Starting with a scary title but not really that bad. First time this year, last night a pig or pigs got under a rusty wire fence and devoured a number of running bamboo canes at the back of the house. Thats the good news. Bad news is our dog, Max, barked at them on and off for three hours last night so sleep deprivation was an issue today. Being awake for a short time last night was not all bad as we had a beautiful strawberry moon, a rare sight for us as it is usually cloudy.
So this afternoon I cut 34ft of fencing, anchored it to a post at one end, laid it out to a post at the other end and that was it. Tomorrow I will buy some metal posts and work with the Come-along to finish the job.
Count of downed running bamboo is 740 so far this year.
The bromeliad project at the zoo is going well. Last week Monday the nursery delivered 86 colourful plants and last Tuesday my friend and I cleaned and planted 7 of the 19 planters. We hope to get to the remaining planters this coming Tuesday after picking up more bromeliads from the nursery which will be a donation from the owner
Back to the home acreage. This past few days I have been trimming Shooting Star Clerodendrum bushes and Hapuu ferns from an area in front of the house and next to Max's dog run. The front deck and dining room where getting dark with all of the foliage so it was time for a radical clearing. Today I moved on to the fence around the dog run clearing a huge bush that has yellow daisy flowers and taking an invasive vine out of a clumping bamboo. Needed step ladder to get to the mess on the clumping bamboo. Further around the other side of the dog pen was overgrown passion vines, an invasive Mendinilla and a giant Brazilian Cloak bush. Cut the Cloak bush back from the dog pen fence and will tackle cutting down the bush next week.
When working at the zoo, if we do a large amount of trimming we leave it in a heap and the zoo staff come and collect it with a truck. I realized this week that it does not work that way at home. After all the timming I have giant heaps of rubbish to haul to the green waste pile.
Bamboos are growing well. The clumping bamboos are showing a fair number of new canes. This one is Giganteus.
The three evergreen trees mentioned in the last blog are still in pots. Clearing the forest for them has been a larger project than projected. Probably take a couple more weeks.
Water Lily tubs on the front deck are benefiting from fertilizer. One is already blooming and the other, which has not bloomed for years has two buds
Along the front deck porch railing with have two types of passion vines that provide us with blooms and entertainment. The vines are homes to at least one chamelion and a couple of Geckos. Today one of the chamelions was shedding its skin
Here are few other blooms from around the yard This one is a Mendinilla
A Beehive ginger
jAnthuriums
Seeding Anthurium
This bromeliad was a gift from the Nursery provide plants for the zoo.
This is the Fuschia with the black center. Oops wrong one but its nice anyway.
Not a bad couple of weeks. Weather has been a bit showery but plenty of time for yard work. Have to stop now and work on my Latch Hook rug. Promised myself I would finish it before opening the box that come in the mail containing a stamp album I won on an ebay auction. Its stuffed full of stamps and was a real steal. Can't wait. I just passed the 80,000 number of stamps in my collection.
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