Apologies for the lack of pictures but since it's becoming clear that our phone and laptop have performance limiting aspects and this may not necessarily be changing anytime soon. So, in light of this let me express some of the progress I have been making on the land.
This month has been, luckily, very wet and it was our good timing to have initiated our planting push at the very start of all the rain. As a consequence, we have hundreds of successful cutting plantings from a variety of plants which include; katook, sweet potato, cassava, Jamaican passionfruit, papaya, pochelaka, edible hibiscus, Brazilian spinach, okanauan spinach, Malabar spinach, pigeon pea(ganduli bean), xanthosoma, tomatoes, Mexican oregano, and we're just getting started. We are only planting the outer 6 inches to 1 foot because we will be bringing yet more mulch to the trenches in general. When we have completely maximized our potential to put mulch and cinder we will plant the rest of the beds.
I have also continued to make progress putting the mulch and cinder into place into and upon the trench that runs around the rectangular property just inside the border. It is 2 to 3 feet deep and 5 to 6 feet wide and has now been stacked about 3 feet above ground. Our island's greenwaste composting facility operates at a very high temperature in order to eliminate fire ants and other pests. When we receive the mulch it is largely finished composting and the hardy plants we are working with can be planted directly into this mulch with only a small amount of black cinder mixed in.
Though we are still unable to build on the main housepad because of the need to drive trucks full of mulch across it we have made progress on reinforcing the pad itself. I have brought rock from a neighbor who has high quality blue rock which is very dense and heavy. I have also procured rock from several sources on the property which has led to an overall softened reality as stones are put in their right places.
I have also managed to keep the weed presence on the land down to an absolute minimum by consist weeding and a zero tolerance policy for the worst of my weeds, namely, wydelia, which I will always kill on sight, without exception, when found within our borders.
I have also succeeded in slowly expanding our border into the wydelia with large pieces or furniture cardboard. Overall, I feel that our documention of this project to be a weak link in our effort and I do intend to try and improve the situation. A neighbor across the street has revealed he may be interested in doing some filming or pictures for us and so I'm hoping for the best with that.
Thanks for reading this, feel free to come by for cuttings of any or all of the plants that I've mentioned.
