Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:
September 2016:
September
01:
Fatima looks after Butlig while Number
Three gets help from AI
Butlig, on return, is quite excited
September
02:
The Morning After......
New additions to the hedge around the pig pen
Fragile hedge at back of goat pen given water
Southern Pig Pen Hedge is already growing nicely
September
03:
Southern Garden watered
Blackie and Ihid not happy in new home
September
04:
Northern Garden watered
September
06:
Rain in the Night
A Fresh, Green, Start to the Day
Some New Waterlilies for the Ponds
...and some light rain again in the afternoon
September
07:
Butlig moved to No.One -and Piglets moved
to goat pen
Some more light afternoon rain
Frog and Frogspawn in Reservoir
September
08:
....and more rain
In the afternoon, Penny and Alex level the pig pen
floors
and move the tarpaulin to the piglet's pen
Later, Butlig is lead off and No.One gets AI too
No.One keeps on eating and Butlig is put in with Brownie
September
09:
A slightly damp, lazy, day
With perhaps a love-triangle developing within the pens
Marang, Pomello and Pandaan Palm seedlings planted
September
10:
Some seedlings planted a few days ago are
sprouting -but others have probably been eaten by chickens
Flowering shrub popular with Butterflies
September
11:
Yesterday's seedlings already much bigger
-and some new ones are appearing
Three Hens now with Chicks
Destruction by Chickens and Ducks
Guyabana, Marang and Nutmeg seeds planted in Pots
Vegetable Seeds sown under wire mesh to protect them from
Chickens
September
12:
Seedlings getting bigger
Area around Duck Pond and Pig Pen tidied up
September
13:
After Rain in the Night, A Green and Sunny
Morning
September
14:
More Devastation by Chickens
...but also September Flowers
...and Flowers, but not Fruits, on the Guyabana
Tree
September
16:
Rain in the night
Some seeds are sprouting. even despite the chickens, but
others are not
Some Flowers are Transplanted
Coconut Patch given tidy Border
September
17:
More protected patches are sprouting -but
not all
September
18:
Pigs and Goats enjoy a Sunday Lunchtime
Snack
September
19:
A Rainy start to the Day
Starbuck sold to a Neighbour while we were out Shopping
September
20:
Another Wet Morning
But Sunshine Later
Good Weather for Seedlings
September
22:
Devastation by Chickens again
With Rain in the late Afternoon
...And more Rain at Night
September
26:
Butlig is worryingly sick this morning
Other pigs are OK
Some Seedlings damaged by Chickens seem to be Surviving
Some Others appear to have escaped Attack
Some tree cuttings alone back of goat pen seem to be
surviving
Butlig has moved during the morning -but is still very ill
(is it his stomach -or his tumour?)
While we are out shopping, Penny puts up anti-chicken
netting
On our return, Butlig seems a bit better
His Tumour seems to be breaking open -is that Good, or
Bad?
September
27:
Another Duck killed by Rape?
September
29:
Bitter Gourd flowering and
fruiting
Edible Luffa flowering and
fruiting
Beans flowering and fruiting
Saluyot (Hemp) flowering and seeding
Talinum flowering
Papaya fruiting
Native Lime fruiting
Banana fruiting
Chesa still prolific
(loved by animals but not many humans)
Passion Fruit flowering
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Trevor Batten
<trevor at
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Baclayon 2016
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