Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

January 2020:

January  01:

Lots of Fallen Debris To Be Cleared

January  02: 

At Last -A Female Squash Flower!

Another Small Harvest -Including Herbs

More Debris to Process

...and A Few Drops of Rain

January  04:

A Trip into Town for a Massage and a Check-Up

January  05:

Another Female Squash Flower

Other Squash Growing Nicely -and another small harvest

January  06:

A Sunny Day



The One-Year Death Anniversary of A Neighbour



The Construction Industry is Apparently Booming in The Countryside

January  07:

We Pay our Local Yearly Land Taxes

January  08:

First Squash Not Looking Good, Second One Fallen Off -and the Third?

Lots of Beans for Planting in Various Locations

Rotted Fence Pole Replaced

A Sunny Afternoon

Three New Ducklings

January  09:

Rain in the Night

Back to Immigration and to Pay Fatima's Social Security Contributions

A Harvest of Tugi (Asiatic yam)

January  10:

Newly Hatched Chicks

Another Small Harvest But First Squash Has Fallen Off -with Just One Left to Grow

Young Coconuts Harvested -For eating  and drinking

A Few Cacao Beans Left to Ferment

January  11:

New Neighbour Cutting Wood to Build a House

A Small Harvest of Beans

Young Ducklings Feasting on Coconuts

Fallen Branch Removed

A Little Rain in the Afternoon

January  12:

Fallen Banana Tree Cleared Up

January  13:

Fallen Coconut Branches Composted Along Hedge -Or put outside for others to take

Selected Mahogany Trees Are Trimmed of Branches Before Being Felled

One of the Imprisoned Ducks Becomes Dinner for the Cats and Us

Some Durante Bushes Also Get a Trim

January  14:

Duckling Dies After Being Pecked by Chicken

The Third Squash Seems to Be Thriving

 A Checkup for Fatima and Shopping

Surviving Ducklings Put in Protective Custody

January  15:

Another Death -Perhaps by an Angry Mother Duck

Water Mellon Seeds Planted in Nursery Area

The First Two Mahogany Trees are Felled and Processed

A Fruiting Banana Patch is Trimmed and Composted

January  16:

The Third Tree is Processed

A Few Drops of Rain

The Fourth Tree is Prepared

January  17:

Fourth Tree is Processed

With Some Collateral Damage Salvaged

 Katurai in Flower

 A Sunny End

January  18:

Plenty of Fodder for the Pigs

Eggs on the Reading Chair

...and Eggs on the Living Room Table

The Mahogany Planks are Collected

Leaving Quite a Bit of Heavy Debris Behind

January  19:

Fences Removed from Two Garden Patches in Preparation for Tree Felling
 

January  20:

 Rain in the Night



Rain in the Morning



Four New Ducklings



A Harvest of Fish





The Neighbours Start Building Their New House

January  21:

New Ducklings Also in Protective Custody

Back to Town to Pay Bills, Eat, Have Massage and Go Shopping

The Neighbour's House Begins to Rise

January  22:

Coconut Trees We Would Like to Remove (If given permission by the Coconut Authority)

The Neighbour's House Building Continues

January  23:

Back To Buy A Wedding Present and Look Around

 Building Stopped After Running Out of Funds

January  24:

 Clearing Some of the Debris

Rain then Sun

The Work Continues

Hen Nesting in Balcony Chair

January  26:

A Cacao Tree Too

...and Two Hens in One Nest

Hedge Area Tidied Up -After tree felling

Plus A Duck Sold

January  27:

Duck Freed from Protected Patch

Fallen Coconuts Retrieved

Woodshed Demolished -For another tree felling

More Debris Cleared

January  28:

My  Computer Gets a Refit in Town and We Get an Affidavit of Income plus The Shopping

January  29:

A Lazy Morning

Fatima Paints the Bathroom



...and I Clear Some More of the Debris





While A Giant Moth Lays Eggs

January  30:

A Wrong Step
 

Neighbours Collect Some of the Debris from the Tree felling

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