Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

April 2018:


Image of tropical backyard ducks


April  01:

Happy Piglets

Images of tropical backyard piglets on
        Easter Sunday 2018

Gradually Clearing the Jungle

Images of tropical backyard weeds being fed to animals

...and then some Visitors

Images of viitors in a tropical
        backyard

April  02:

A small Exterior Extension -so Piglets can be weaned without their mother stealing the food

Images of construction of small
        extension to tropical backyard pig pen -so piglets can eat
        without interference from their mother

Images of tropical backyard piglets eating

Suckling: Now Standing Room Only.....


Images of tropical backyard piglets suckling while
        standing up

Three New Kittens

Imags of recently born kittens

April  03:

Pinkie Visits Brownie Again

Images of tropical backyard Boar and
        Sow

Images of tropical backyard Boar and Sow together

....but Brownie is Sent Back Home -to wait a bit longer

Images of tropical backyard Boar and Sow

An Oriole in the Garden


Images of Oriole in tropical backyard

April  04:

Patola (Edible Luffa)

Images of Patola growing in tropical
        backyard

April  07:

Pinkie and Brownie get together Once More

Images of tropical backyard Boar and
        Sow

Images of tropical backyard Sow and Boar

Images of tropical baclyard sow and boar

Pig pen roofs cleaned with trees trimmed and four ripe cacao pods retrieved

Images of men cleaningtropical
        backyard pig pen roof

Imags of tropical backyard rooves being cleared of
        trees

Images of tropical backyard trees trimmed from roof and
        fed to animals

A Leaking Pipe Repaired

Images of men fixing a leak under a
        tropical wooden house

A Drop of Rain

Images of light rain i tropical
        backyard

Pinkie Goes Home to Try Again Another Day

Images of tropical backyard Boar and
        Sow

April  08:

Rain in the Night -but no Flooding

Images mof drainage in tropical
        backyard afte rain

Some Chickens, Captured in the Night, are Sold Off

Imags of native chickens being sold

Old Goat and Pig Pen Areas now Filling Up with Plants

Images of tropical bacyard garden
        areas filling up with plants

April  09:

Pinkie and Brownie Succeed at Last

Images of tropical backyard boar and
        sow mating

Images of tropical backyard sow and boar mating

Images of tropical backyard sow and boar

Images of tropical backyard boar and sow

Images of tropical backyard boar and sow

Ducklings Exchanged for Fruit Cuttings

Images of tropical backyard ducklings being caught

Images of tropical backyard ducklings being put in a
        carrying box

Images of plants echanged for tropical backyard
        ducklings

April  10:

The Morning After

Images o ytropical backyard boar and
        sow

Two Pineapples

Images of tropical bckyard pineapple

Images of a tropical backyard pineapple

A Fallen Papaya Tree

Images of disposal of papaya tree fallen
        in tropical backyard

April  11:

A Lanka Tree Trimmed

IMages of tropical backyard Lanka tree
        being trimmed

Images of tropical backyard lanka tree being capped

Images of debris from capped lanka tree being cleared
        up

Young Coconut Trimmed and some Buko Harvested

Images of man in coconut tree

Images of clearing up debris from trmmed coconut palm

Roof Painted after Tree Damage

Images of man painting a tropical
        house roof

Mulberry Bush Planted

Images of mulberry bush being planted
        in tropical backyard

Another Drop of Rain..

