Hello Everyone.  Just is to give you an update on what’s happening.  First of all, it has been raining for about two weeks now so our “let’s get crepuscular” thing fell flat on its face.  There are heavy clouds looming over our farm so it looks like it is going to rain this weekend.  Having said that, we are glad for the rains because everything was getting quite dry.  And, Panda is very, very glad because his 660 gallon tank is nearly full so he is all set for the dry season.

We’ve been starting up seedlings for our nursery:

Tobacco: these are actually a lot bigger now than these teeny-weeny pictures.

All sorts of peppers including habaneros, jalapeños and cayenne peppers.

Oh, the tomatoes are looking very good.  These are Gnome’s pride and joy.  Growing tomatoes is a very difficult endeavour down here in Toledo because the plants are susceptible to all manner of diseases including mildews and molds.  Plus the heavy rains cause stems to rot easily.  We tried growing tomatoes years ago but gave up after a long struggle with disease and water-logging.  We have decided to re-visit the tomato growing because we actually do like to eat them and the tomatoes that you buy here are truly tasteless.

We are growing them in buckets this time.  And, Gnome is observing them every hour…he really loves his plants!!

Right now, our tray of parsley is quite a treat.  Great with mashed potatoes:

You can grow herbs down here but they have to be in trays and buckets.  In the rainy season, they can get damaged so you need some sort of cover.  We’ve started rosemary and sage seeds too…these grow down here but also need a bit of care and attention.