Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

February  05:

Seedlings Growing in Previous "Greenhouse"

Another Mini-Greenhouse Constructed

New Greenhouse Sown with Herbs and Other Seeds

Rain

A Coffee Tree is Flowering

February  06:

Repairing the Hedge Where the Fence Fell Down

February  07:

More Rain

More Work on the Hedge

February  08:

Back into Town

"Monster" Garden Frame Collapsed

February  09:

A Bath for the Pigs

The Last Bits of Protective Plastic are Removed

Sprouting Chayote Planted Under Trees in Western Garden

February  10:

Crabsclaw Blooming

Banana Pup Transplanted

Harvested Coffee Tree Trimmed and Fed to Pigs...

...Or Replanted as Cuttings

February  11:

Another Mini-Greenhouse Sown

February  12:

Lunch Again Together in Tagbilaran -With Live Chickens, Covid Warnings, and Sculpture

Peanuts Planted in Various Places

Seeds from Rotting Paprika Planted in Various Places

February  13:

Protective Plastic Replaced After Devastation by Chickens

Debris Removed After Rain in the Night

Various Seeds Sown in North Western Corner

Some Medicinal Oregano Harvested

 

A Garden Bouquet

February  14:

A Valentine's Day Breakfast

We Buy Pork from a Neighbour

Oregano Tea for the Pigs

Home Grown Coffee Beans Roasted, Skinned and Milled

.....Boiled and Drunk

A Valentine's Day Dinner

February  15:

Tagbilaran Again

Some Light Flooding in the Garden

February  16:

A Foot Wound Prevents Me From Putting on Shoes and Going into the Garden

The Rain Too!

February  17:

I'm Still Confined to the House

Fatima and Penny Harvest Two Banana Trees

February  18:

Another Day Indoors

February  19:

Out for Lunch Again

Rewarding my Foot Afterwards

February  20:

Fallen Branches Processed

Some Mustard Leaves Harvested

Dangerous Papaya Tree Chopped Down Before it Falls

February  21:

An Overcast and Drizzly Day

February  22:

Out for Lunch and Shopping

Fallen Banana Tree Transplanted

Mini-Greenhouse Repaired

Some Ginger Harvested

February  23:

Garden Patch Cleaned and Planted with Ginger, Peanuts and Beans

Another Coffee Tree Cut Down -Used for Cuttings or Fed to Pigs

February  24:

Penny Repairs a Fenced Area

Selected Seeds Sown in Protected Plastic

A Different Selection is Sown Outside the Plastic

Newly Hatched Ducklings Go for a Swim

February  25:

Another Mini-Greenhouse Constructed and Sown

February  26:

A Trip to the Hills to View a Lot for Sale

So Where Should the House Be -Near the Swamp?



Not in the Neighbour's Rice Field!

Then Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

February  27:

Peanuts Planted in Various Locations

February  28:

Chicks  and Ducklings Enjoying the Sun

Then Rain

Various Seeds Sown in Newly Fenced Area

Rain Again

Yet Another Mini-Greenhouse Constructed and Sown

...and More Rain

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Trevor Batten
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