Exactly two years ago I shared with you the biannual procedure of pruning the gravileas trees to keep a balance between shade and sun for the coffee bushes. This is what I told you then:
There is nothing like rain water to make all the flora grow and in Guatemala we have a very copious rainy season that begins in May and ends in October. During the rainy season all the plants acquire a lush green dress and grow very rapidly. Thus, right before the rainy season begins, many gardens, farms and coffee plantations undergo a pruning process.
In the photo above, you can see the gravileas trees, the shadow trees for the coffee plantations around La Antigua Guatemala, being pruned.
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Those machetes look super-sharp!!!
Very interesting, thamks for sharing that with us.
Very neat to see. The green gets me happy for spring after a cold New York winter.
Great shot in the main photo! But it makes me glad that I don’t have to climb a tree while carrying a machete.
This guy is fearless.
Eh, hmm, this is interesting.. Rudy, did you climb up a tree to get these photos?
@Arturo, the photos were taken from our balcony. 😉