With all the rain we've been experiencing plus the fact that lions are in the news lately, we decided that our lion Bernard (distant relative of Cecil) should have a covered shelter to get out of the rain if he wants. Plus where he was previously hanging out got so overgrown with flowers and weeds that he was pretty much hidden. A watch-lion needs to be seen, not hidden like a cowardly lion in the undergrowth.
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| Bee farm watch-lion (Bernard) |
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| Happy with his new home and his proud mama |
Now that the sun is shining, it was fun working in the garden again. We pulled weeds and transplanted a few potted plants and moved several others. It's amazing how some of our plants grew so much in the last month. Our Okra is doing well and is quite healthy.
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| Okra |
My two Moringa and numerous Papaya plants are also doing well. Unfortunately in the heavy rains, I lost a dozen or so Papaya's that fell over in the water saturated soil. But most of them are still doing well.
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| Moringa and Papaya plants |
A few months ago at a rally against Monsanto I was given some seeds that I mistakenly thought were Moringa plants. When they sprouted, they didn't look at all like Moringa so I went to a gardening facebook page and asked what the plants were. Turns out I received a handful of Tumeric seeds that are now quite healthy and ready to go into the ground. Yvonne transplanted them into our new Tumeric garden. Tumeric root and Moringa plants are loaded with excellent nutrients and are very good for you.
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| Tumeric garden |
It really felt good getting out into the garden and working. It's such good therapy getting your hands dirty while working with plants and the earth. Our bees were very good and seem to have really calmed down now that they have good weather. The Queenless hives are now back to normal with their new queens and gardening around the hives no longer brings out the guard bees.
