Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

July 2016:



Image of home-made duck stew


July  01:

Piglets 2016 -the second week

Visual link to web page


New Chicks

Images of hen with newly born chicks

Goats trimming grass in Garden

Images of goats in tropical garden

Chicks, piglets and ducks enjoying the Morning

Images of chicks, piglets and ducks
        enjoying the morning

Duck Stew for Lunch

Images of duck stew

...and Rain for Dessert

Images of tropical rain

With flooding and discomfort for the Animals

Images of tropical flooding around pig pens


July  02:

A Fine Sunny Morning

Images of sunny morning in tropical
        garden

Images of tropical backyard farm animals enjoying the
        morning

Yesterday's raging torrents have dissipated

Images of subsided flood water in tropical garden

So time to experiment with anti-chicken wire for new seeded areas

Images of anti-chicken wire protecting newly seeded
        ground

Before it starts raining for the rest of the Day

Images of tropical rain


July  03:

Sightly improved drainage around Pig Pen

Images of slightly improved drainage
        around pig pen

Removing more rotting organic bedding material from the pig pen
(suspected of causing sow to overheat)

(Images of man digging out rotting organic material from
        pig pen

Images of pig pen after some organic
        bedding materila has been removed


July  04:

Another fine sunny Morning

Images of sunny tropical morning

....but perhaps I'm a little impatient in decapitating and replanting pineapple

Images of pineapple after cutting and replanting
        "crown"

However, plenty of compost for plants now


Images of composted plants in tropical garden

...and a bit of rain helps too

Images of light tropical rain



July  05:

Getting the roof repaired at last!

Images of palm frond roof being
        repaired

Images of men repairing palm frond roof

New Seedlings

Images of seeds sprouting under anti-chicken wire in
        tropical garden

More new chicks -born in the goat pen

Images of newly hatched chicks in a goat pen in a
        tropical garden

.....some ducklings too....


Images of ducklings newly hatched in a tropical garden

....and the piglets break free

IMages of piglets escaping from pen in a tropical
        backyard


July  06:

More work on our roof

Images of men repairing palm frond
        roof

...and a bigger roof for Butlig


Images of extra tarpauline roof being added to tropical
        backyard pig pen


July  07:

Nice Sunny Morning

Images of sunny morning in tropical
        garden

Finishing touches to the roof

Images of palm fron roof being repaiired

Skinks on a coconut tree


Images of skinks on a coconut tree

Cleaning the pond -Or fishing for Tilapia?

Images of two men dragging a net through a tropical fish
        pond

Ducklings go for a first swim

Images of ducklings swimming


July  09:

Ducklings released from "protective" confinement

Images of ducklings released into
        garden from "protective" captivity

July  12:

Recently sown seeds starting to sprout -some more than others

Images of recently sown seeds
        sprouting in tropical garden

July  13:

Area Selected for new Pig Pens

Images of area selected for new pig
        pens in tropical garden

July  14:

Garden getting overgrown -due to focus on pigs

Images of unruly tropical garden

Ube (Yam) staked up -at last

Images of Yam growing in a tropical garden


July  15:

Piglets 2016 -the third and fourth weeks

Visual link to web page showing the life of young
          tropical backyard pigletds

July  16:

One Month Old Today!

Imagesofsow with one month old piglets
        in tropical backyard

Contented parents take a rest


Images of boar and sow in tropical backyard pens

...while,
outside the pen, a fight breaks out between a duck and a chicken

Images of a fight between a duck and a chicken

....and the Passion Fruit patch gets tidied up a bit

Images of passion fruit patch in tropical garden before
        and after tidyying up


July  17:

Piglets less scared of water -and everybody takes  a bath

Images of piglets and parents enjoying
        water in a tropical backyard

Identical sets of Vine Vegetables and Hungarian beans planted in two different garden patches

Images of newly planted tropical garden patches

Bamboo trimmed back around duck pond

Images of area before and after bamboo has been trimmed
        back


July  19:

A normal day in the pig pen

Images of boar and sow with piglets in
        tropical backyard

A Few Drops of Rain

Images of light tropical rain

Then Some More

Images of medium heavy tropical rain

...and Some More

Images of light flooding in tropical garden

Then an awful lot More...


