Ecuador Farm Update & My Favorite Squash, Sambo (cucurbita ficifolia)

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Ай бұрын

The weather here on the farm in Ecuador is changing, getting cooler and rainier as El Niño ends and La Niña begins. One of my favorite, easy to grow, highly productive types of squash loves this weather. I’m talking about cucurbita ficifolia, known locally as sambo.

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@fredwyese Ай бұрын

Love a volunteer harvest plant.

@graceaillon7776 Ай бұрын

Tendremos una deliciosa sopa de sambo!

@DJTheMetalheadMercenary Ай бұрын

Nice!

@FallofftheMap Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@hydrazi 28 күн бұрын

I am on the coast. I agree with this weather report. ;)

@FallofftheMap 27 күн бұрын

How’s the safety/security situation going on your part of the coast?

@hydrazi 27 күн бұрын

@@FallofftheMap honestly, there are murders every few days. Tend to mostly be gang members murdering other gang members, rare collateral damage (unlike Manta). I have never seen any. I have seen soldiers and heavily armed police (I see that as good though other may not). Does it feel safer than 6 months ago.... maybe a tiny bit. Maybe I am just more used to it now. We do safe things at safe times in a safe way. But you never know. I also recommend people evaluate their adaptability before coming here.

@FallofftheMap 27 күн бұрын

@@hydrazi thanks for the honest evaluation of the situation. The government is claiming a sharp drop in homicides. From what I’ve seen on the telegram channel Noticias Urgente Ecuador things haven’t improved much but the violence has, to some extent, been pushed from coastal cities inward to smaller towns near the coast.

@benmckinney2941 Ай бұрын

I've been wanting to try the cassabanana (Sicana Odorifera) which grows kind of like a squash.

@davidveraok Ай бұрын

_Hello from Peru. Peru is under "la niña" what is colder climate all over the country, but yesterday we had a sunny day in Lima, after several cloudy days. On a side note, what about using "invernaderos" ? ( greenhouses). Here is very popular, specially around Cusco. People in The Sierra ( highlands ) are producing strawberries at 3,600 meters over the sea level, amazing_

@FallofftheMap Ай бұрын

Yes, I greenhouses are part of my plan but they require a lot of investment to build them strong enough for the winds that I get here.

@davidveraok Ай бұрын

@@FallofftheMap when you mentioned "sambo" I was wondering if it is the same as "zapallo" in Peru. And they are the same thing. They grow in the coast too, some of them are huge. That kind of plant has a lot of varieties , one of them is "zapallo loche" that was represented in the Huacos of Moche Culture in the coast. In a central andes region as Huancayo, they also carve "mates burilados" using another type of pumkin with hard shell

@gerryfegan3608 2 күн бұрын

Beautiful. I envy you my brother. Watching this from my stuffy 2 bedroom in manhattan

@FallofftheMap 2 күн бұрын

@@gerryfegan3608 why? It’s a big world full of possibilities and opportunities. Why spend your life in a “stuffy 2 bedroom in manhattan?”

@gerryfegan3608 2 күн бұрын

@@FallofftheMap Well, unfortunately I have a wife and son. And that's where we are right now, but we are planning to move to Vancouver. British Columbia, where her parents are from. Because we are inherent in a house. That should be more my cup of tea

@gerryfegan3608 2 күн бұрын

@@FallofftheMap I come from long island which if you're not familiar with new york State is a small island actually not small , it's fucking huge To the east of new york city and it has the highest Is tax rates in the country so After leaving there As a 17-year-old drug addict.I made my way to manhattan after completing a couple rehabs I lived on the street for about five years and then I met my wife And now I've been clean 6 years.Have a wife of five years and a I have a son of 4 years so. I gotta take things as they come

@gerryfegan3608 2 күн бұрын

@@FallofftheMap Sorry to share so much.I just feel like I formed a bond with you.By the way, I don't mean to cry.I know when you were an Antarctica.You said you had a wife.But I noticed that she wasn't with you in ecuador did something happen? My wife and I are on Rocky terms. I just hope I can keep us together

@FallofftheMap 2 күн бұрын

@@gerryfegan3608 sorry to hear that. My wife and I are still together but she doesn’t visit the farms often. We also have an apartment in Quito. I usually spend a few days per week at the apartment but I don’t much care for big cities.

@jerrygarcia4390 Ай бұрын

My God those Sambo’s are Yuge 😳 How much time do you have to spend on the finca to take care for all the crops? Is one hectare enough for one person’s food needs? I’m thinking chickens, pigs, and goats would work well for me. Does it feel like a nice blend of city and country living? Or does it feel burdensome? Also, how are your avocados 🥑 doing? Your lifestyle looks very enticing to me especially with the cool weather and 12 hours of light. I bought a hat after the back of my neck got badly sunburned on a cloudy day in January. That was quite surprising to me having darker skin.

@FallofftheMap Ай бұрын

I spend probably 20 hours per week actually working on the farm and another 60 hours list sitting around looking at the farm. It’s a little over one acre. With a bit more effort, investment, and efficiency it could easily feed me and probably feed the rest of the family.

@katipohl2431 Ай бұрын

Love from a german biologist and gardener. Do they grow the andean superfood yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) in your region? Am growing different varieties here in Germany.

@FallofftheMap Ай бұрын

I believe it does grow here but I don’t think it’s widely cultivated.

@davidveraok Ай бұрын

Yacon is very common in Peru. The country is 1° exporter worldwide as "yacon powder"