As the blog suggests, I am a Peace Corps Volunteer here in El Salvador. My program is agribusiness, although I didn’t have a whole lot of agriculture experience coming into the gig. I had previously worked as a farm hand in college, but I basically just did what my boss told me, which didn’t lead to a whole lot of learning. I have been here since July of 2009 (yup, that’s right. my time here is almost up. what a good time to start a blog, huh?). As an agribusiness volunteer I have done a bunch of different projects, all of them somehow relating to agriculture. My ultimate goal is to teach and train the local people, but it seems I do as much learning as teaching (if not more). In the experience, it seems I have been bitten by the agriculture ‘bug.’ I have started a small home garden, and have really enjoyed it. In this blog I hope to document my garden, and perhaps some other people will also be able to enjoy it – albeit from afar.
A few things.
- At this point, my garden is already big and has already been harvested (partially), but I’m going to write back-posts explaining everything that has happened.
- I started a blog back when I started PC. I never posted in it. Hopefully this time around will be different.
- My Spanish has gotten pretty good (if I say so myself), but every action has an equal and (not quite) opposite reaction. My English has taken a toll. Please excuse me.
- As I am starting from many months behind, my goal is to briefly cover the main points, not to write New York Times worthy posts.
- I used to be ‘The Monkey Boy’ (even had my own website, themonkeyboy.com).
- Before this, I had never really grown anything. Everyday I’m learning. If you have suggestions, let me know!
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