Author: Admin 2 Rivers

The durians are dropping and mangosteens are ripening. We can already see those reddish-purple gems peeping through the thick foliage. But we wonder if this season will bear an abundant harvest. It takes 10 to 12 months for mangosteens to flower and fruit and another few months to ripen. And if the conditions are right…

Living in times of uncertainty, nature is the best school to learn resilience and adaptability. It is not necessary that the largest and most powerful animals are the ones to impart these lessons. Often it is the small animals like the Malaysian tree frog that can show us how adaptable it can be. The pads…

Can’t wait for these gems to be ready for harvest. The different fruit and flowering seasons make it such a joy to walk around the land. We just have to take a closer look, up and down, to catch a flower that has bloomed overnight or the tail of a lizard sticking out from under…

Whether it is a handful of wild beans or a handful of berries i have come to realise that the community in general have become so disconnected with the land as a food source. In putting this down, it feels less like an observation and more like a quiet admission of how far we’ve drifted.…