Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

August 2016:

August  01:

several Bean Plants starting to Fruit

Chicken caught Red Handed in Newly Sown Area

August  02:

Four Piglets find New Homes

One Piglet has a Hernia: Hopefully never as big as his Dad's



Seeds planted a few days ago are starting to sprout



Sesame plants flowering and fruiting

.....and some free seeds from the Provincial Government

August  03:

Back to Normal in the Pig Pen

...and in the plant beds too

August  04:

Another lazy Day

...but not for the grasshopper

August  10:

The Northern Jungle is Back

With Various Beans, Citrus and other Crops



The Southern Jungle is more Restrained



with some Crops sprouting



Some devastated by Chickens



and Some Protected

August  11:

Penny's patch is doing well

Sesame plants still flowering and producing seeds



Peppers, Talinum, Saluyot and Sinkemas blooming too

August  12:

Escaped piglet returns and is recaptured

Second piglet is taken too



...and the remaining two are for us

August  13:

Butlig's tumour is getting very large -but he is still fairly active

Coconut frond falls on outside kitchen



...and is chopped up for Pig fodder and bedding



Bamboo Trimmings are also used as Pig fodder



used as garden stakes



or Composted

August  15:

Developing the fringe area behind the Goat Pen



Around the Duck Pond



...And next to the Pig Pen

August  16:

Penny's Pig has a nice new home

....but the others less so

August  17:

A friend brings some new types of fish to add to our Tilapia pond

Garden drying out



so given a good watering today

August  21:

Cat chasing Snake in Penny's Patch

August  22:

Penny's Ampalya is coming along nicely

But Pig pens need Repairing



Some Hungarian Peas are sprouting in a cool part of the Garden

Garden drying out and needed watering again

Although some Pineapple plants seem to be rotting -or were attacked by chickens

August  23:

Pig Pens Repaired

August  25:

Getting better or worse?

Still no Rain

August  31:

A Dry August

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