Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

September 2019:



Images of fenced garden patches in tropical backyard


September  01:

Fallen Bean Poles  Restored -After heavy rain in the night

Images of fallen bean poles in
        tropical backyard restored after heavy rain in the night

Fallen Coconut Branches Removed

Images of fallen Coconut branch
        cleared up after heavy rain in the night

Turmeric, Ginger and Oregano Transplanted in Garden Patch

Images of turmeric, ginger and oregano
        transplanted in tropical backyard

Assorted Vine Seeds Planted in Various Locations

Images of vine seeds planted in
        various locations in tropical backyard

Assorted Rooster Feed Seeds Planted in Various Locations

Images of rooster feed seeds planted
        in tropical backyard

Evening Rain

Images of rain in tropicl backyard

September  02:

Rain in the Night

Images of night rain in tropical
        backyard

Papaya Seedlings Transplanted

Images of papaya seedlings
        transplanted in tropical backyard

Images of papaya seedlings transplanted in tropical
        backyard

Cassava Cuttings Replanted

Images of Cassava cuttings transplanted in tropical
        backyard

Three Cashew Seedlings Transplanted

Images of Cashew seedlings
        transplanted in tropical backyard

Paths Tidied Up in Southern Garden

Images of paths in tropical backyard

Tilapia Feeding Frenzy When Fed

Images of tilapia in tropical backyard
        pond in feeding frenzy

September  03:

The Northern Jungle!

Images of overgrown garden in tropical
        backyard

A Start is Made with Improving the Northern Garden

Images of starting to clear an
        overgrown tropical backyard garden patch

More Turmeric Transplanted

Images of turmeric transplanted in
        tropical backyard

Some Lemon Grass Transplanted

Images of transplanted lemon grass in
        tropical backyard

Excess Water Plants in Reservoir Moved to Duck Pond

Images of water plants moved from
        reservoir to duck pond in tropical backyard

September  04:

Empty Pig Pen Cleaned

Images of tropical backyard pig pen being cleaned

Garden Patch Cleared of Weeds

Images of tropical backyard garden patch cleared pf
            weeds

Happy Pigs!

Images of tropical backyard pigs eating
        weeds

Garden Patch Manured and Made Ready for Planting and Fencing

Images of tropical backyard garden patch composted
            and staked ready for planting and fencing

My Balcony Chair Gets Sanded and Given a Coat of Varnish


Images of tropical balcony chair being sanded and
        varnished

September  05:

Garden Patch Planted and Fenced

Images of tropical backyard garden
        patch planted before fencing

Images of tropical garden patch being sown with various
        seeds before fencing

Images of tropical backyard garden patch fenced, sown
        and watered

Chicken for Dinner Tomorrow

Images of tropical backyard chickens
        being slaughtered

Images of tropical backyard chickens being plucked

Omages of tropical backyard chickens being eviserated

Images of tropical backyard chickens being cut up for
        the freezer

...and Lots of Ducks for Later

Images of ducks in tropical backyard

September  06:

Anti-Chicken Raffia Added to Fenced Area

Images of anti-chicken raffiea added to fenced garden
        patch

Chicken Dinner

Images of Home grown chicken dinner in
        tropical home

Ducklings Put in Protective Custody with Their Mother


Images of tropical backyard ducklings in a protective
        pen

September  07:

Rain in the Night and Early Morning

Images of early morning rain in
        tropical backyard

Images of early morning rain in tropical backyard

Escaped from Custody

Images of young ducklings in tropical
        backyard

Nesting Hen

Images of hen nesting in tropical
        backyard

A Sunny Late Afternoon

Images of a sunny late afternoon in a
        tropical backyard

September  08:

More Compost for the Garden

Images of garden patch being composted
        from tropical backyard pig pen

Another Ailing Banana Tree Cut Down and fed to Pigs

Images of ailing banana tree chopped
        down and fed to tropical backyard pigs

September  09:

Two Banana Trees Planted, Two Trees Cut Down, -and A Snafu

Images of banana tree being planted in
        tropical backyard

Images of tree felling gone wrong -tree fallen on house

Images of a small tree being cleard up after falling on
        a tropical house while being felled

