The Tree Cutters Come to Evaluate Our
Trees
Fallen Plant Transferred to Hedge
Area
Rain Again
A Dead Duck -Possibly Killed While
Mating
Cadaver Partly Eaten by Maggots -So it
Becomes a Maggot Farm
Rain in The Night -More Debris to
Process for Fodder or Fuel
Both Wild Guava and Beans Growing on
Small Bush
Lots of Papaya on Small Trees
A Few Mahogany Trees Trimmed
Wire Fence Partly Built -Ready for
Planting
The Rotting Duck Has Produced Lots
of Maggots for the Birds
Another Small (Ficus) Tree Trimmed
and Fed to Pigs
We Visit the Christmas Market Again
Then the Normal Market
...and Come Home with Fish,
Vegetables, Two Plants and Three Sacks of Soil
Another Dead Duck
A Neighbour Has Left Us a Sack of Unripe
Papaya from Their Fallen Tree
Which Fatima Chops Up to Make Pickle
The Newly Bought Plants are Then
Transplanted
Red Okra, Roma Tomatoes, Espada Chillies
and House Green Eggplant also Transplanted to Prepared patch
New Eggplant Seeds (Black, White and Bride) are Sown in Previously Failed Pots
Two Male Squash Flowers -But no
female ones
The Atsuerte Tree is Fruiting
Two Ripe Papaya Harvested
A Few Native Lime Harvested
Some Garlic Potted
More Squash Seeds Planted at Various
Locations
Raffia Strands Added to Protected Area
We Celebrate Town Fiesta with a Neighbour
Showery Weather
A Climbing Frame for Vines
A Rainy Start to The Day
Lotus Seeds Scared and Soaked in Water
Potted Soil is Soaked -Ready
for the seeds when sprouted
A Small and A Larger Bitter Gourd
Harvested -The plants have lots of flowers
The Edible Luffa Also Has Both (Male)
Flowers and Baby Fruit
Even the Alugbati is Flowering
A New Banana Heart is Growing
...and an Older One Maturing
Penny's Patch Has Young Eggplant Growing
Fatima Makes a Christmas Pudding
from Local Ingredients
Recently Bought Bananas Are Now Ripening
-Very Tasty!
Home Grown Green Eggplant and Commercial
Black Eggplant Potted in Nursery Area
Rain in The Night
Recently Planted Patches Sprouting
Fatima Plants Chesa
Seeds in Pots
A Chico Seedling is Transplanted
Rain Again
Seeds Prepared and Garden Patch Partially
Fenced -Ready for Planting
Fatima Makes Banana Cup-cakes
Rain in the Night -Damage Repaired and
Debris Collected
We Celebrate Our Anniversary with Home Made Christmas Pudding
A Sunny Morning
Fatima Receives A Package from Manila
Prepared Garden Patch is Planted
with Carmine Okra, Tomato and Eggplant
..and After a Short Rain Break
Is Fully Fenced
Before the Rain Begins Again
Our Tap Water Returns So We Can
Refill Our Buckets
.....but No Electricity
Until Mid-Afternoon
Small Jack-Fruit Tree Trimmed and Fed to
Pigs
Plucky Ducky Released from "Hospital" -After
recently being bitten on the head by an angry hen
The White Rooster Escapes and is
Recaptured
Sprouting Lotus Seeds Planted in Fish Pond
and Reservoir
A Broken Banana Tree is Harvested
...and, Of Course, The Rain
We go to Town For My Blood Test and The
Christmas Shopping
Another Garden Patch Sown and Planted
Replacement Red, Carmine, Blond and Star
Okra Potted
Our Third Dead Duck
Another Garden Patch Prepared for Planting
A Pause For Rain
Fatima and Penny Make A Second Christmas
Pudding Together
The Patch is Planted with the Star of
David Okra and Various Seeds
Thai Asparagus Potted in Nursery Area
Rain
More Rain
Fatima Makes Sausages
Sun
Rain Again
Sunny
Followed by Rain
Fatima Makes Steamed Muffins
Recently Planted Garden Patches Thriving
Rain
A Dramatic Sunset
A Sunny Day
Straggly Papaya Tree Cut Down
Steamed Egg Custard for Breakfast
Fatima Processes Pork Bought Today From A
Neighbour
Rain Again
A Sunny Christmas Morning
A Papaya Tree Felled for Fodder
Another Dead Duck
...and Several Visitors
A Present of Purple Sweet Potato Cuttings
are Planted at Various Locations
Durante Berries Fed to Chickens,
the Bushes Trimmed and the Remains Composted or Replanted
An Eclipse?
Yet Another Dead Duck -Which we
cook for cat food
...and Imprison All the Adult Males
-Except the Oldest
Newly Hatched Chicks
Another Small Harvest
Some Turmeric Planted
A Mulberry Bush Trimmed and Replanted
A Few Late Carolers
The Cats Enjoy Their Duck Dinner
Fallen Debris Tidied Up
Another Durante Patch Trimmed
December Light
Slow Cooked Beef
Stew
Cassava Cuttings Planted
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