Thick grass wherever she looked, and more flowering bushes than ever grew in the village.
Potatoes, Cauli flower, are never grown in the village and come from outside.
They had grown up together in the village, had played as children.
Tonton Miaka has no military experience, having spent half his life growing onions and cabbage back in the village.
A bustling summer community grew in the village but by the 1960's most of the residents lived there year round.
There are several plant species that grow wild in the greater village.
Sugar was going to be the main problem, several people grew cane in the village, but the few kilos they'd traded weren't particularly high quality.
The most desirable langras are grown in the village of Panyala.
Main crops grown in the village are paddy, cotton, red chillies.
A remarkable tree grows in the village, a 350-year-old ash tree.