Last weekend, I harvested some “Ambon” bananas in front of Zeze Zahra’s cabin house. In addition to the Ambon bananas, there were also 2 bunches of Morosebo (Cavendish Dwarf) bananas that were ripe enough, but I didn’t harvest them immediately because I was afraid that we wouldn’t be able to consume them all at once….
This is a favorite type of banana grown in the backyard of Zeze Zahra’s cabin in Batujaya Karawang, Indonesia. Its type is Morosebo/Cavendish Dwarf/Pisang Cebol. Although many farmers do not want to plant it because the fruit is easy to “roll” or fall off the plucking stem so it is less intriguing for the buyer,…
Why did I suddenly come up with the idea of planting bananas? Why did IT people wander into planting bananas? Have they exhausted all options or have they given up? Well, what’s wrong with planting bananas? I do like bananas. One of the exotic fruits. It is even used as a symbol at weddings in…
When I bought a farm to plant bananas, there were already several mango trees. The mango tree was not cut down, because it was already big and bearing fruit. We take care and fertilize it so that it grows better. There are various types of mangoes, most of them are local cultivar, just like Mangga…
At the beginning of 2021, my banana farm was hit by an accident, it was swept away by the flood from Citarum River. It was completely disaster, as most of banana plant were destroyed and heavily damaged. Based on previous experiences and by considering topology and geographical conditions of the farm, floods from Citarum river…
It’s been a while since my last post in this blog. Almost a year without an update. I occasionally updating my personal blog (in Indonesian), but rarely for this blog. There’s many things happened in my life. Surviving and growing up my IT business while facing a slow down threat from Covid-19 pandemic; Developing new…
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increase, our daily life has changed dramatically. Many of us doing our jobs from home; our children going to online learning, guided by their teacher as most of school closed for minimum 2 weeks; and it is recommended to avoid crowded places like mall or mass gathering…