The title of this Blog post is a bit tongue-in-cheek because Gnome looked up the weather forecast for today and it stated “Delightful Day.” What does that mean exactly? Anyway, as soon as the alarm clock went off at 6am this morning, the clouds were right on cue to let loose a down-pour. Ha-Ha!! Did they mean Delightful (Rainy) Day? We had a chuckle and promptly went back to sleep. We can’t do anything on a farm in rain and besides, we are giving Gnome the full week to recover from the neck injury. He is getting better by the way but this morning he over-stretched his neck muscles again in the nursery…he just moved a tiny plant pot! Anyway, Gnome is in charge of germinating nursery seeds so he’s got the aubergines, sage, rosemary, mint and other things started. Here is a picture of some basil seedlings that are ready for transplanting…
We are both resting and staying out of trouble so I am catching up with some recent photos from the farm. This is the view from the west side of the back veranda which used to be obscured by akee trees. Gnome has cut them all down so that we can spy on the geese looking for nesting sites: right now they look like they are exploring for possible places but there is still no sign of egg laying.
This is a picture taken about two weeks ago; we had another fun ride through coconut palms and orchard trees to move cut wood from the pond area to our charcoal making site. We even got right next to the charcoal bin…only squashed one porcupine plant on the way!! Backing out was a bit of a palaver but it was still manageable. It beats using the wheel-barrow!!
This is a the Peruvian Corn planted on Christmas Eve. They are getting taller and we have planted adzuki beans in-between the rows to add nitrogen to the soil. They are looking good:
I will keep on writing for as long as we are stuck indoors…