20210612 New blooms

 

When we get rain after a dry spell it brings on a lot of new flowers like this one which was near one of the compost heaps.  I love the delicate colours.

20210611 A good morning's work

 

After a flurry of planting, weeding, cutting glyricidea and using it for mulching Le Jardin looked like this after work this morning.  All ready to go once we get a bit more rain. 

After what seems like a long time suddenly the farm feels as if it is up and running again.  I think its partly to do with a small drop in temperature, some breeze and a feeling that there might be some rain soon.

20210610 Nurturing the young

 

It felt very hot today and this morning we gave all the very young seedlings extra water.  Normally I don’t like doing that but the seedlings are finding it difficult to survive without it.

20210609 String patterns

 

This morning I tied up these snake gourd and was rather liked  the string patterns that ended up decorating the bed.  These snake gourd have taken a lot of effort to get going but finally they seem to be growing.

20210608 Rain today

 

I took this picture this morning to show how our plants are suffering in the heat.  Then this afternoon we had a lovely rain that brought the temperature tumbling down and made all the plants perk up.

It will be lovely weeding weather tomorrow!

20210607 Harvest

 

I continue to be surprised by just how much we are harvesting during this hot time, especially papaya.  It’s the same for everyone else of course although people seem to like our fruit, maybe because they are quite small.  For the time of year we have quite a variety of things. 

 

20210606 Fossilized earth

 

I have this huge piece of fossilized earth as a feature near my house.  I love how it looks in the sun when its possible to see all the different earth patterns.  I also like how in the picture the shadow rests on it.