All is well down in the mud. Have spent a bit of time this week getting the on-site admin sorted out, as a group from Cambodia will arrive on Sunday for a visit with the IUCN – demonstrating the demonstration.
Two plots next to two hills have been marked off (with green signs). These are for testing direct dibbling of seedlings straight into the mud at the normal level, against seedlings planted on the adjacent hills made from digging spoil, to test comparative vigour and survival. [Unfinished in the picture below, but you get the idea.]
A spare metal rod you can see being used for the corner posts of the plots was smacked into the ground to mark our measuring point and height permanently. Previously I had used the handle of the shovel that survived only four hours of digging. Sadly this disappeared. This rod will not as only the last 2cm of a 2m rod is visible. Bosh.
The control plots (orange signs) have been labelled properly now, and are more visible from the edge.
Hills have been labelled (white signs) to make discussion and monitoring of heights etc easier. All the equipment and kit used here will be discussed in a later posting so you can see exactly what we have done and used.
And a small triumph, I think. In discussion with Bang Don’s two nieces, we finally managed to established that the roped-off areas are not for playing in, and hills are not for dancing on. My Thai + mime combo just managed to stretch that far. So hopefully the floor-dibbled propagules will enjoy a slow drowning, rather than being danced into the mud by small feet. And the hill-dibbled propagules will thrive as they are higher and high enough, and not become Britney Spear's microphone.
The control plots (orange signs) have been labelled properly now, and are more visible from the edge. Hills have been labelled (white signs) to make discussion and monitoring of heights etc easier. All the equipment and kit used here will be discussed in a later posting so you can see exactly what we have done and used.And a small triumph, I think. In discussion with Bang Don’s two nieces, we finally managed to established that the roped-off areas are not for playing in, and hills are not for dancing on. My Thai + mime combo just managed to stretch that far. So hopefully the floor-dibbled propagules will enjoy a slow drowning, rather than being danced into the mud by small feet. And the hill-dibbled propagules will thrive as they are higher and high enough, and not become Britney Spear's microphone.
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