Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

October 2019:

October  01:

Goodbye Auntie Brownie



Penny Catches A White Rooster -To Swap with our Neighbour

October  02:

Rain in the Night

Newly Fenced Areas Starting to Sprout

 The Neighbour Brings Us a Rooster -In exchange for our White one

October  02 - 04:

We Take a Short Local Holiday

October  04:

A Neighbour Buys a Duck

October  05:

Rain in the Night

Fatima Catches Some Chickens

The Big Ducklings and the Little Ducklings are Put Together

 To Provide Space for a Captured Chicken

Pinkie has Bent his Gate -Looking for Auntie Brownie?

A Small Harvest

October  06:

We Harvest Some Chesa

Fence Post in Southern Garden Repaired

Stones Removed from Northern Patch

Rain in the Afternoon

Another Northern Patch Sown and Fenced

...and Topped Off with Raffia

October  07:

Turmeric Transplanted in Various Places

Small "Herb Garden" Patch Fenced and Seeded

Another Afternoon Rain Shower

Indian Mango and Apple Mango Seedlings Transplanted

October  09:

More Problems with Our Fridge -The Technicians investigate

October  10:

Waiting for Rain

Some More Chesa Harvested

The Animals Love them

October  11:

Protective Cage Demolished

Fenced Northern Patches Watered

Pinkie, Pork and Beans -Our hope for the future

October  12:

The Team Comes to Take the Fridge for Repair -But decide to leave it and change the thermostat

Another Papaya Tree Fallen Over

...while This One is Waiting

For the Right Moment....

October  13:

Another Small Chesa Harvest

Rain at Last!

October  14:

Duck for Dinner Tonight

Chicken Feed Seeds Planted in Protected Garden Area

Home Grown Pepper and Green Eggplant plus Chicken Feed Seed Potted

More Stones Removed from Northern Garden

Delicious!

October  15:

Rain Again

Fatima is Interviewed as Part of a Local School Project

October  16:

...and More Rain

Fresh Water for the Birds

Food for the Fish

Some Native Limes Harvested

Previously Fenced Northern Patches are Developing Well

Another Garden Patch Ready for Planting and Fencing

Another Day Ends

October  17:

Prepared Garden Patch Sown and Fenced

 Recently Potted Rocket, Eggplant, Tomatoes and Birdseed Sprouting

The Other Seeds Not (Yet)

Protected Birdseed Sprouting Too

October  18:

A Small Fence Around the Southern Drainage Garden

Plus One More Northern Patch Prepared for Planting and Fencing

And a Few More Chesa Harvested

October  19:

A Light Shower

 Mustard Seeds Broadcast in Various Locations

Seeds Prepared Ready for Sowing in Next Fenced Area

October  20:

Morning Light

Rain

Garden Patch Sown and Fenced

October  21:

A Trapped Chicken Rescued

Boundary Hedge Strengthened with Fence and Cuttings

Ducklings Freed from Protective Custody

..and Then They Invade the New Rooster's Pen -To steal his food

A Small Fence for a Small Garden Patch

October  22:

New Fence Repaired after Damage by Stray Dogs in the Night

October  23:

We Are Woken in the Night by a Group of Religious Minstrels

Fallen Papaya Tree is Removed and Processed

Border Hedge Reinforced to Stop Animals and People Going Through

Most Potted Seedlings Continuing to Thrive

A Passion Fruit Plant is Encouraged to Climb the Pig Pen

Some Papaya, Winged Beans and Banana Leaves Harvested

Small Fence Reinforced with Stakes

October  24:

Ducks in a Feeding Frenzy Chased from Planter -After a Chesa falls into it

So Another Small Fence is Needed.....

A Neighbour Gets A Birthday Chicken

Our Fridge Gets a New Thermostat

October  25:

More Repairs to Border Hedges

Wooden Posts to Protect Hedge Against Motorbikes

A Small Fenced Garden Created by Climbing Frame

Beans is Hotter than Pork -Are one or both getting  sick?

October  26:

A Friend Brings Us Seeds from Manila

 Rain Again

Followed by Sun

Today Beans Seems Better -But now pork seems a bit sick

October  27:

New Eggplant Seeds Potted

 Other Potted Seeds Doing Well -Except Kale and Sesame

Then Rain

Duck Trapped in Pen Has To Be Rescued from the Piglets

 Rain

Started More  Clearing of Northern Patches

Failed Protective Wire Netting Retrieved from Patch

And More Rain

Meanwhile Pork and Beans Seem Better -Hopefully their Immune Systems are now fully Active

October  28:

Sunshine After Rain

Ideal Growing Conditions

Garden Patch Left to Recover After Removal of Wire Mesh -and the Discovery of Useful Plants

Work Starts on Clearing a New Patch (for pig fodder)

Wire Mesh Now Becomes A Fence Along the Border

....and is Planted With Cuttings

Before the Sun Sets

October  29:

Harvesting Chesa From The Balcony

October  30:

Forgotten Squash Fallen Full of Seeds

With Lots of Rain To Help It Grow

Flowering Garden Patch Trimmed and Composted

Another Attempt to Clear Northern Jungle Patch

...But Rain Stops Play

And Fatima Makes Sausages

October  31:

Rain

...and More Rain

Four Types of Okra Potted in Nursery Area

...and Even More Rain

Followed by Sun

A Bit More of the Garden Patch Cleared and Fed to Pigs of Replanted in Other Places

So Far,  Pork, Beans and Pinkie Seem Quite healthy

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