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More Peas Please
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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Slow Giant
This was the largest snail I have seen in the garden !!
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Bed Repair
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.…
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Passion Juice
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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Fledgeling Soursop
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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Banana Bounty
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…
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Greenhouse Invasion
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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Persistence and Adaptation
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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Mammee Apples
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. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammea_americana
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What Beryl Begat
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…
