I have done trees for 20yrs.
It easiest thing to do if you want passive income.
But I decided to get more into tea
Hopefully inshallah once I get to 50 acres.
I can build my own small mini-factory to process special tea.
I want to slowly retire into village life.
As I age and prepare to 'die';
There were lots of beehives in my land from villagers.
There are Dorobos/Ogike who love those things.
But I dont eat honey - I am allergic to it.
I also dont like any ANIMAL - so I cant do cows or dogs or cats.
Good stuff. I have the same dream about retiring mashinani 50% (as in spend 50% of my time there and 50% at my other retirement spot in a different smaller town out of Nairobi.) Nairobi-metro is probably the WORST place to retire, regardless of what part one lives. Too much noise, pollution, stress, contaminated food, traffic and snobbish " Nairobi-mindset" people. Those who have grown super rich (billionaires) through theft and act with impunity. In my gated community we have two. They flout all rules with impunity because they feel they are untouchable. Their money is their fortress.
Isapite.
I agree with ya on animals. I let my caretakers keep theirs on a small section of the acres but the rest I don't want a single animal on. Too much headache for too little upside. Add the stench and flies, for cows especially; not good! Besides, most of my neighbours have dairy cows, kukus and so on. If I need fresh slaughtered meat, milk and eggs, I just source from them and enjoy enjoyuuuuu bila msukosuko.
My favourite time when I am on the farm is when God blesses us with rain. I love to put my chair in the outdoor covered verandah, pour me a good cup of coffee, listen to the patter of raindrops on the roof as the water from the gutters enters the huge above ground and undeground tanks snywaaaaaaaaaa. And into the huge pond (silanga) shpuuuuuu. One heavy rain episode and I have enough clean fresh water storage to survive a 1 year apocalypse. Good living at its best! A pond 1 metre deep and half an acre in size can collect
millions of litres of water per rainy season. This is one secret many Kwiinyans don't understand. Still thinking that tanks alone are the only option. One huge pond investment and you're set for life.

But my passion still remains trees. Their beauty. Their economic value. Their ability to change the micro-climate especially in hot and dry areas, an their multiple uses; medicine, timber, fruits and more. Add that the bigger they get, the more beautiful and the more the economic value thereof. The old adage about money not growing on trees was wrong. Money DOES grow on trees.
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