Just added a π¦ perch
Since our π¦Athene Cunicularia Arubensis or locally called the Shoko is known to sit on a perch close to their nests, I placed some bamboo sticks resembling a perch. View…
Since our π¦Athene Cunicularia Arubensis or locally called the Shoko is known to sit on a perch close to their nests, I placed some bamboo sticks resembling a perch. View…
Went on a couple of nature walks over the weekend in the creek bed just east of us, and was finally able to take some nice pictures of the owl…
After trying a few times, we finally succeeded in cloning a Mango tree from my Mom's garden. These are some of the best Mango's ever!!! Looking forward to an early…
Its definitely been a great nesting season this year for the birds in our neighborhood. We have noticed a very large increase in the local bird population and an incredible…
Besides some other palm trees planted elsewhere, Have 8 palm trees in a row now, with 4 more to go Need to get a small backhoe to clean up the…
In the last few weeks I have been slowly planting the homegrown palmtrees. Even though very satisfying after each palmtree is ready and planted, Its been quite a chore, since…
Max is assisting me prepping the ground for the coconut palm Our ground here is not suitable at all for planting, so we prep the hole with a combination of…
Been out scouting a new location for the bird cam we previously were using to observe an Owl family. One of the 3 bird/wildlife water holes I keep is frequented…
Got a nice picture of a couple of owls on our property that i would like to share. We have seen these owls quite frequently in the last few months.…
Thinking about installing a bird cam for observing a pair of local "wara wara's" that frequent our area and the watering holes we have placed Will scout the view to…
It has been over 2 months now that we are in constant contact with the contractor regarding the deep water well. Looks like there might be some developments ... π
Took advantage of the fact that the neighbor was cleaning out the dam next to his property with some heavy equipment, so we could "piggyback" and get the backhoe to…
After many years, looks like we finally found a company that can drill a deep water well for us. I was placed in contact with "Adam Joseph Drilling &Gen.Contractor N.V."…
Just picked up another batch of delicious cucumbers. Just in time for the weekend About 5 1gallon bags ... π
Just cleaned up the weeds between the cucumber plants and picked some cucumbers right away. Already have most of the ingredients for a nice local "comcomber stoba" Yumie yumie ...…
Driving up the house this morning, I saw a "Great Egret" between the plants in the yard. Since I got too close with the car, it flew away a few…
Was a nice sight last friday when Max and I saw 3 burrows mosying on down the side of the road and heading up the Kristal Berg. Reminds me when…
Together with Max this morning we picked some fresh cucumbers from the yard and will prepare a nice stew for lunch. Yummie yummie .. Looks like we will be having…
Had some stewed cucumbers yesterday and today from the yard and it was delicious. Quick recipe for the stewed Cucumbers: Ingredients: Cucumbers, turkey sausage, chicken strips (cutlet), onions, tomato paste,…
In continuance to our research of what grows or does not do well with the aquaponics, I Just added a celery to our aquaponics unit this morning. We'll check up…
Woke up this morning and noticed the the Bouganvilles had quite some damage on them. Went out about 3am to check if ants were attacking the leaves but nothing sighted.…
The pdf file attached shows some information provided by Santa Rosa during a recent exposition. It provides information about the Aloe Vera, Cuco (Agave vivipara), Malohi (Cymbopogon Citratus), Merengue (Moringa…
These walls used to hold some water about 30+ years ago, but have deteriorated considerably over the years.
Been having lots of troubles with what I believe might be the Giant Ants. They have been attacking the plants at night time and really creating havoc. Our Lemon/Lime tree…
So we again had a rainy few hours last night and all the ground prep work paid off. Runoff damage is finally under control, after investing in many hours of…
Did some additional prep work to avoid rain water run-off close to the Aloe fields. Hopefully this will hold of the excess rain water a little and channel it to…
Besides working on the plants, talking extensively with Olinda Rasmijn regarding my failure in getting the Brasil seedlings going, i been busy fixing all the rain water damage from last…
Experienced 5cm (2") of rain this morning in only 1 hour π³. Still accessing the damage.
Our tomatoplants at the Watapana tree have been doing excellent, untill we had a problem with the drip system last week. Seems like our water supply from WEB caries a…
Just saw a nice Kinikini this afternoon when arriving home. They have been fairly rare, but lately been seeing many previously rare birds appearing again in the neighborhood Above picture…
Katrin's Pineapple plants are coming along quite nice. Soon we will be moving them to their new location