Remember you guys with my kale garden in the hivegarden post a few weeks ago? Everything has been submerged in puddles of rain. Everything died and I failed to harvest.
This is very sad my friend. But I have a few meters of betel nut behind the house. This time I will share the experience of harvesting areca nut with all of you.
Due to the pandemic and my kangkung failed to harvest, I had to harvest the areca nut in the garden even though they were not ripe enough to be harvested, but young areca nut was also purchased at a hefty price. In my place the price of areca nut is around $0.9 per kilogram.
This is already fairly expensive compared to the previous price of around $0.6. Because the betel nut trees are old and tall, I was forced to hire the services of children who work as betel nut pickers or climbers. Perbatang they earn about $ 0.2, in a day they can earn $ 3-4 depending on the number of people who hire their services. They were very young, maybe 8-10 years old.
But they're working and independent, they're great kids. Amazingly, they climb a tall tree without using any safety equipment, with a few support ropes on their legs and a small knife.
Yesterday I harvested only eight betel nut trees, because the others did not bear fruit. I only got about two sacks. If it is peeled and ready to be sold, maybe only 10-15 kilograms, it has helped my economy which is currently declining a little.
After harvesting yesterday afternoon, that night my wife and I immediately peeled it so we could sell it immediately. Even though my wife is pregnant, she is very passionate about peeling betel nut, even though I have forbidden her to work in order to maintain the pregnancy. Today our areca nut harvest is ready to sell, may the sustenance be a blessing.
These are some photos when I harvested the areca nut yesterday, I hope you like it. And the part about the Kali Gardens in #hivegarden, yes, @riverflows seems to really like gardens. Ha ha ha...
About Author:
I come from Aceh, Indonesia. I was born in October 1994. I am a trader in several Crypto markets, besides I am also a writer of fiction and poetry. .
I focus on charity and humanitarian work. I think I will take advantage of technological advances such as Blockchain and Cryptocurency to be able to help others. And this is my goal, because for me there is no single satisfaction eternal apart from the satisfaction of seeing the smiles of others because of us.