Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:
June 2015:
June
01:
After dinner Nose-Ball
Newly planted eggplants and seedlings in stump patch
...and Life goes on
June
02:
Seeds and Seedlings
June
03:
An invasion of kittens -but who's
the father?
June
04:
Miss Piggy takes a bath
Rain in the night
Will there be more soon ?
Newly renovated chicken net patches re-sown with chicken
seed, etc...
Tree Garden patches hopefully recovering from drought
June
07:
More rain in the Night!
Is the rainy season beginning at last?
An immediate reaction from some plants
Nursery Plants doing well
Cowpeas growing in Coconut patch
Cowpeas and Beans growing in stump patch
Mother and surviving son
Both enjoying a rest between meals
Some Ducklings survive
Others have been less lucky
June
10:
Serious daytime rain -at last!
1.00 PM
1.30 PM
June
11:
Extreme anti-chicken protection
Newly planted chicken feeds
Will these be safe?
Planted with large seeds
(Okra, Maize, Beans, etc..)
June
12:
More rain today!
12.45 PM
June
14:
Night-time kitchen visitor
Intermittent Showers
With new shoots after the rain...
June
16:
More new shoots
Butlig getting bigger too.....
June
17:
Young Citrus tree in bloom for
first time!
Probably native lime (Calamansi)
June
19:
Rain again!
Floods outside -leaks inside
and drainage is important
with garden going green again....
plus a lunchtime visitor
June
20:
Two more night visitors
June
21:
More night-time visitors -fed to the
tilapia
(photos Fatima Lasay-Batten)
...and Butlig tries exploring the garden
June
24:
Heavy rain today
Improved drainage around pig-pen and dirty kitchen
Thanks to Penny and Terri
....while Miss Piggy enjoys the rain
June
28:
Butlig enjoying lunch
-been a bit under the weather recently -but now improving
New Neighbours
Born today -and given refuge in the "farrowing area"
Trevor Batten
<trevor at
tebatt dot net>
Baclayon 2015
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