Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

October 2020:

October  01:

Devastated Areas are Regenerating

But the Northern Jungle Needs Attention

The Insulin Plant is Starting to Bloom

October  02:

Work Started on the Northern Garden

The Insulin Flower is Quite Impressive

October  03:

The Neighbours Buy a Rooster

More Work on the Northern Jungle

October  04:

-Rain in the Night

Dutch Seeds Apparently Sprouting So More Sown in the Vicinity

Newly Cleared Patch Sown Too

October  05:

-Rain in the Night

A Quiet Morning Reading the Post from Holland

The Plants Also Enjoyed A Day in the Sun

Yet Another Harvest of Passion Fruit

Then Back to Work in the Northern Jungle

October  06:

...and Back Again Today Too....

Providing Plenty of Compost and Fodder

October  07:

-An Overcast Day with a Bit of Rain in the Morning

Slowly Winning Against the Northern Jungle

-Rain in the Night

October  08:

Back into Town for Shopping and Seeds

Alugbati Planted in Various Locations

Banana Hearts,  Papaya, Chesa and Passion Fruit Harvested

October  09:

-Heavy rain in the Night

Bataw Planted in Various Locations

Japanese Saluyot Sown in Various Locations

Shop Tomatoes and Home Grown Espada Planted in Various Locations



Bush Sitao Planted in Various Locations

October 10:

-Rain in the Night

October 11:

-Rain in the Night

Northern Garden Patch Cleaned and Broadcast with a Mixture of Seeds



Chesa and Mini-Coconut Trees Trimmed and Harvested



Leaving Lots of Debris to be Cleared



...but also Tons of Compost Material and a Reasonable Harvest

-Rain in the Afternoon and in the Evening

October 12:

Rain in the Night -Fallen Debris Processed

Rain in the Afternoon

Recently Sown Seeds Starting to Sprout in Northern Garden

October 13:

More Rain in the Night -Clearing Up the Mess Again

-Rain in the Afternoon

October 14:

Shopping Again

Rain Again

A Few Newly Bought Bean Seeds Planted

A Lanzones Tree Trimmed to Help an Avocado

An Abandoned Hornet's Nest Discovered in the Branches

October 15:

Native Lime Tree Trimmed and Harvested

Native Onions Planted in Various Locations

Vine Seeds Planted to Grow onto Branches from Trimmed Trees

October 16:

More Heavy Rain in the Night -Clearing up the Damage Again

October 17:

Relaxing with Both Sun and Rain

October 18:

A Good Excuse for Not Working

October 19:

CD, Our Oldest Cat, Dies in the Night and is Composted

Two Rambutan Seedlings Transplanted

Another Banana Pup Transplanted

... and Another Excuse for Not Working

October 20:

A Small Selection of Fresh Garden Crops

Recently Planted Beans and Onions Sprouting

More Bush Beans Planted in Northern Garden

Penny Removes a Harvest of Chesa from Our Roof

October 21:

A Trip into Tagbilaran Again

-Rain in the Night

October 22:

Cool Weather Seeds Sown in Southern Garden

Onions, Bush Beans and Kangkong Sown in Eastern Garden

Fallen Coconut Branches Processed

A Neighbour Wants to Buy A Piglet

October 23:

Back into Town for Lunch and Some Shopping

October 24:

We Buy Some of Our Piglet Back from A Neighbour -Who Has Been Fattening It

Fallen Branch Processed

October 25:

-Pottering
-Rain in the Afternoon

October 26:

Debris Processed After Night Time Rain

Chesa Retrieved from Fallen Branch

Two Different Types Of Garlic Planted in Various Locations

Preparing Harissa Sauce from Peppers and Garlic

October 27:

More Debris Removed

Some Paths Cleared of Compostable Material

October 28:

A Quick Trip into Town for Essential Shopping

Unsuccessfully Transplanted Banana Replaced



Rain in the Afternoon

October 29:

Debris Removed After Storm in the Night



Fallen Castor Oil Tree Branches Trimmed





Native Onions Planted in Various Locations

October 30:

Light Flooding in a Drainage Pits -Otherwise Dry

  Some More Debris

Then into Town for the Week's Shopping

October 31:

More Rain in the Night



More Debris



A Bit More Flooding -but not much

The Remaining Two Rambutan Seedlings Planted

Work on the Northern Garden Continues

Our Neighbour Buys A Piglet

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