I read this article earlier. This guy is funny!
a)
Quote:With the wisdom of hindsight, I now understand one reason I kept losing Cypress. The place where my farm is located in Uasin Gishu is a plateau with annual rains ranging from 900mm to 1,200mm. But Cypress still grows in the region.
and no inkling of attempting to irrigate with borehole or other water
b)
Quote: But it is a delicate species. It is extremely vulnerable to disease and sensitive to changes in the climate. I first planted about 500 Cypress in 2005. In 2010, I lost all of them to a fire.
It was one of those hot, dry and windy December days. My neighbour was preparing her farm for ploughing by burning maize stalks. The fire jumped onto my farm and burnt many trees — mostly Cypress, Grevillea and Blue gums.
Unlike the others which regenerated when the rains came, all the Cypress died.
So why did he not replant during the rainy season? He sounds very lazy to me. The fire is a highly unusual calamity. Saying Cypress is delicate because the neighbour's fire can jump and burn it is quite comical
Age and family mellows us all over time