Living with nature

With great recognition and pleasure I have read the books by Susan Smit. Living in harmony with nature is something that I also find very important and that I try to reflect on every day. We often forget the value of the natural treasures around us and take it for granted.

I get my inspiration here on Bonaire from the books of the Curaçao herbalist Dinah Veeris, who describes which plants can be used to help your health. And Alletta also inspires me, with her syntropic agroforestry approach on her kunuku on Tras Montaña. I want to delve further into this and see what I can use in our field.

Now, in the rainy season, the plants pop out of the ground rapidly and the garden looks lush. I enjoy the butterflies and other animals that are attracted by the plants every day. Maribombas (a wasp species) eat the excess mosquitoes and the Torteki's (geckos) also eat their bellies full.. Enjoying this makes me very kontentu (satisfied).