Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

January 2018:

January  01:

Floods after Rain in the Night

January  02:

More Flooding after another Night of Rain



Path Boundaries destroyed by Flood Water



Anti-Chicken Patch flattened by Heavy Rain



Adult Ducks are Separated -so Ducklings can be Fattened (for two weeks)

January  03:

Flood Water is Subsiding



Anti-Chicken Garden Patch Recovering Slightly



One Tree







Rain and Sun

January  04:

Part of Eastern Garden Tidied Up

Anti-Chicken Garden Frames Moved and Reseeded

January  05:

Hen Ducks Escape -To Lay Eggs



Drake is made available to the Hens



Non-Native Chickens Transferred to Empty Pen



Sun, Rain, Sun, Rain

January  06:

Coffee Bush flowers for the First Time



Another Dead Piglet



While Life goes on for the Others



Celery, Spinach and Mustard Seeds Tested in Pots

January  07:

Reconstructing the Paths after the Flooding



Still a Lot to Do



A Night-Time Visitor

January  08:

Rain and Sun



Waiting for the Cacao Beans to Ripen

January  10:

Concrete left by Builders in Plant Beds has finally been Removed



Digging an extra Rain Garden to relieve Flooding



Seeds in Frames starting to Sprout



Seeds in Pots starting to Sprout

January  12:

Pinkie sleeps in Brownie's Pen while his Pen gets a Makeover too

Trying to Improve Drainage





Rain Tests our Attempts



-which was Improved



...and Some areas Drain Better than Others





Collecting Seeds from edible Luffa





Piglets want to Eat what Mummy Eats -but with Milk

January  13:

Flooding has mostly Subsided



Seedlings in Pots seem to be Surviving Reasonably Well



Some Seedlings in Frames seem to be suffering -Especially where flooded

January  14:

Improving Paths and Drainage

January  17:

Flooding Kills Seedlings in Garden Frame

Other Areas are not so bad



...but some seedlings in pots are a bit battered too



The Mating Pens are being Repainted



Fattening Chicken has been let out to Forage with the Others


The white chicken was culled -because it could not walk

January  18:

Pinkie's Pen goes Pink



Garden Frames Relocated and Reseeded

January  19:

Flooding is not too Serious -Despite Rain in the Night



Bananas Harvested

 

January  20:

More Rain Today



Coffee Plant Flowering Again

January  22:

Some Cacao Beans Harvested



Rain Again



Flooding Too





...and Newly Born Chicks

January  23:

Yesterday's Floods Subsiding



Penny Prepares her Patch for Planting

January  26:

Floating Plastic Hoops to Protect Water Plants



More Heavy Rain





Floods



Tomatoes, Eggplants and Orange Seeds Planted in Pots




 

January  28:

Studio Tidied up ready for Visitor on Tuesday

January  29:

Hoops in the Rain



Flooding Again

2018
February