Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

June 2021:

June  01:

Rain All Night and Day -Typhoon in the Area



Piglets Doing Fine

Power Cut from Around 5 PM Tuesday to Around 9 AM Wednesday

June  02:

Fallen Tree Branches Tidied

Lots More Fallen Debris After the Rain

Broken Coffee Branch Planted as Cuttings

June  03:

Assorted Vegetable Seeds Broadcast in Northern Patch

More Debris Still Needing to be Cleared

June  04:

A Trip Into Tagbilaran for Acupuncture and Lunch

One Neighbour Demolishes their House, Another Expands Theirs, and We Need A New Back Gate

Some Day Lillis are Blooming in the Garden

June  05:

June  06:

Rain

Seeds from Rotting Kitchen Peppers Planted

The Last of the Storm Debris Cleared Away

June  07:

Trimming and Feeding

Assorted Seeds Sown in Northern Patch

June  08:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

BMW Takes a Detour on the Way to Another Pen

June  09:

The Pigs Get  A Shower

Some Squash Seeds Planted in Various Patches

Fruiting Pineapples are Starting to Ripen

We Sell Six Young Ducks

June  10:

Weeds Removed from Path and Fed to Pigs

An Attempt to Grow Cuttings From Tamarind Tree

BMW Seems to Be in Heat -and not Pregnant

Fatima Receives a Book from Manila

June  11:

Light Rain



Two Paprika Harvested



Red-Eye: With and Without Flash!

Photos: Fatima Lasay

June  12:

A Visit to the Shepard's Arms Children's Home

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

Reservoir Cleared of Water Cabbage and Replaced with Duck-Weed and Azola

Amaranth and Holy Basil (Also From the Shepard's Arms) Planted in Various Patches

June  13:

BMW Escapes and Explores the Garden Again

Southern Patch Tidied and Pandan Replanted

June  14:

Debris Cleared

Fighting Back Against the Southern Jungle

June  15:

Fatima Goes Shopping for the Week

Men Come to Discuss Tree Cutting -and Order Two Piglets

Home Grown Bataw Beans Planted

Three Different Types of Peppers Potted

June  16:

A Lazy Day

June  17:

Piglets Playing in the Garden

Tomatoes and Asparagus Potted

Herbs and Roselle Potted

June  18:

Fatima Goes into Town Again

Peppermint Potted

Purple Passion Fruit Potted

June  19:

Rain

Trimming and Feeding

More Tidying Up

Maize Seeds Planted

Roselle Seeds Planted

Okra Seeds Planted

But Much Jungle Still Remains

June  21:

Kitchen Espada Seeds Sown

Four Types of Cucumber Seeds Sown

Native Cacao Tree Starting to Flower

Fatima has Ordered a Sowing Machine

June  22:

Potted Seedlings Watered

Ground Layered Avocado Twigs Cut Free from Main Branch

...and Another Attempt At Air Layering

More Fallen Debris Removed

Trees Trimmed and Fed to Pigs

June  23:

I Go Shopping in Tagbilaran

June  24:

Potted Seeds Watered Again

Another Small Tree Trimmed and Fed to Pigs

More Okra Seeds Sown

Different Maize Seeds Sown

June  25:

A Day trip To A Local Resort

June  26:

Beans Slightly Under the Weather -But improves during the day

Seedling Nursery Moved for Tree Cutters



More Tree Cutting


Nursery Relocated



Broken Pomegranate Branch Made into Cuttings

June  27:

Resting

June  28:

Waiting for the Lads to Saw Up the Lumber -So the Clean Up can be Completed

Damaged Banana Tree Trimmed and Fed to Pigs

BMW Still Seems A Bit Under the Weather

Paths Cleared and Fed to Pigs

June  29:

Trimming, Feeding and Transplanting

The Nursery is Moved Back -Something has Attacked the Seedlings

The Lads Return to Saw up the Lumber

June  30:

Light Rain

I Go Shopping in Tagbilaran Again

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