





Rain in the Night -Fallen branches and coconuts processed

Chesa Tree Branches Collapse Under Weight
of Fruit and Rain

Recently Potted Okra Seeds Already
Sprouting -But eggplants not yet


Newly Born Ducklings Explore the
World with their Mother

Animal Food Delivery Hasn't Arrived -So
Fatima opens coconuts

Still No Feedstuffs for Morning Feed
-Just Fruit and Veggies,

Coconuts and Leaves








Feedstuffs Arrived -Back to
Normal

Unwanted Papaya Tree Chopped Down


Fatima Buys Some Crabs

Rain Again

Rain in the Night -Fallen Branches
Removed

Crabs Cooked for Lunch -Some
have escaped


Injured Duckling Probably Attacked by A
Hen -Dies shortly after

Maize Tassels Growing Bigger

Seeds from Shop Bought Mandarin Planted

Excess Pond Weed Transferred from
Reservoir to Fish Pond

More Work on the Boundary Hedges


...and We Visit A Christmas Market
in Tagbilaran -to buy Plants


Finding (Temporary) Places For The
New Plants


Trimming The Hedge Again



Watching The Mushrooms Grow

Sickly Banana Tree Cut Down


Bamboo and Hedge Area Tidied Up Around
Duck Pond

Stored Dry Branches Cleaned Up

Border Around Banana Patch Tidied Up

Mushrooms Almost Ready To Harvest

Pork and Beans Playing Together

Fresh Mushrooms for Breakfast


New Plant Transplanted

We Have Visitors

Preparing A Duck for
Cooking


An Attempt to Raise Maggots for Chicken
Food


Garden Patch (Old Boar Pen) Cleared
for Planting and Fencing

Maggot Farm Modified -Newspaper and
wood chippings added



Dead Duckling Cooked to Feed Cats


Another Papaya Tree Cut Down and Processed


Berries from Native Tree (Dalunot)
Included in Breakfast

Fatima Makes Ice Cream from the Chesa
Fruit


Garden Patch (in old boar pen)
Prepared for Planting and Fencing

Bread-nut Tree Transplanted

Chesa Ice Cream for Lunch

Back to the Christmas Market in Garcia
park


Another Papaya Removed and
Processed

Banana Patch Trimmed

Big Bananas -Given to us by a Friend


Another Patch Trimmed -Cuttings
transplanted in hedge or composted, with berries fed to
chickens



We Discuss Planned Tree Felling

Coconuts Opened For Animal Feed

A Dead Tuko Found in the Garden

Duck for Lunch

Small Wild Grown Tree, with
Abandoned Hornet's Nest, is Chopped Down

More Chesa and Papaya Harvested

Two Small Mahogany Trees Chopped Down


Fatima Fries Some Home Made Snacks


A Neighbour Takes Two Native Chickens


The Electrician Comes to Discuss Our
Lighting Problem

A Newly Fenced Area is Filled with
Ash and Dead Leaves -and left to compost

A Start is Made with Clearing Up the Wall
Area for Planting



Recently Bought Flowers Transplanted


Another Garden Patch is Partially Cleaned
Up for Planting

Nice Crop of Maggots Growing in the Maggot
Farm

Fallen Coconut Branch Cleaned Up

Ducks Devour a Fallen Chesa Fruit

We Visit the Philippine Coconut Authority
to Ask Permission to Cut Down Some Trees

Another Small Tree Cut Down -To try and
save a nearby banana


An Escaped Crab Found Dead
in the Garden

Big Banana Now Ripe -and delicious
when fried

Rain in the Night

Maggots Harvested




We Buy More More Plants from the Christmas
Market

....and It Rains Again

Rain in the Night -Northern
Garden Patches Thriving

Another Duck Prepared for Cooking


Rain Again

We Experiment with Two Types of Maggot
Farm


Then Clean the Bowls and Give the Ducks and Chickens Fresh Water


Unripe Papaya Pickled





Rain

Sun

Rain with Sun
More Clearing Up in the Wall Area

Making Tamales





More Rain

Home Grown Okra Seeds
Planted in Garden Patch

A Visitor -To explore the garden, taste
Fatima's cooking and discuss the
problems of life with

The Stuffed Fish is A Great Success

Despite the Rain Outside

Our Friend Leaves -and
we go shopping



One Maggot Farm is Empty











Butterfly Pea Tea With Home Made Radish
Cake for Breakfast

A Sunny Morning

With Autumn Flowers


A Trimmed Lanzones Tree is Sprouting

A Start is Made on Cleaning Up the Empty
Pig Pens


Putting the Soil on the New Garden
Patch


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