Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

May 2021:

May  01:

Chicken Eggs Under My Chair

Young Ducklings on the Path

Eggs and Passion-Fruit Everywhere.....

Various Cacti Cuttings Planted

...and Selected Areas Watered Well

May  02:

"BMW" Gets the AI Treatment

May  03:

Fallen Debris Cleared

An Attempt to Protect Unripe Guava Fruits Against Birds and Bats

More Protective Wire Netting Removed from Northern Garden

Then A Few Drops of Rain

May  04:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

"BMW" Goes Home







A Neighbour Makes Love Seats

May  05:

Another Pineapple Fruiting

The Last of the Northern Fences Removed

Selected Areas Watered

May  06:

Banana Tree Trimmed and Fed to Pigs

Weeding the Now Fence Free Area

May  07:

Rain

Power Cut

Compost Bucket Emptied

Oil Palm Trimmed and Composted

Two "Chesa" Seedlings Transplanted

May  08:

Rain Again

More Debris Processed

May  10:

More Debris

May  11:

Duck Attacks Chick -Possibly as Revenge

May  12:

Rain

More Bunching Onions Planted

May  13:

A Salad for Lunch

Then Rain

May  14:

A Mahogany Tree is Cut Down and Composted

I Have a Fever Again

May  15:

Rain



A Branch Falls on Our Electricity Supply Wire and Starts a Small Fire

Plenty of Chicks and Ducklings Now

...and More Rain

May  16:

Fatima Makes a Non-Bake Cheesecake

Snacks for the Pigs

A Lucky Noodle Birthday Lunch

Post Lunch Relaxation Together

Two Pomegranate Cuttings Planted

A Dead Rooster is Cremated

Birthday Coffee and Cheesecake

Beans is Moved to the Maternity Pen

May  17:

Beans Seems Happy in Her New Pen With Electric Fan and a Supply of Nesting Materials Available

The Path Next to the Maternity Pen is Smoothed to Make Access Easier

May  18:

Rain

Fatima Brings Home the Shopping

Cinnamon Tree Trimmed and Potted

Another Garden Patch Partially Cleared

The Eggplants Have Disappeared -but the Bitter Gourd, Saluyot, Cinnamon and Durian Remain

May  19:

Damaged Papaya Tree Trimmed

Papaya Seeds Distributed Around Garden

Papaya Seeds Fed to Fish

Beans Starts Nesting Behaviour

Beans -Second Parity:

May  20:

Bamboo Lightly Trimmed

Fallen Debris Removed

Some Paths Cleared of Leaves

Beans Recovers Slowly During the Day

Two Dead Piglets Cooked for the Cats

May  21:

Beans Slowly Improves -but remains weak

More Debris to Clear -after heavy rain in the night



Penny Moves A Banana Tree



...and the Area is Improved

May  22:

Beans is Improving

Relaxing

Rain

May  23:

Beans Continues to Recover

More Debris to Clear

Sunday After-Lunch on the Balcony

Various Vine Seeds Planted in Northern Garden

Light Rain

May  24:

Trimming, Composting and Transplanting

Light Rain in the Afternoon

May  25:

Light Rain

Fatima Brings Home the Shopping

Piglets Start to Get Adventurous

May  26:

Heavy Rain

Piglets One Week Old Tonight!

May  27:

Resting and Recovering

May  28:

   Short Circuit in Power Supply Puts Computer Out of Commission Until June 01

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