LIFE for Eric Moore could not be better in Prosville, Wismar, Linden. He has his wife and four children, all together in their own home and has been in that community for the past seven years.

Moore is a happy man and so pleased with his life he gets up at the crack of dawn to clean the yard, makes it tidy before sunshine and gets things organised on his farm.

The main crop of the 49-year-old is fine-leaf thyme; his entire yard is filled with the herb which is used to add flavour to foods and it is also dried and bottled for overseas buyers and is used to make herbal tea, which cleanses the body of impurities.

It is said that fine-leaf thyme helps with intense pains in the body and helps rid the body of colds.

Due to its benefits, the catchy phrase “thyme to boost your immunity” was coined since the plant is packed with vitamin C and is also a good source of vitamin A.

Moore would use fine-leaf thyme with oils and other herbs to make a cold medicine and a body cleanser as home remedies.

The farmer also has crops of cassava from which he reaped one root, which weighed 10 pounds as first bearing and he used that in his kitchen.

Moore has some crops of ochro, boulanger, corilla, sweet pepper and other cash crops which are used in the home and the excess are sold.

“I was not getting work and I became very frustrated and as a spiritual man I had a dream one night that I must plant bare fine-leaf thyme and I did… When I look at that plant it motivates me to plant even more and I got the strength to start planting many crops in my land space,” he said.

Moore reported that within six months, his cassava was ready to harvest and he was pleased.

“My crops are strictly organic. I do not use any fertiliser and this area has topsoil composition because of the sand, so you have to know how to plant and what to plant here,” he said.

Moore is planning to expand his farming to large-scale and is hoping to acquire a lease for 75 acres of farmland along the Mabura trail which is about four miles from his home.

That land was used to cultivate ground provisions, but Moore was forced to quit farming there because of the pests and insects which continuously destroyed his crops.

And he was planting there three years ago and it motivated him to re-start farming there once again and he will expand to some cash crops, but needs a little help in clearing the land and getting his documentation in order.

Moore describes life in the hilltop village as good, because the place is breezy, quiet and the people mind their own business and things are just nice the way it is.

The housewife
Shellon Seales lives in the very first house in Prosville Village and she is a stay-at-home mother of three.

She has been living in the village for the past seven years and is originally from Coomacka Mines and came to that community for a better life.
The 29-year-old said the place is nice, except she became spooked when someone tried to break into her house recently one night, but she yelled for help and that person ran away and did not get to enter her home.

She stated that a few nights ago, someone broke into her friend’s house nearby and it is suspected that that same person could be breaking into other homes in the area in recent times.
Seales added that other than that, she is happy in Prosville and with potable water supply, her life will be enhanced.

She reported that her husband is a logger and she is not afraid because her neighbours are good people and they look out for each other and all is well.
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