Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

October 2016:

October  01:

More Paths tidied up

Some Turmeric Thinned out and Replanted

Area devastated by chickens resown -and protected by wire mesh

October  02:

Rain in the Late Afternoon

October  03:

Patola (Luffa) picked -but more on the way

Passion Fruit starting to fruit

October  05:

Recently sown seeds starting to sprout

Four more chicks born today



Waterlilies growing in Reservoir

October  06:

Piglets escaped -but lead by the food bucket back home

Damage by Piglets repaired

More Improvements to area behind Goat Pen

October  08:

A Drop of Rain to help the Garden Grow

October  09:

Pig prevented from eating her way to freedom

Two of the three pigs should be around 1 month pregnant -but too early to see
(No.One, in the  middle,  has regained her figure but should loose it again soon)


Tidy and Untidy Borders

October  10:

Heavy Rain in the Night

Overcast Morning



Sunny Afternoon -Ideal for Planting



  Another Escape Attempt Thwarted



Only three chicks left today



Rain Again in the Evening

October  13:

Penny clears an unproductive patch for replanting

Under-developed Hedge area used for composting refuse from Patch



Butlig'[s Grave already showing signs of Subsidence



Collecting stones to fill holes dug by pigs in their pens



Organic Material as well as Stones used to fill large hole by pig's Trough



...and then Heavy Rain



and Flooding



So several emergency drainage channels need to be dug







Meanwhile, Penny's new Patch is progressing nicely

October  14:

A nighttime visitor

Penny has a huge Patola growing in her patch



Trying to fill the hole in the third (and last) pig pen


We tried putting another pig in, to keep each other company, but they started fighting

Only two Chicks left

October  15:

Piglet Pens starting to dry out naturally

Area behind piglet/goat pen is loamy and porous



Extra Drainage Channel dug in front of Pig pen



Pigs, Mud and Digging -That's Life!



  Temporary Repair to Pig Pen



Perhaps Too Temporary -Maybe Wire Helps



....Relaxing -After a hard day's digging and eating

October  18:

Various Beans ripening among the Other Vines

October  25:

A Python visits our bathroom in the night

October  26:

The Piglet that thinks he's a Goat -and the one that Doesn't....

Bamboo trimmed -for  stakes and fodder....



......for pigs and goats

October  29:

Rain, Rain......

....and More Rain

October  30:

Pig Pens turning into a Quagmire again

Improvements to Drainage Canals



.....and Rain to Test them

October  31:

The Tire is already quite muddy -but the Bowl is still fairly clean

Trimming Hedge and Feeding Goats

Hedge around Pig Pen still struggling to survive



Drainage Channels seem tom be working, mud not getting worse, despite recent rain

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