Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

April 2019:

April  01:

Fresh Frozen Chicken

April  03:

Morning Light

Small Tree chopped down for Animal Fodder

Balcony Piglets Escape -but are recaptured

Seed Table Tidied Up (Somewhat)

April  04:

The Kittens Appear to be Weaned

April  05:

Three Remaining Green Eggplants Transplanted

Last Remaining Tomato Seedling Transplanted

Safflower, Kundol and Thai Cucumber Seeds Planted in Pots

Three types of Tomato Seeds Planted in Pots

Plant Nursery Moved to a Sunnier Position

Fatima Finds  a Friendly Lizard

April  06:

Goodbye Lucky

Rain

Lucky's Pen Cleaned Up

Burning Not Such a Good Idea -Composting is much better

.....and then Visitors

April  07:

An Attempt to Move Brownie to a New Pen Fails -when she is startled by our goat



Garden along fence tidied up -fed to animals and used to repair hedge





Rooster rescued from Rainwater Reservoir  -and kept in captivity



Kittens seem to have a permanent home in the Kitchen



Brownie Successfully Moved

April  08:

The Two "Orphaned" Balcony Piglets Return to their Original Pen

...but  are not Welcomed by the Siblings

So they get Special Treatment (again)

April  09:

A Friend sends Some Refraction Film for Me to Play with -in both Artificial and Natural light

April  10:

Green Cardamom, Anise, Dried Paprika and Green Zebra Tomato Seeds Potted and Placed in Nursery

Various April Flowers

April  11:

A Sunny Morning After Rain in the Night

The First Bunch of Piglets get taken to New Homes

Upo Transplanted





Duhat and Native Cacao Seedlings Transplanted

With only Four of the Eight Piglets Left -we try to integrate the "Orphans" again

....but They Still get Bullied

April  12:

Another Piglet Collected while We were Out Shopping -Leaving just Three Behind

Plus the Two "Orphans"

We are not at all satisfied with the housing of our ex-piglet.....

April  13:

The 6th Piglet Gets  A New Home Too

Work Starts on the new Holding Pens under the House

The Two Remaining Piglets Still Bully the Two "Orphans"

April  14:

The Last two Piglets are Collected -together with some Cuttings and our Billy Goat

Leaving the "Orphans" to Inherit the Pen

April  15:

Work Continues on the New Pens

April  18:

Painting the New Holding Pen

Passion Fruit  Blooming and Fruiting

Round Green, and Black, as well as Long Black Eggplant Seeds in Potting Trays in New Nursery Area

Inokra, Californian Wonder and Cindy Gang Hot Pepper Seeds Also in Potting Trays

Home grown Green Eggplant and Passion Fruit Seeds Potted

Three Types of Tomato Sprouting

Potted Safflower, Asparagus and Indian Paprika growing Nicely in Old Nursery

April  20:

Sprouting Shop Bought Tomato Seedlings Potted

April  21:

The Last Piglet is Collected

Eggplant with Sausage and Noodles for Lunch

Soil from Lucky's Pen Dumped on the Garden

Fallen Leaves Redistributed

April  22:

Visiting Two Older Piglets

...and a Young One

April  25:

Making Chocolate Pastilles from Hot Freshly Ground, Dried and Fermented Cacao Beans

More Seeds from Shop Bought Tomatoes Potted

More Dried Leaves Put on Garden Patches

April  28:

Rain

April  29:

Ducklings Put in New Holding Pen -for Fattening

April  30:

Recently Potted Home Grown Green Eggplant and two types of Shop Tomato are Sprouting

Earlier Potted Tomatoes, Asparagus and Safflower Growing Well

Another Batch of Indian Dried Paprika, Home Grown Green Eggplant and Shop Tomato Potted

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