oh yeah that's really nice
How does it taste?
Sweet
Alright so
Try one
Classic mint
Try one
Alright, I will
Chew it up
That's a powerful one
Very good
Over here are some gungo peas
Gungo peas
Yes
and I always think of peas as growing from a
vine-type thing
but his is straight up like a
They always
have somethings right here, the
flowers, pretty flowers
then they
start to bear in a shell
in a little tiny thing
How many grow in a pod?
How may grow in a shell?
about, like
five, six
Ok, so similar to regular peas
or the peas I'm used to
Yes
Yeah
and these are some okras
okra
Look at that huge one
Looks awesome
Some gungo peas are over here still
More gungo peas
and then there's some more
okra
we can see just starting to pop out here
Yeah, little bit
Some little ones
and then here's some more
Interesting
It's funny how many of these plants are growing upside down
to what I imagined
pineapples or even bananas
you think of them the other way
and okra the same thing
they just grow straight up
Now this
is an exciting part of the farm
and this is some sorrel
Sorrel
Red Sorrel
Now you have white sorrel too?
Yes
Can you show me the difference
because I saw these flowers
and I thought, oh this is white sorrel
but thisis still red sorrel
it just has a kinda white bloom
Over here [is] some corn
Corn, ok
up here is some white
show me the white sorrel first
Alright
because we're kinda mid-thought on that one
so red again
and this is still the white one again
That's white
so when they say white sorrel
it's almost like
it's still kinda red
It's just slightly white
When you see this on them
when you see the spots on them
that means it's white sorrel
So it's sort of a two-color
Look, this is red
No spots on there
That's not white sorrel
See some little white sorrel here Matthew
So there you go
The kinda two-color
That's considered white sorrel
Look over here
Some white sorrel
again
mixed with red
White and red mixed
So you've got them all growing in one patch
Look over here
Some
Matthew's favorite
Some cuc-boys
You know what's called cuc-boys?
You know
You eat it
Some what?
You eat it with fish
Cuc-boys
Yes, look over here. You know it
Cucumbers
Oh, that's cucumber?
Pumpkin
Cucumber
Look at that tiny little cucumber
It's so small
and this is some corn
They're big
Big, nice corn
Soon [be] ready to eat
and this corn is falling
Knocking over into
another plant which you might know
Famous on Ras Kitchen
There's a few of those around too
Matthew
Come over here
What do you think about this?
Which one? Guess?
Let's see
It's on the ground
I'm gonna guess
Sweet Potato
Yes!
Alright
and they're running already
There's a lot of them coming
Yeah because I planted it
They're really, kind of, expanding. They just
go wherever, right?
You saw the sorrel
Look at the sorrel
Look at what's inside
What needs to be planted again
Look, I'll show you
I'm gonna show you what's in there
Ouch, some ants
[I'll] show you what's in there
Just bust it open
See what's in there to be planted again
Oh, there are these little seeds
Yeah, sorrel seeds
Sorrel seeds
Cool
When they're dry you just
throw them out on the ground and they start to bust
So awesome
Done sorrel
You ever saw the biggest sorrel?
The big fat one?
No, well I've seen them at the market
not growing like this
Look over here
Look athow this one is big and fat
This one is already ready
It's ready
That one's ready?
Yeah, Grandpa needs to pick it
This is the red one ready
Now, Rat-Rat, these are bananas again?
Yes
and I know these are ready
These are Gros Michel because I've been told
So there's gonna be
a ton of Gros Michels here
Though I'm not gonna be able to enjoy them
but whoever comes to The Yard after this video
is a very lucky person because you're gonna get
a lot of Gros Michel to eat
and I'm jelous
Over here I have some wires
Right here, watch this
Right in the tree
Ok, let's keep moving
See when I put that wire in there
You see that?
Some of the juice came out
This is susumber juice
Oh boy!
We've got a baby
We had the little baby
breadfruit over there
and there's
the fully grown one
Big boy breadfruit
So that's how big it grows
Just massive
and you can see a couple smaller
of those round breadfruits growing up on there right now
and
More coffee over here , right?
Yes
Oh, there's one more in the back here I want you to show me
Where?
This one
[That's not coffee]
June plum
a famous one in Jamaica
a wonderful drink
that we tried up in the bushes
The one up in the bushes
Are there any ripe ones?
Not now
On june plum?
You don't see any?
They're sort of a darker
brown when thry're ready, yeah?
No, when they're yellow
They're so sweet and juicy
Delicious
Oh the sun is coming out again
we can go to the river
Yeah
the swimming hole is going great
Ok
Cruising along
Yeah we need to pack that pool
where it's deep and everybody can stand in there
They said how did the water reach all the way up here?
Are there any other plants to show me?
Oh yes
We're basically almost around the whole Yard
but there might be a couple more things so
Yeah, that's coffee again
and this is some
Shoe black
Shoe black?
This one
It will stick on your hand
and what's it for?
It makes polish for the shoes
for the shoes
Shoe black
Oh yeah?
Yes, and over here
I cannot go over there
because over there is muddy
This one, not that one
There's all kinds of beautiful flowers
growing that Mokko just plants for
niceness
That's the hummingbird juice
Yeah, they love these
Yeah Matthew, over here
Move on
These are some beans
Right there
Beans
Yeah those ones
This is the beans I'm more used to
growing like a vine
Yeah those are the real beans
That's the one that I
more regularly see at home
Now this fence got hit down pretty good by the wind
This just broke the other day
Oh my gosh
Gotta fix that
Let's put on our swim trunks and go to the river
right away
We're done the tour?
A couple other things on the other yard
Yes
Rat-Rat wants to go swimming and I agree
I'm sweating pretty good
but there's a couple more things
to chceck out on the other
new house that Mokko built
What do you have going on in here
Show me that melon because you've
you've stashed it away
These are melon?
Oh yeah
Watermelon
Side by side
The goats love the skin on these
When are these gonna be ready?
I don't know
They get huge
They've got some time
and I saw you stashed another one over here
I didn't even know about those two
I was thinking more about this one
This one you kinda hid
Not [like] so Matthew
You're doing it wrong
You need to go like this
That one is ready
Matthew, it's ready
Yeah, but Grandpa doesn't want to pick it
How come?
It's ready already
Grandpa doesn't want to pick it
Come on Matthew
Open the gate
you're locked in
Alright I'm free
Well thanks Rat, that was awesome
Great tour
Ratty you give tours of The Yard, right?
For guests sometimes?
A lot of the time
So yeah
Come hire Ratty as your guide
Hope you enjoyed the tour
Yes
Me and Matthew did a pretty good tour
Yeah, it's good
he's going for it, he's going for the camera
Here we go, you like sugar cane
So it feels like a yoga mat
It bit me
It didn't taste like lemon
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