October 26th, 2008
For many years I've wanted to find & hike the Yallus River Trail, this trail runs from below Hagley Gap high in the Blue Mountains to the town ofYallus on the south coast of Jamaica, it was constructed sometime around the 1950's as a donkey road to get coffee upriver to Mavis Bank Factory & …
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October 5th, 2008
The 08/09 coffee picking season began this week for Lime Tree Farm when the first box of coffee was picked by myself & farm manager Busher, the coffee was then sold to Mavis Bank Coffee factory who export it under the Jablum label.
After last years disappointing crop(250 boxes), due to Hurricane Dean hitting us in …
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September 16th, 2008
Two weeks after "Tropical Storm GuStav" passed through the Blue Mountains we are still reeling from its effects, here at Lime Tree Farm & all over the Blue Mountains we are still cut off from the outside world with our roads blocked & no electricity, thankfully we have not been hit by 3 hurricanes in …
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