Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

January 2022:

January  01 - 13:

Typhoon  Rai


Beans' Third Farrowing

January  14:

Tree Cuttings Transplanted

Espada, Sweet Corn, Squash and California Wonder Seeds Potted

Beans Still Exhausted but Piglets are Now Safer

January  15:

A Small Harvest of Native String Beans

Bataw (Beans) Transplanted in Various Places

Sow Beans is Still Unwell

Her Piglets Seem Happy Without Her

Some Newborn Chicks

A Small Harvest of Mustard Leaves -Roots are cut off and replanted

New Chili Seedlings Watered

A Short Siesta

Balingbing and Coffee Trees Trimmed and Fed to Pigs

Southern Path Cleared of Remaining Typhoon Debris

January  16:

Beans Slowly Recovering from the Farrowing

Two Trees near Southern Pig Pen Trimmed to Make Them Straighter

With Unreliable Tap Water
  We Are Running Short of Water for Plants and Animals
as well as Ourselves

January  17:

String Beans Planted in Some Southern Areas

Patola (Luffa) and Red tipped string bean transplanted

Hot and Thirsty Pigs Given Lunchtime Drink

Sow Beans is Gradually Improving

The Water Situation is Starting to Get Critical
The Sky is Overcast -but still no Rain

End of Second Week for Piglets

January  18:

Piglets taking Over the House

Failed Trip to Panglao for Immigration Formalities -No electricity for them either

Lunch in Panglao and Shopping in Tagbilaran



More Drinking Water Stations Now Open -We leave a Bottle for Refill



  Again Penny Fetches Tap Water from a Neighbour



We Have Bought a Ball for the Piglets To Play With -To stop Belly-Nosing



Tomato Transplanted in Southern Garden

January  19:

Rain in the Night -Washing Water?

Piglet Diarrhea Still Present
 but lump on the head seems to be getting smaller
Piglets Now Very Hungry and Active

Sow Beans Might Be in Heat -More Active Today

Penny Ties Up Fallen Electricity Wires
We Wait for A Visitor with Relief Goods
and Chat to the Neighbours

The Help Goods Arrive -With A Message

The Red Cross is also Delivering Water -and a Message

Seeds now Sprouting after Rain
Pepper Seedlings and Eggplant Transplanted
with More Seeds Potted

January  20:

Sow Beans Still Under the Weather
but seems to be more active in the evenings
When it's Cooler

The Two Sick Piglets Seem To Be Improving
but still some diarrhea
The Antibiotic Treatment Continues

Some More Paths Cleared of Debris and Used for Compost



Kangkong, squash, Sweet Corn and Okra sown in Garden Patch
Mustard greens collected for lunch -the roots cut off and replanted

A Neighbour Collects Medicinal Plants From Our Garden



Various Sweet Peppers Types
 (Yolo wonder, Smooth Cayenne and Espada -from 2020)
 Are Potted



The Fallen Bread Fruit Tree is Tied Up -To Make it Straighter
The Hog Plum Tree Trimmed and Replanted as Cuttings

January  21:

We go to Tagbilaran for Lunch and Shopping

Then A Lazy Afternoon
Against the background sounds of several chainsaws clearing up the aftermath

While Our Neighbour Brings Us More Tap Water

But Beans is Becoming More Active

January  22:

Feeling Slightly Unwell -but No Fever

January  23:

Suffering from Nasty Head-cold and Sore Throat

January  24:

I'm Starting to Recover
The piglet with diarrhea is now better -but Vomiting

We Still Rely on Solar for Light in the Evenings

January  25:

Lots of Rain in the Night and In the Morning
Our non-drinking reserves are replenished



My Sore throat is almost gone
But I Feel Tired and Battered
 -with a bit of a dry cough
Fatima is Coping Very Well
 -but is also getting exhausted
She Goes Shopping for Fresh Food and I Cook Soup



Fatima has given the piglets some real earth to dig around in
 -and they are very happy with it
Giving the Piglets some Vinegar Water has also Helped Their Stomachs



Garden vegetables collected for the lunchtime soup
Mustard roots cut off and replanted
Ripe Native Sitao Beans Collected for Planting Later
Five Squash Plants Transplanted and Replaced by New Seeds
The Breadfruit Tree was Straightened up Some More by Tightening the String



Fatima Brings Home More Water

January  26:

A Sunny Day
Good for Doing the Washing



My computer is dismantled and packed up
 -ready to be transported during my expected trip out
 on Friday



The Piglets are Very Active Today



Condor Cucumber "76" Potted
Chaism and Kailan Potted

January  27:

I Am Slowly Returning to Health
 After my illness
The Piglets Are  Improving Too
 Although Some Still Have Diarrhea



Sow Beans Looks Somewhat Battered and Dazed
-but is also getting better



Mulberry bushes in South West garden trimmed
 -and transplanted as cuttings around the area
Seed Cocktail (including Sweet Corn)
 Planted Behind the Maternity Pig Pen
Ginger Too

January  28:

Penny Has A Fever and Cannot Work Today
 Our Planned Shopping (and Internet) Trip Has Been Canceled
A Wild Bird Visits Our House
-but leaves later

Tap Water Supply Remains Intermittent and Weak
Reservoir Water Used for Washing

Native Sitao Planted (with Alubati) in Selected Areas
Some Seedlings Transplanted and Watered

A Neighbour Sells Us Fish

Both Sow and Piglets are Getting Stronger

January  29:

Fatima Has A Fever
Soup from Garden Vegetables
Dinner Ordered in from Chido in Tagbilaran



Newly Delivered Solar Lamps Charging



Pigs Watered and Buckets Filled
Piglets Now Fed Every Three Hours

January  30:

I Go Out Shopping for Medicines and Food

  Some Eggplant Seedlings Transplanted

January  31:

More Eggplant seedlings Repotted
Pigs Watered
Lunch ordered in from Chido in Tagbilaran



Rain at Last

2022
February