Despite the damage done by hurricane Beryl, which destroyed all but one plant, it produced a good yield. It is enough for several meals, with a bit more to come..
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The greenhouse beds were another casualty of hurricane Beryl. The winds whipped around tearing some lattice, roof panels, and 2 of the 3 beds. We made the decision to just replace the wooden beds with concrete ones to make them stronger.
We were also forced to churn the soil and add some compost and potassium. It was a lot of work moving soil around, but we are in better shape for the future..
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The relocated passion fruit vine is doing well and we were able to harvest some fruit to make some delicious juice….
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The seedling soursop trees are coming along and are now about 4 feet in height. Despite the rough weather cycles this year, they appear to be healthy…
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Following hurricane Beryl, a lot of vegetables and other crops were damaged or destroyed. We had some damage to banana trees and several cocoa trees were destroyed. However, the banana have pounced back pretty quickly, and there are even new growth of cocoa coming from the stumps that we had to cut. Nature is nothing if not resilient…..
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During a brief absence, these miniature squash invaded the greenhouse, and battled with the spinach for dominance 😉 It took a while to clean things up and they still remain hiding on the outside walls…
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It is truly amazing what mother nature can do to thrive in challenging environments. We marvel at things growing in the desert or on mountaintop, but sometimes it is in everyday environments such as a weed on a concrete sidewalk, or this plant intertwined with a fence…..
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These are from a farm up the road, but they are something I have not seen in years. Big enough to be a meal as kids, the Mammee apple was a relatively rare treat.
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We should start by saying that compared to many, particularly on Carriacou and Petit Martinique, and even northern Saint Patrick, we are very fortunate after Hurricane Beryl.
We lost many trees and had greenhouse damage, but the house was undamaged. We are thankful. The trees that we did lose include three large cocoa trees, most of a Noni tree, a couple of Papau trees, one coconut tree, and a number of banana trees. The banana and the papa trees will be back quickly, but the cocoa trees and the coconut tree will take years. They also leave some large changes to the view which are taking some getting used to.
In the greenhouse, the shade knitting was ripped to shreds and several panels of the roofing were broken. We also lost a few eggplant some spinach and weed vines have quickly taken over portions of the lattice work. The greenhouse, because it had partial walls, also became the resting place for huge piles of cocoa leaves blown from the trees, so there is quite a bit of cleaning up to do.
Strangely, the hurricane cut very precise and narrow swaths through the back of the property which almost resemble a road, as areas on either side were left relatively unscathed. In this way, it looked more like a tornado or a microcell, than a hurricane. The same is true in the surrounding area where giant mango, breadfruit, and spice trees have fallen, but small wooden structures nearby are relatively untouched.
All in all, if this is the result of a category 4 hurricane, then we’ll take it and count our blessings.