Images of banana tree being planted in tropical
        backyard

A Start to the Taming of The Northern Jungle

Images of mtropical backyard garden
        being cleaned up

Two Northern Patches Cleaned and Composted

Images of tropical backyard garden
        patches cleaned and composted

September  10:

Seeds Starting to Sprout in Recently Sown Garden Patch

Omages of recently planted tropical
        garden fenced garden patch

Another Patch Cleared and Composted

Images of tropical backyard garden
        patch cleared for composting and replanting

Images of tropical backyard garden patch composted with
        soil from pig pen

September  11:

Refuse from Cleared Patches Fed to Pigs

Imagws of trapical backyard garden refuse given to pigs

Another (Southern) Patch Cleaned and Composted

Images of tropical garden patch
        cleared nd complosted

September  12:

Early Morning Rain

Images of early morning rain in
        tropical backyard

Images of morning rain in tropical backyard

...and More Rain During the Day

Images of rain in tropical backyard

Images of rain in tropical backyard

Ducklings Back in Protected Custody

Images of tropical backyard ducklings
        in a protective pen under the house

The Ducks Don't Seem Very Interested

Images of duclks in tropical backyard

September  13:

Storm in the Night -Debris removed and stored for various purposes

Images of coconut tree branches fallen in tropical
        backyard during a storm in the night

Images of fallen coconut branches trimmed and saved in
        tropical backyard

Brooding Hen Covered Against Rain

Images of hen nesting in tropical backyard covered with
        a sack agaisnt rain

Ducklings Determined To Escape -At least one dead already

Images oif ducklings in protective pen under tropical
        house

Images of escaped ducklings in tropical backyard

Seeds Growing Quickly in Recently Fenced Garden Patch

Images of seedlings growing in fenced tropical backyard
        garden patch

Previously Felled Trees Removed and Composted

Images of felled trees trimmed for composting in
            tropical backyard

Used for Firewood or Saved as Posts for Fencing

Images of firewood and fencing poles in tropical
        backyard

Or for Borders Around Garden Patches

Images of felled trees used as borders
        around tropical backyard garden patches

Images of felled trees iused as borders for tropical
        backyard garden patches

September  15:

Neighbours Help Piglets (Pork and Beans) Move to Newly Cleaned Pen

Images of tropical backyard piglets
        being caught

Images of tropical backyard piglets being moved to a
        different pen

Images of tropical backyard piglets moved to a new pen

Large Spider in Garden

Images of spider in tropical garden

Ducklings Back in Protective Custody

Images of tropical backyard ducklings
        in protective pen under house

Banana Patch Seeded and Fenced

Images of banana patch in
            tropical backyuard seeded and fenced

September  16:

Cleaning the Maternity Pen and Servicing the Fan

Images of tropical backyard pig pen
        being cleaned for reuse

Images of tropical backyard pig pen being cleaned before
        reuse

Two New Composted Patches

Images of new composted garden patch

Images of modified and composted tropical backyard
        garden patch

Raffia Put Up on Newly Fenced Area

Images of fenced patch given extra
        protection from chickens with raffia in tropical backyard

A Harvest of Passion Fruit

Images of passion fruit harvested from
        tropical backyard

A Sunny End to the Day

Images of a sunny late afternoon in a
        tropical home

September  18:

Another Northern Patch Seeded and Fenced

Imagws of tropical backyard garden
        patch being seeded

Images of tropical backyard fenced garden patch
        broadcast with seeds

Images of recently seeded and fenced tropical backyard
        garden patch

September  19:

More Work Cleaning Up the Maternity Pen

Images of tropical pig pen being
        cleaned up before reuse

Images of soil from tropical backyard
        pig pen being dumped on garden

Images of soilfrom tropical backyard pig pen being put
        on garden patches

Images of soil in tropical backyard pig pen being broken
        up for removal

 Dry Banana Leaves Collected

Images of dried banana leaves collected as nesting
        material for farrowing tropical backyard sow

...And A Small Bit of the Jungle Cleared and Left to Compost


Images of lightly trimmed area in tropical backyard

September  20:

