24th August 2018; This is one of our greenhouses on the farm where we put mango and other plants while they grow until they can be grafted or budded. We expect to hit a target of 50,000 this year. They grow about 100 varieties of plant there. 16 Malawian
21st December 2017: We produce about 15,000 mango seedlings each year, by grafting (now) eight new varieties from all over the world on to rootstock grown from the local variety. First step is to collect seeds when people have eaten the fruit and we do a deal
5th Sept 2015: This is a busy time of year in the greenhouse. Budding and grafting so many varieties
26th June 2015: Benjamin sent us pictures from the action on the farm today. Main pic shows Laston grafting Mango with scions bought about 70 km away close to the lake. These will produce large and better fruit and will be ready to plant out in January
17th May 2015: This is Wezzie (with a new hairstyle), who is in charge of orchards, seeds and accounts, sorting grafted mango that have come from the greenhouse to make way for more action.
10th January 2015: This is Felix, on the farm grafting mango today. Local rootstock has been sown and now new varieties are attached to a cut stem. The new variety becomes the tree later and the fruit is better quality.
9th September 2014: This is one of our greenhouses where improved variety mango have beed grafted onto local rootstock. The local mango seeds are sown in polythene tubes, they have grown and now the grafts have taken as you can see. The little plastic bags prevent water