Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

October 2017:

Image of wood for construction of new
pig pens

October 01:

Northern Jungle

Images of view from tropical house
balcony

Southern Chicks

Images of tropical backyard ducks, chickens and chicks

Images of tropical backyard chickens and chicks

October 02:

The Summons

October 03:

Neighbours bring two goats for Latte to service

Images mof male tropical backyard goat
woith females

October 04:

Tidy Grass -Happy Pigs

Images of trpoical backyard grass
trimmings fed to pigs

Work Starts Again on the Pig Pen

Images of men building a tropical
backyard pig pen

October 05:

Images of construction of tropical
backyard pigpen

October 06:

Images of comnstruction of tropical backyard pig pen

Gathering Coconuts and Forage Leaves for Pigs

Images of coconut tree being tidied up

October 07:

Images of early morning tropical sunshine

October 08:

October 09:

Images of construction of new tropical
backyard pig pen

October 10:

Overgrown Decorative Banana Plant Rescued

IMages of overgrown troopial backyard
patch being cleared

.....and Cuttings Replanted

Images of replanted tropical backyard cuttings

Murky Fishpond Siphoned Off and Refilled

October 11:

Pinkie moves in with No.Three

Images of tropical backyard boar
moving to a new pen

New pig pen nears Completion

Images of tropical backyard pig pen under construction

October 12:

Boar Pinkie Escapes from No.Three and Goes Back to his Previous Pen

Images of tropical backyard pigs in pens

Only the gates left to go in

Images of construction of tropical backyard pig pen

Visual link to "Neighbour's Drainage" web page

The Neighbour's Drainage System

October 13:

Rain Today

Images of rain and tropical backyard
construction project

Another patch cleared of weeds and given to pigs

Images of weeds from tropical garden patch fed to pig

October 14:

Finished

Images of completion of tropical
backyard pig pens

Images of final construction of a tropical backyard
double pigpen

October 15:

Waiting for Transfer and Demolition

Images of old tropical backyard pig
pens before demolition

Brownie Escapes and is brought Home

Images of escaped tropical backyard pig in garden and
back in her pen

Serious Flooding around the Pig Pen Area

Images of flooding in tropical backyard

Situation made worse by the Neighbour's Drainage System

Images of the neighbour's gutters emptying into our
garden

Cleaning the New Troughs

Images of new concrete troughs being washed before use
by pig

Moving the Pigs to the New Dry Pens

Ijmages of tropical backyard mpigs being moved to newly
constructed pen

Another Cleaning for the Fish Pond

Images of changing water in tropical backyard fishpond

October 16:

Pigs Apparently happy in New Pen

Images of tropical backyard pigs in
new pen

Flood water has dispersed during the night

Images of tropical backyard after flood water has gone

Pinkie and Brownie need to be Separated -after they open connecting gate

Images of pigs being separated after
breaking bthrough connectinggate

October 17:

Free-Range Rooster Captured after fight with Tethered Rooster

More Tidy Grass and Happy Pigs

Images of tropical backyard weeds given to pigs

Old Pig Pen is Demolished

Images of demolition of tropical backyard pig pen

mages of demolition of tropical backyard pig pen

October 18:

Water Reserves Filling Up after Rain in the Night

Images of tropical backyard water
reserves

October 19:

More Rain Brings Floods -but water quickly subsides

October 20:

More Stormy Weather

October 21:

Typhoon Weather Continues

Clearing up the Nipa from the Roof of the Demolished Goat Pen

Images of tropical backyard being
tidied up

October 22:

Nipa Finally Cleared

Images of tropical backyard clearing
dumped nipa

Some Back Areas doing better than Others

Images of various bits of tropical backyard

Still a lot of work to do in Demolished Goat Pen Area

Images of area of demolished goat pen in tropical
backyard

October 23:

Metal Recovered from Rubble of Demolished Pens

Images of metal retireved from junk
pile in tropical backyard

Work Starts on the Last Pig Pen

Panorama of Fence Area Before Construction of Wall

Panorama of tropical backyard boundary area before
construction of a wall

Retrieved Plants from Wall Area Replanted

Images of retrieved plants replanted

October 23:

Metal recovered from demolished Pig Pens

IMages of metal recovered from
demolished tropical backyard pig pens

Work Starts on Last of New Pig Pens

Images of construction of last
tropical backyard pig pen

October 24:

Rain Again!

October 25:

Mess in House from Cats turns out to be the Remains of a Bat

Hedge along Wall Area trimmed - fed to Pigs and Goats or Replanted

Images of tropical backyard hedge
trimmed and fed to animals or replanted

Somebody's Lost Goat appears in Garden

Images of goat found in tropical
backyard

More Rain -Followed by Sun

Images of tropical rain

Newly Seeded Patch starting to Sprout

Images of newly planted tropical backyard garden patch

But no Work on the Pig Pen Today

Images of construction of new tropical backyared pig
pen

Getting Wired

October 26:

Back To Work!

October 27:

Roof Beams unsupported in new Pig Pens

Imags of unsupported and supported roof
beams
(See Middle Image)

New Patch Cleaned and Seeded

Images of cleaned and newly seeded
tropical garden patch

Previous Patch has even more Sprouts

Images of sprouting seeds in previously seeded tropical
garden patch

October 28:

Snowball gets new Owners

Images of tropical bckyard goat being
led off by new owners

Evening Rain

Imags of tropical rain

October 29:

Comparisons of Pig Pen Details:

Gates

Visual comparasons of tropical
backyard pig pen gate latches

Visual Comparason of tropical backyard pig pen gate
hinges

Rafters
Visua Comparason of rafters in tropical backyard pig
pens

Sunday Overtime

Images of construction of new tropical backyard pig pen

Sudden Rain, then Sun Again

Images o ftropical rain

Happy Pigs!

Images of contented tropical backyard pigs

October 30:

Images of finishing touches to new
tropical backyard pig pen

The Wall

Hidden Flower

Images of flower hidden inside a wood
stack

October 31:

Another Tidy Area

Images of tropical garden patch
cleared of weeds

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Trevor Batten
<trevor at tebatt dot net>
Baclayon 2017
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