Strawberry Hill's

Organic Vegetable Garden

Vegetables are grown at Strawberry Hill making full use of the terrain by terracing the slopes with bamboo. All the vegetables are grown organically insomuch that no chemical fertilisers or sprays of any sort are used.

Strawberries, runner beans and dasheen grow in between coffee (foreground)

All hillside farming in Jamaica utilizes a canopy of fruits, usually banana or plantain (as there is here) which are tall enough to allow sunlight in underneath and let the groundcovers grow, yet protect the plants from excessive sun and drying -out.

Ossie & Ruddy discuss the Pak Choy and Lettuce

Young Pineapple (Note the parsley in the seed bed)

Most of the beds have several cops growing together i.e. Pineapple is interspersed with faster growing tomatoes which can be reaped before the pine is ripe.

The area is being expanded to include organically grown coffee and tropical fruit trees. We will keep you posted of the developments.

Artocarpus spp. Jackfruit

Massive fruits are produced up to 20lbs in weight and 2' long with a strong odor. The flesh is sucked off the seed and the "heart" can be fried.