Rain in the Night -Fallen branches and coconuts processed
Chesa Tree Branches Collapse Under Weight
of Fruit and Rain
Recently Potted Okra Seeds Already
Sprouting -But eggplants not yet
Newly Born Ducklings Explore the
World with their Mother
Animal Food Delivery Hasn't Arrived -So
Fatima opens coconuts
Still No Feedstuffs for Morning Feed
-Just Fruit and Veggies,
Coconuts and Leaves
Feedstuffs Arrived -Back to
Normal
Unwanted Papaya Tree Chopped Down
Fatima Buys Some Crabs
Rain Again
Rain in the Night -Fallen Branches
Removed
Crabs Cooked for Lunch -Some
have escaped
Injured Duckling Probably Attacked by A
Hen -Dies shortly after
Maize Tassels Growing Bigger
Seeds from Shop Bought Mandarin Planted
Excess Pond Weed Transferred from
Reservoir to Fish Pond
More Work on the Boundary Hedges
...and We Visit A Christmas Market
in Tagbilaran -to buy Plants
Finding (Temporary) Places For The
New Plants
Trimming The Hedge Again
Watching The Mushrooms Grow
Sickly Banana Tree Cut Down
Bamboo and Hedge Area Tidied Up Around
Duck Pond
Stored Dry Branches Cleaned Up
Border Around Banana Patch Tidied Up
Mushrooms Almost Ready To Harvest
Pork and Beans Playing Together
Fresh Mushrooms for Breakfast
New Plant Transplanted
We Have Visitors
Preparing A Duck for
Cooking
An Attempt to Raise Maggots for Chicken
Food
Garden Patch (Old Boar Pen) Cleared
for Planting and Fencing
Maggot Farm Modified -Newspaper and
wood chippings added
Dead Duckling Cooked to Feed Cats
Another Papaya Tree Cut Down and Processed
Berries from Native Tree (Dalunot)
Included in Breakfast
Fatima Makes Ice Cream from the Chesa
Fruit
Garden Patch (in old boar pen)
Prepared for Planting and Fencing
Bread-nut Tree Transplanted
Chesa Ice Cream for Lunch
Back to the Christmas Market in Garcia
park
Another Papaya Removed and
Processed
Banana Patch Trimmed
Big Bananas -Given to us by a Friend
Another Patch Trimmed -Cuttings
transplanted in hedge or composted, with berries fed to
chickens
We Discuss Planned Tree Felling
Coconuts Opened For Animal Feed
A Dead Tuko Found in the Garden
Duck for Lunch
Small Wild Grown Tree, with
Abandoned Hornet's Nest, is Chopped Down
More Chesa and Papaya Harvested
Two Small Mahogany Trees Chopped Down
Fatima Fries Some Home Made Snacks
A Neighbour Takes Two Native Chickens
The Electrician Comes to Discuss Our
Lighting Problem
A Newly Fenced Area is Filled with
Ash and Dead Leaves -and left to compost
A Start is Made with Clearing Up the Wall
Area for Planting
Recently Bought Flowers Transplanted
Another Garden Patch is Partially Cleaned
Up for Planting
Nice Crop of Maggots Growing in the Maggot
Farm
Fallen Coconut Branch Cleaned Up
Ducks Devour a Fallen Chesa Fruit
We Visit the Philippine Coconut Authority
to Ask Permission to Cut Down Some Trees
Another Small Tree Cut Down -To try and
save a nearby banana
An Escaped Crab Found Dead
in the Garden
Big Banana Now Ripe -and delicious
when fried
Rain in the Night
Maggots Harvested
We Buy More More Plants from the Christmas
Market
....and It Rains Again
Rain in the Night -Northern
Garden Patches Thriving
Another Duck Prepared for Cooking
Rain Again
We Experiment with Two Types of Maggot
Farm
Then Clean the Bowls and Give the Ducks and Chickens Fresh Water
Unripe Papaya Pickled
Rain
Sun
Rain with Sun
More Clearing Up in the Wall Area
Making Tamales
More Rain
Home Grown Okra Seeds
Planted in Garden Patch
A Visitor -To explore the garden, taste
Fatima's cooking and discuss the
problems of life with
The Stuffed Fish is A Great Success
Despite the Rain Outside
Our Friend Leaves -and
we go shopping
One Maggot Farm is Empty
Butterfly Pea Tea With Home Made Radish
Cake for Breakfast
A Sunny Morning
With Autumn Flowers
A Trimmed Lanzones Tree is Sprouting
A Start is Made on Cleaning Up the Empty
Pig Pens
Putting the Soil on the New Garden
Patch
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