Sikoki Alafuro

I travelled down to the island to begin processing the first batch of water hyacinth stalks. The water hyacinth plant multiplies rapidly from the month of September and begins spreading across the river from the river banks. While travelling down, I observed that the water hyacinth had increased in number on the river surface and more…

I had a drying shed constructed in preparation for the harvest of the hyacinth in September/October during the peak season of the water hyacinth. The shed was built by a local tradesman named Bonky. We began construction on Friday afternoon and he completed building on Saturday. The shed is a basic yet functional structure made more…