After a couple of days dry but extreme humid weather rain is fully back and will last for at least another week. We thought the end of the rainy season arrived but, cheered a bit too early. Sometimes not even strong rain anymore but the feeling of nearly swimming under water.
During the dry days we decided, because the soil at the moment still is soft, to dig an around 50 meters long 45 cm deep ditch for the special covered electricity line to connect the garden lights. Already we checked at several places and online garden lights. Still did not find the type and quality we wanted. The ones with solar cells, we discovered after one and a half year, do not satisfy us. So, having some steel leftovers from the roof construction, I decided, at least for now, to create our own lanterns. Everything is installed now and working. It brings a cozy atmosphere in the evening.
The doorframe for the entrance of the second guest pyramid is in place.
Phatsamon worked a lot in the garden and did a great job. So far we have several plants of three different kind of bananas on our land growing now. Also the self raised teak trees, coconuts, date palms and other palms are doing well. She crops avocados, lychees, mangos, papayas, and durian all from seeds and much more. Last but not least she planted a giant leopard orchid in a diameter 80 cm concrete ring filled with all kind of special fertilizes this plant needs.
Because of the rain it's a bit hard to go on working on the inside of the two structures we already have because most of our construction tools and machinery we need to work with outside. So, also time to do some architecture for the main house to create end of next year.
We discovered several new places for toads and frogs to hide and... new yellow birds (Olive-backed Sunbird and Black-naped Oriole) in the garden and trees next to our site.
Frans Captijn
