From Banfi Craft -products made from the banana plant! The Golden Grove producers group from St. Thomas produces beautiful paper and other products made from 100% banana fiber under the Banfi Craft brand. This banana fiber is derived from the bark of the banana tree, extracted and processed into paper.

Here’s a new tune from our local rocker, Crimson Heart Replica… See YardEdge’s interview 2 minutes with Crimson Heart Replica   See our archives for more on CHR!      

YardEdge welcomes this guest post from writer, Kathleen Hubert.  Famous Jamaicans and, especially those living in New York City, have become well-established contributors to both the America and the world. Many noteworthy contributions have been made in areas of politics, the arts and sports – just to name a few.

Check out these two links talking about our newly formed “Supper Club” made up of a few good friends who all share a passion for great (and hard to get in Jamaica) food – first up was Vietnamese cuisine! Read more at Jamaica Observer -Cooking-with-Friends and some of the menu items described

Studio174 – Artist Errol Farquharson     Check out this blog post from SeBiArt about some cool educational art projects/community workshops going on in Jamaica… “As some of you know for the past few years – and stemming out of my public school teaching experience with ALATetc and Art for Progress