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Any ideas about if the St Croix LEAP is open. I've been stopping by every weekend and gate are close no one answer the phone.
Posted : November 27, 2013 8:32 pm
What is LEAP?
Posted : November 29, 2013 12:16 pm
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it is a place up in the rainforest that make amazing tables and such out of the local mahagony
Posted : November 29, 2013 1:37 pm
Cheech is a strange bird. He may just be taking a break. His hours of operation were never very regular.
Posted : November 29, 2013 5:14 pm
Cheech of the Leap is a genius!
Charge a hefty fee to remove trees, keep the wood, and make amazing and expensive items. Not to mention setting his own hours....
Posted : November 29, 2013 8:04 pm
I thought mahagony was illegal to harvest? The species native here is on CITES from 2003.
Posted : November 30, 2013 2:40 am
As the name of their collective might suggest, the artisans at St. Croix LEAP have a somewhat different attitude than the early traders did. Their trees have been felled by storms or are encroaching on a house or septic tank. These are trees that would end up in a brush pile otherwise, fires being the customary way of getting rid of dead wood.
Posted : November 30, 2013 2:44 am
Well it's not my place to judge at all nor will I but selling it (if it's the native species) does require the correct licenses and approvals from CITES.
Posted : November 30, 2013 2:51 am
Cheech is a fixture on STX, well respected if a bit "unusual". You do well not to judge.
Posted : November 30, 2013 7:04 am
CITES status refers to the commercial trade in lumber. Our Swietenia mahagoni trees are not protected in any way other than that. It grows well and quickly--plant all you can! Find a tree you like, collect it's seeds, soak 'em in water for a month or so, and put them in pots or flats. Before long you'll have a grove.
Posted : November 30, 2013 3:33 pm
Just don't plant too near the house as every single leaf on the trees drop twice a yr., unless you wish to be up on your roof cleaning it and your gutters/downspouts and don't plant close to retaining walls, cisterns, etc.
You get the drift.........!
Posted : November 30, 2013 3:43 pm
Well it's not my place to judge at all nor will I but selling it (if it's the native species) does require the correct licenses and approvals from CITES.
Okay there chicken wrangler. 😀
Posted : November 30, 2013 6:13 pm
Whoa now... Slow your roll brotha. I didn't get chickens. I obey the laws.
Posted : November 30, 2013 6:30 pm
Whoa now... Slow your roll brotha. I didn't get chickens. I obey the laws.
I'm just funnin' wit ya. lol
Posted : November 30, 2013 6:35 pm
I know 🙂
Posted : November 30, 2013 6:46 pm
I know 🙂
Of course I just went and was happy that 5 chickens are laying right now and then had a conversation with a goat. haha
Posted : November 30, 2013 7:03 pm