By JAMES KILA of
Ramu Nico
IT
IS watermelon, cucumber, corn and bean flush season in many parts of the Momase
and the Highlands region.
With
rains currently being experienced in both regions, gardens are yielding an abundance
of fruit and vegetables.
Pictured
is Nelson Nungs, aged seven, from Lalok No. 4 village in Astrolabe Bay LLG, Madang
province, decorating himself with snake beans.
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Seven-year-old
Nelson Nungs decorates himself with snake beans in the garden at Lalok No. 4
village in Rai Coast, Madang province.-Picture by JAMES KILA
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They
were plentiful in his garden when this writer visited.
These
snake beans, some measuring one metre, were harvested by his mother, cooked in
coconut milk and neatly tied into small bundles and sold at a roadside market
for 20-toea.
Nelson’s
beans were cultivated in a new garden as leguminous plants to assist in the
growth of rice and cocoa.
This
is a form of cultivation appropriately known as inter-cropping.
Travelers
along the Ramu and Highlands highways will notice beans, melons, and roasted
corn selling in makeshift markets along the road side.
Hungry
travelers do not waste time when they stop at these roadside markets.
Many
go for roasted corn, watermelons and cucumbers.
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