Harvest

T organised a larger

water collector for

the hose which seems

to be working

admirably.

We have had no rain

and everywhere

is very dry.

I watered the carrots,

which are almost

ready to harvest,

T the new lettuce

and okra beds.

25lbs of beans.

dwarf,

were picked, which

makes a total

of 43lbs since Saturday.

There are nutmeg, mangoes, okra, cucumber, cabbage, basil and rocket.

Monday moments

T cutlassed behind the new shed
while I cleared below the second
mango tree. We have resolved to
spend the first hour of every day,
keeping the land clean.














After, I weeded and moled and tied
some more tomatoes, while T forked
some new beds for cabbage.
Some cocoa was cut and cracked
and put to dry.

This week's endeavours

This week
the cive
were weeded
and moled,









and a new shed
was under
construction.
We will be
spending
some nights
here, when the
tomatoes
and beans
start bearing.


New beds were
made and sown
with lettuce,
okra and
cabbage.







The dasheen
was weeded











as was the
rocket.
Some rocket plants
were transplanted
into
the small leaf
basil bed
and the drain and
land
below the Ceylon mango
was cleaned and cutlassed.



The dwarf beans
were weeded and moled
as were the tomatoes
which
were also tied.







Now all that is
needed is a door











and
a
lick
of
paint.

This week's harvest;

Cucumber, dwarf beans, okra, Julie mangoes and full fig.

So far so good.

We have tomatoes











with bamboo sticks











for support.











We have basil











and some more
tomatoes










the variety is
Heat Master
and very deserving
of the name,
having withstood
the dry season
admirably.









We have dwarf beans,









'saffron'
turmeric planted
in these new beds










two of the
purple Chinese beans
have sprouted,
( I may have planted
them a little too deep)







new carrot beds,








did I mention
tomatoes?







The siphon from
the river is working.












More tomatoes,













Oh, sorry, the
bamboo and
big stones
looked so lovely in
the late afternoon
sun,








more tomatoes,










cive beds are
doing nicely,











cabbage,













two varieties of
rocket,











Sweet potatoes,











6 week
sweet potatoes,











the original carrot beds
together with padaje leaf
as weed suppressant
and moisture keeper.









The second carrot beds
newly weeded today.












More sweet potato










cucumber growing
happily, in the ashes,











and finally,
more sweet potato.