A step in the right direction

We reached Corn Buck
about eight this morning.
T began to clear the land
below the mango trees,
in the centre of the garden,
where the soil is heavy
and the drains are deep.
My shoulder muscles are
still a little sore and, not
wanting to strain them again, I took my paints and sat

and studied the middle mango.
While waiting for paint to dry,
I helped T remove the vine
from the coconut and fig trees
and burned, the now very dry,
bush.
We left with eight big, almost
ripe, bunches of bananas,
which T's dad suggested we
sell, together with the grapefruit,
as an income for us. Nice.
We brought the bananas home
and T showed me how to cut them from the stalk and
put them to ripen beneath sheets of newspaper. I was
delighted to see it was 'The Financial Times'. I take
this as a good omen. Our resolve is strengthened with
encouragement and approval. T is happy and so am I.
Time to come, we will build a ripening shed in the garden.

and so it goes..............

We have
worked
our way
from the
big mango
trees,
to go back
to the
boundary
mangoes,
by where
the dasheen
needs weeding.





Job's
tears
conceal













fig and
orange
trees






and
finally,
the
last
day
of the
week,
gives us
vine,
over
old bush,
that grows
between stone.



We rise
to the
challenge
and take
comfort
in, finally,
sighting
the
lime tree.

Today's Challenge

I
decided
to
try
and
reach
the
orange
tree
today.










Successfully.










T,
naturally,
was
far
more
ambitious






and
cleared
all
the
land
on
the
bank
below
the
orange
tree.


He also came home with a bucket of tania, a fine bag of grapefruit and a huge bundle of vine for the rabbits.

More of the same

Clearance continues

T reaches
the bend
in the
path
where
the river
used to pass



and I
clean
between
the
fig and
stones
above it.














Where we
will
continue
tomorrow.






T gets
vine
before
we go
8.30am start
12 noon finish
today.

New Year's Day 2008

Cutlassing
continues to the
right of the
path






































































































































and to the
left








from
8.30am
until
2.00pm








when T collects
vine for the
rabbit
and fig
that
are
full
to take
back
down.