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Good Start to The New Year!

It’s been a good start to the new year because the weather has been dry and sunny (except for today, of course, there are rain clouds and it feels like it wants to rain).  Anyway, with the good weather, we felt uplifted and ready to start the new year full of energy and enthusiasm.  Well, it started off with Gnome fixing the washing machine!  Yay, we have clean clothes now!!  I’ve been doing a big spring clean inside the house and throwing all sorts of kipple and the like.  It’s a lovely feeling dumping things and making a great big fire…whoopeeeeee!!

Kipple…stuff…just multiplies!!

Kipple

Anyway, Gnome has been doing some manly, physical work (so, I’ve been very nice to him…bringing out cool lemonade and dainty egg sandwiches to keep him going).  He is setting up the platforms for our water tanks.  This time we will be ready for the dry season and we won’t be caught out.  We will have our tanks lined up  to catch the rains from now to April.

Water Security!!

Water Tank.

And as usual the farm has been producing so there is the usual Munchkin harvesting….

Carambola Fruit.
Cleaned Plate of Akee.

More Sour Peach Jam to make:

Sour Peach.

These are Monkey Cap; the taste like peanut butter and have the consistency of peanut butter.  They are nice but kinda get stuck in your teeth because they are gummy-like.  Don’t eat them when you have guests around or you’ll get into a right old mess with orange gums and teeth…Ha-Ha!  I wasn’t trying to put you off this fruit by the way!

Monkey Cap.

We hope that the year is starting off well for y’all out there!!

Fruits in Season.

Munchkin.Shouting

There is always something new to harvest on the farm.  Right now, the mulberries have just started.

Mulberry Tree.
Mulberry Tree.

I will be collecting this fruit to make our very popular Mulberry Elixir.  The final product is a beautiful dark purple colour and it has a lovely, rich berry taste.

This one is a local fruit called monkey cap.  It has the consistency of peanut butter and is much-loved by the birds.  For all bird-lovers out there, this is one to plant if want to attract all the birdies with pretty colours.  The toucans like this one.

Monkey Caps.
Monkey Caps.

The monkey cap tree also makes a nice ornamental for those into landscaping.

Monkey Cap Tree.
Monkey Cap Tree.

Oh, and last but not least…we got our first soursop of the year.  Everyone in Belize loves this fruit.  I can’t give it justice by describing it but it has a kind of wet cotton-like consistency with a unique tropical fruit taste.  I asked Gnome to help me describe the flavour and this is what he said:

“Well…it tastes like a soursop!”

Gnome.at.Lunch.Table

Well, Thank-you Gnome…that was extremely helpful!!

Big Soursop.
Big Soursop.

The farm keeps on producing!!