Images of heavy flooding in tropical garden

...With some leaks that still need Repairing

Images of repairs to palm frond roof

....and Flooded Pig pens

Images of flooded tropical backyard pig pens

.....but Happy Pigs!

Images of tropical backyard pigs enjoying flooded pig
        pens

and healthy fruit trees

Images of guyabana fruit growing


July  20:

Another seemingly Normal day in the Pig Pen

Images of boar and sow with piglets in
        a tropical backyard

A trim and a seeding for the decorative Bamboo patch

Images of decorative Bamboo before and after trimming

Images of recently seeded tropical gardent patch

Other areas get a trim too

Images of tropical garden patches being trimmed

Images of trpical garden patches getting cleaned up

However, Bootleg, under the weather, is moved to the gilt's pen

Images of unhappy boar moved to new pen with young
        gilts

Which upsets Brownie -so she is moved to Butlig's pen -which then upsets No.One

Images of sow angry with her neighbour

...but eventually everybody settles down

Images of peace in tropical backyard pig pens


July  21:

A Quiet Morning in the Pig Pens

Images of tropical backyard pigs

More trimming of unwanted growth


Images of tropical garden patches being tidied up

....with a few  more patches sown

Images of newly sown seed patches in tropical garden

....and the Pigs enjoying an Evening snack

Images of tropical backyard pigs enjoying a snack

July  22:

Still Happy, Still Hungry

Images of tropical backyard pigs
        enjoying a snack

Two Giant bamboo roots planted to be used for Fencing later


Images of Giant Bamboo roots before and after planting

Rain Outside -and still Leaks Inside


Images of rain and leaks inside house

...but it's good for the Garden

Images of tropical garden refreshed by rain

July  23:

Another Normal Day

Images of tropical backyard pigs

Two Bromeliads blooming -and one not yet


Images of Bromeliads

More July Flowers

Images of July flowers blooming in tropical garden

Images of July flowers in a tropical garden

Retrieving the Southern Garden from the Weeds


Images of unruly tropical garden being tidied up

July  24:

Another Happy Sunny Day

Images of pigs in tropical backyard

Lots of Flowers on the Cacao Tree

Images of flowering Cacao Tree

...and More work Retrieving Garden Patches from the Weeds


Images of tropical garden patches being rescued from the
        weeds

Providing snacks for the Pigs


Images of tropical backyard pigs eating weeds from
        garden

July  25:

Snacks Today Too

Images of tropical backyard pigs
        enjoying a snack

July  26:

A Snack for the Ducks

Images of Muscovy ducks eating a lanka fruit

Some Rain and then Sun

Images of light tropical rain

More Hard Work Retrieving the Garden

Imjages of a tropical garden being
        cleared of weeds

...but a Lazy day for Pigs

Images of tropical backyard pigs

July  27:

Another lazy Day

Images of tropical backyard pigs

A Little Rain Again

Images of light tropical rain

...and More Cleaning Up

Images of tropical garden patches being cleaned up


July  28:

Snake eating a lizard fascinates Ducks

Images of snake eating a lizard with
        ducks watching

Images of snake in tropical garden

...but the pigs aren't interested

Images of pigs in tropical backyard

....and then rain stops play

Images of light tropical rain

July  29:

More rain at night and in the morning

Images of l;ight tropical rain

...but the pigs don't seem to mind

Images of tropical backyard pigs

Although Butlig's tumor is getting quite large

Images of tropical backyard pig with tumours

However, the rain has encouraged some seeds to grow (more than others)

Images of some seeds sprouting in tropical garden

But also caused some damage in the garden


Images of garden plants fallen over because of tropical
        rain

which needs tidying up

Images of falllen banana tree being cleared up

..or fed to the pigs

Images of tropical backyard pigs eating fallen
            banana tree

July  30:

Another busy day for the pigs

Images of tropical backyard pigs

and I clean up some garden paths

Images of tropical garden paths
          after cleaning up


July  31:

..and so life goes on....

Images of tropical backyard pigs


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