Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

January 06:

Cooking Gas Delivered

Drinking Water Arrives

Milk Flows





and Emergency Water Supply for us

... but Neighbour's cows seem happy

January 07:

Goat family busy

...but find the baby!

January 08:

Christmas Ducks still living together happily in shared family



Some Ducks Fattened and Free -but still hanging around



Older seedlings growing in extended garden patch



with younger seedlings in more recently sown  patch



plus a Patch for Wild Growth



with Dry Winged Bean Pods on trees in the Wild Patch


Getting Ready to reseed themselves

and Chillies growing in Northern Stump Patch

January 11:

More night time visitors

While the local residents wonder about the fuss....

January 12:

After finishing the Drainage Channels on Main vegetable patches

Lots of work still to be done....









While Ducks enjoy the Sun

January 13:

First Heavy Rain this Year!

Ducks and Cat enjoy the Weather

the Chickens and Pigs rather less

January 14:

After the Rain -the fight against the Quagmire

Pomelo , Mandarin and Cashew seeds planted in pots

January 22:

Friendly Hernia Patients

An active garden spider

A sleepy Frog

...with sleepy ducks



but Christmas ducklings doing fine



...and new ducklings born today




Some Beans, Some Chilli



Seeds, sown after rain, begin to sprout



and Pandan Palm fruits planted in pots

January 26:

Christmas ducklings now free!

Eggplant seedlings transplanted -after rain

Some seeds before Planting


Squash, Beans, Ampalya, Luffa            Radish and Okra           

...in various garden patches



and a few more Beans are Collected



While Penny and Terri repair the Pig Pen again...

January 27:

Rain in the Night -the Quagmire returns

Paper bag protecting Sorghum seeds from chickens

Project Land