Imagws of light rain in a tropical
        backyard

Followed By

Images of heavy rain in tropical
        backyard

.... and an Interesting Sunset

Images of sunset in tropical bakyard after rain

April  13:

Still Working on the Northern Garden

Images of tropical backyard Northern
        garden after being cleaned up

Images of tropical backyard northern garden

April  14:

Rain Again

Imaages of rain in tropical backyard

Images of rain in tropical backyard

April  15:

Fallen (Betel Nut) Palm

Images of a fallenBetel Nut Palm tree
        in tropical backyard

Praying Mantis, Hidden Cats and Goat's Teeth

Images of a praying mantis, hidden
        cats and a goat's teeth
Photos: Fatima Lasay                                                                                                

April  16:

More work on the Northern Garden

Images of work on a tropical backyard
        garden patch

Ihid gets a Harness

Images of tropical backyard piglet
        getting a harness -so it can be taken out of its pen

Images of tropical backyard piglet getting a harness so
        it can be taken out

Passion Fruit Starting to Fruit

Images of passion Fruit fruiting in
        tropical backyard

April  18:

Restaurant Closed -Piglets now big enough to Share with Mom

Images of fully weaned tropical backyard piglets with
        sow

Ihid Refuses to Be Tied Up

Images of tropical backyard piglet,
        before and after escaping from his harness

Rain and Sun and Rain

Images of rain and sun in tropical
        backyard

Images of sun and rain intripical backyard

April  19:

...and Mom likes to Share the Piglets' Food

Images of tropical backyard sow
        stealing her piglets' food

Getting Ihid  to Accept Being Tied Up

Images of attempts to put a harness on
        a tropical backyard piglet

Images of attempt to put harness on tropical backyard
        piglet

Images of tropical backyard piglet on a leasch

April  20:

Ihid gets Tied up, Has an Adventure Outside -and Ends Up, Temporally, Back in his Old Home

Images of tropical backyard piglet
        getting tied into a harness

Images of tropical backyard piglet tied up and exploring
        outside his pen

Images of tropical backyard piglet in a temporary
        holding pen

More Rain and Sun

Images of rain and sun in tropical
        backyard garden

Using Unwanted Tree Branches (after goats have eaten the leaves) to Build  Chicken Proof Fence

Images of unwanted twigs being used to
        construct a barrier to protect plants from chickens in tropical
        backyard

April  22:

No.Three is Moved Back to Her Old Pen

Images of tropical backyard sow being
        moved to a new pen

Images of tropical backyard sow being moved to new pen

The Runt Joins Her There

Images of wom,en catching a tropical
        backyard piglet

Images of tropical backyard runt being united with its
        mother

Life is Easy -when not Competing with Mother over Food

Images of tropical backyard piglets
        after mother has been removed

...but Being with Mother also has its Compensations as well as Difficulties

Imagws of tropical backyard piglet
        trying to from same trough as his mother


April  23:

Digging a Compost Pit

Images of man digging a compost pit in
        a tropical backyard

Imagws of man digging a tropical backyard compost pit

Anti-Chicken Fence is completed -and Patch Planted with Beans and Other Seeds

Images of anti-chicken fence from
        twigs around tropical backyard garden patch

Beans starting to grow in Recently Planted Area

Images of beans starting to grow in
        recently planted tropical garden patch

A Short Rain Shower

Images of rain intropical backyard

Planting the Remaining Cuttings Exchanged For Ducklings

Images of Cuttings being planted in tropical
            backyard

Imges of plant cuttings being planted
        in tropical backyard

Cleaning up the Western Garden

Images of weeds being bremoved from
        tropical backyard garden

April  25:

New Seeds Arrive from Davao

Images of newly arrived seeds

April  26:

Air Potato Harvested

Images of air potato in tropical
        backyard garden

April  27:

Passion Fruit Growing

Images of Passion Fruit growing in
        tropical backyard

A  New Banana Heart

Images of banana tree with heart

More Northern Patches Cleared

Images of tropical backyard garden
        patches being cleaned up for planting

Air Potato Planted

Images of air potatoes being planted
        in tropical backyard

Images of air potatoes newly planted in tropical
        backyard

April  28:

Monitor Lizard Sunbathing at Noon

Images of Monitor Lizard basking in
        tropical backyard

April  30:

A Thunder Storm to End the Month

Imags of rain in tropical backyard

Images of rain in tropical backyard




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