Edlyn & Friends touring Lewisville.

Walking the Land: Touring Lewisville Family Farm with a 90-Year-Old Woman!

Some walks feel ordinary but this one didn’t!

On a sunny morning in St. George’s, Grenada, I had the honor of touring a family farm with a woman whose spirit was as strong as the roots of the trees around us. At 90 years old, she didn’t just walk the land — she was the land. Every step she took felt like a story, and every corner of that soil held her fingerprints.

Her back was a little bent, but her memory? Sharp as cutlass.
She pointed out trees she had planted decades ago — mango, soursop, cocoa. “This one was a baby when my first child was born,” she said, patting the bark like an old friend. “Now look at it — feeding another generation.”

We wandered past Tortoises devouring Papaya, Birds singing in the trees, Rabbits scratching under Cassava leaves and young Banana plants catching sun, and she paused now and then to teach — not preach — about farming the way her parents taught her. No chemicals. No preservatives. No additives. No shortcuts. Just rhythm, patience, and respect.

“I don’t rush the earth,” she said with a smile. “It never rushed me.”

We picked herbs for tea — Lemongrass, Basil, Fever grass — and she showed me how to tell when Turmeric is ready, how to know which trees are tired and which ones are just playing stubborn.

The Lewisville Family Farm wasn’t just a piece of land.
It is a living journal.

You could see family history in the rows, resilience in the soil, and wisdom in every weather-worn tool leaning against a tree.

Before we left, she sat on an old wooden bench, sipping water and watching the breeze move through the garden. “People forget,” she said quietly, “but the land remembers.”

And just like that, I understood something I hadn’t before:
Farming isn’t just work — it’s relationship. A long, quiet conversation between generations. One that gets deeper the longer you listen.

Thanks Edlyn !