Cardamom and Pineapples and a Crowned Crane

Plotnik got ready to show you a photo of a thriving basil plant in the Rear Acreage of World Headquarters, but then BZWZ broke out her photos of Kenya and Uganda. What you see above is a stand of cardamom seedlings in a nursery. Below are the cardamom flowers and seed pods that snake across the ground. Obviously, the cardamom seeds we use come from these pods.



Cardamom plants, like coffee shrubs, like shade. In Uganda, bananas are everywhere and can provide shade for coffee and cardamom. Coffee and Cardamom. Oops, a song title if Plottie ever heard one. Below are pineapples growing on the bottom and bananas on top.



And then we have this bad boy: the Crowned Crane, National Bird of Uganda.



This is just a teaser: tomorrow we get safari photos.