Tropical Heritage Garden Diary:

July 2022:

July  01:

Fatima Brings Home the Shopping



An On-Line Order Arrives



Some Seeds are Potted



Passion Fruit Transplanted

Work on the Garden Diary

July  02:

Metal Roof panels Arrived to Repair Pig pen Roof

A Hot and Humid Day



Beans is Under the Weather and Not Eating

July  03:

Local Lads Help with Various Tasks

Some Pigs Go Out -While others Stay at Home



Typhoon Documentation Finally On-Line



Rain

July  04:

The Pig Pen Roof Destroyed by Typhoon Rai is Finally Repaired

Rain for Much of the Day

Beans Ventures Out to Forage but the Other Pigs  Stay at Home

July  05:

Roadworks Completed?

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

Dinner on the Balcony

July  06:

Another Hot, Sultry, Day

Too Hot to Do Anything

Some Pigs are Out and Some are In

The Reservoir is being Dried Out so It can be Waterproofed

July  07:

A Bit of Programming -for a change

July  08:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

Roadworks?

Not All Pigs are Equal

July  09:

Some Pigs Like to Go Out while Others Stay at Home

Fallen Papaya Tree is Trimmed

Some Protective Netting Repaired

More Path Cleared

The Squash by the Pig Pen is Ripening

July  10:

Another Lazy, Rainy, Day

Some Edible Luffa Seeds Collected and Sown

July  11:

Another Lazy Day

Programming Again

July  12:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

The Saga of the Roadworks Continues

July  13:

Cleaning Up the House

Selling Off Some Ducks

Transplanting Apple Guava Seedlings

Starting to Replant the Privacy Wall Area

A Bit of Path Clearing

Avocado Tree Trimmed

..and then Rain

July  14:

Another Hot Day

Some Administration Must be Done

A Path Cleared

 

The Nursery Area Tidied Up

The Last of the Passion Fruit Seedlings Transplanted

More Planting Along the Privacy Wall

Overflow From the Reservoir  is Flooding Under the House

The Tambis is Starting to Fruit

July  15:

Collecting A Piece of Paper from the Local Council

Lunch and  Massage in Tagbilaran

Road Works?

July  16:

More Planting Along the Peripheral Fence

Rain Again

So Some Programming

July  17:

Papaya Seeds Broadcast Along Pig Run Fences

Hedge Trimmings Transplanted

Assorted Vine Seeds Sown Along Internal Fence

With Shipping Documents Printed Out -the Defect Computer is Ready for Return

The Pigs Enjoy the Tambis Harvest

July  18:

After Heavy Rain in the Night the Fishpond is Full of Debris

A Path is Trimmed and Transplanted Along the New Wall

July  19:

Lunch and Business in Tagbilaran

Fatima and Penny Reorganize the Living Room

July  20:

More Trimming and Path Clearing

Transplanting Too

..and Rain

July  21:

Rain

Reclaiming Paths, Trimming and Composting

July  22:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

BMW Gets Artificially Inseminated

July  23:

Over-ripe Passion Fruit Seeds Potted

More Work on the Hedge

Brownie gets Inseminated While BMW is Out

July  24:

Another Hot Lazy Sunday

Some Work on the Computer

Trimming and Composting

July  25:

Another Day Programming

July  26:

More Trimming and Composting

Some Flower Cuttings Transplanted

July  27:

Lunch and Shopping in Tagbilaran

Major Roadworks Ahead?

Our Driver Buys Two Roosters

July  28:

More Trimming, Clearing and Transplanting

July  29:

Rain

A Few Chocolate Pods Ripening

Trimming and Path Clearing Again

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July  30:

Fatima Buys Several Sacks of Carbonized Rice Hulls

The Clean Up Continues

July  31:

Goodbye Ihid

Lots of Visitors to Buy Ducks

We Meet a Friend Who Gives Us  A Present at The Harbour

...and See the Site of the New Bridge to Panglao

Then Go to Lunch

...and Visit Two Public Beaches on Panglao