Harvesting rubber is a tricky business. You can never do realistic estimates going by average daily yeild by acre (0.40 hectare). That is on...

My son Ewan is just six  years old. One year ago we left New Zealand because of my work commitments. We left his dad at home.  It was a terr...

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; ...

Yesterday the 9th of June 2011, we signed the deeds of the Walpolakanda Estate. The seller gave up his rights to the land in fornt of my la...

The inter-monsoonal rains lashed out with no mercy yesterday morning ending hot, humid weather prevailed during last few weeks. The heavy r...

Rubber Leaves The botanical name of the Para rubber tree is  Hevea brasiliensis . The  tree belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. This tree ...

I am frustrated! It was so hard to arrange a vehicle to transport material to the building site. Last week, I hired a tractor to transport...