Our Planting Season
Corpus Christi will be celebrated on June 19 and Trinbagonians will be looking to plant something. Pat Ganase talks with Chancy Moll at San Antonio Farms. Photos by Pat Ganase The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the next best is now. If you planted one 20 years ago, no doubt you are enjoying the result of that foresight, in fruit or flowers, in the beings that are attracted, in shelter or shade. If you want your children to remember you, plant a tree with them this month. Gingers grow over ten feet tall, with many flowering forms. This is the Beehive. Known popularly as Hawaiian torches, these gingers are available in colours from white to red. A wide variety of Heliconia – lobster claw – is available. Whatever your religion, we can observe the tradition of putting a tree in the ground at Corpus Christi. That’s the time that the rainy season has truly set in, the soil has been softened. And there is a belief that anything plante...