We were getting higher in elevation as we drove up the mountain. Altitude sickness started to affect some of us. But we pushed on. We had to see the farm. About 1/2hr after breakfast, we pulled over on the side of the highway and we were at the farm.
We met the farmer and his family. His wife and daughters work the pastures with the sheep (plus 2-4 day old sheep), pigs and donkeys; while he and one of his workers work the compost.
The compost was sheep and donkey poop and white straw that is put into a pile to decompose, then it was stirred to a second pile and watered. It was stirred a third time, into worm soil and two sticks were put down into the compost. The compost was ready when the worms moved on to another compost pile. This compost was used in their fields. This man also made his own fertilizer, insecticide and fungicide. It was cool because it was all environmentally friendly; there were chilli peppers floating in it!
This farm also had guinea pigs. The translator told us that the guinea pigs were in jail (cages). It was really cute. It was weird to be holding and cuddling someone's dinner.
After we were done, we took the two male farmers to a lookout point to see the black mountains. It was beautiful!! Very cold and very high!
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