Work Continues in the Maternity Pen

Images of cleaning up a tropical
        backyard pig pen ready for reuse

September  21:

Duck "Liberated" from Fenced Area

Images of duck "liberated"
        from fenced area in tropical backyard

Sickly Lanzones Tree Cut Down -To improve the Area and see if tree will regenerate itself

Images of small tree being felled in
        tropical backyard

Images of lanzones Tree felled in tropical backyard

A Small Harvest of Beans

Images of a small harvest of beans
        from a tropical backyard garden

Ducks Eating Banana Tree Trunk

Images of ducks eating banana tree
        trunks in tropical backyard
 

September  22:

Newly Hatched Chicks

Images of newly hatched chicks in tropical
              backyard

September  23:

Some Welcome Rain

Images of rain in tropical backyard

Images of rain in tropical backyard

Another Northern Patch Planted and Fenced

Images of recently seeded and fenced
        tropical backyard garden patch

September  24:

Fallen Papaya Tree Tidied Up

Images of fallen papaya tree cleared
        up in tropical backyard

Small Mahogany Tree Chopped Down

Images of small mahogany tree chopped
        down in tropical backyard

The Leaves Composted and The Logs Saved for later

Images of chopped down tree processed in tropical
        backyard

September  25:

Ducks Everywhere....

Images of ducks in tropical backyard

....and One Got Caught For The Pot

Images of tropical backyard duck being
        prepared for plucking

Images of tropical backyard duck bing plucked

Images of tropical backyard duck being prepared for the
        freezer

A Few Paths in the Northern Jungle Cleared

Images of garden paths cleaned in
        tropical bakyard

Some Turmeric Transplanted in Empty Spaces

Images of turmeric transplanted
            in tropical backyard 

Auntie Brownie is Moved to The Maternity Pen -Ready for farrowing

Images of tropical backyard sow being
        moved to another pen -ready for farrowing

September  26:

Auntie Brownie Appears Sick -She is sluggish and not drinking

Images of sick tropical backyard sow

We Have to Go To Cebu -To collect my renewed registration card from the immigration authorities

Images of a trip to Cebu for
        immigration formalities

Images of a return trip from Cebu to
        Tagbilaran

September  27:

Auntie Brownie Eating and Drinking Normally -The antibiotic in her food seems to have worked

Images of tropical backyard sow eating
        and drinking

....But her vulva is enlarged -Probably due to hormones

mages of a pregnant tropical backyard
        sow

The Speckled Hen Shows Off Her Chicks

Images of tropical backyard hen with
        chicks

The Ducklings Seem to be Surviving

Images of tropical backyard ducklings

...and A Butterfly Hatches Out in the Plant Nursery

Images of a recently emerged butterfly
        in tropical backyard

September  28:

Auntie Brownie Eating and Drinking Normally in the Morning

Images of tropical backyard sow

...But Not in the Afternoon

Images of a sick, pregnant, tropical
        backyard sow

September  29:

Auntie Brownie Still Not Eating and Drinking

Images of sick tropical backyard sow

MingMing Returns for Quick Visit -But leaves after a fight with her daughter

Images of visit from a cat living
        earlier in our tropical home

Peanuts, Okra and Squash Planted in Various Unprotected Areas

Images of Peanuts, squash and Okra
        seeds planted in various unprotected areas in tropical backyard

In the Afternoon We Try Spouting Antibiotic Into Brownie's Mouth

Images of sick tropical backyard sow

Images of woman trying to spout antibiotic into a sick
        tropical backyard sow's mouth

September  30:

Auntie Brownie Gets Her Morning Drink and Medicine

Images of sick tropical backyard sow
        being encouraged to drink and take medicine

Images of sick tropical backyard sow

Plant Nursery Area Tidied Up

Images of tropical backyard garden
        nursery being tidied up

Images of tropical backyard garden nursery being tidied
        up

Auntie Brownie Gets Her Evening Drink, A Shower and Her Medicine -But still not eating

Images of sick tropical backyard sow

Images of woman with sick tropical backyard sow

Recently Seeded Protected Areas Watered

Images of recently sown and fenced
        tropical garden patches being watered




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