Marla's house

a couple of weeks ago, we headed out to our friend's house. her name is Marla and she has 55 acres out in Newlands with a fresh water pond, horses, chickens, geese and even a hydroponic garden. it was amazing. there was a cool tree with these giant flowers on it called the fire of the forest.

this is an ackee fruit tree--ackee is a jamaican fruit, but you can't eat it in this form because it is POISONOUS!

you have to wait till the ackee fruit pops open like this--you only eat the white part--the jamaicans make a traditional dish called ackee and cod with it

or you can wait till it pops this much--you only eat the white part--the black part is the seed--the jamaicans make a traditional dish called ackee and cod with it

here's an iguana that jumped into the water and shot like a rocket across the pond

she has a bunch of geese on the property--true story--she incubated them all herself as a project with her kids like 10 years ago

key limes--yes, we brought some home and made a delicious key lime pie!