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Carmeta’s Corner
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@Dame Bajans
The majority of the tanks are integrated into the potable architecture, only a few have separate tanks for waste/garden.
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Planted up early May, yams, sweet potatoes, cassava, pumpkin, peppers, Everything except the peppers has germinated and growing nicely. Glad to hear that we may be getting some rain in a day or two.
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If this is the original Cuhdear Bajan, it is good to see you here again. You contributions were sorely missed.
Hope all is well… Stay strong, stay beautiful
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Hope it misses but rain is likely
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“The centre of Bret and its strongest winds are expected to pass approximately 62MI (100KM) to the north of Barbados, therefore given the close proximity to the north of the island, a tropical storm watch is in effect, the forecasters said.
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de ministress say.
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it is me.
i am well but dealing with multiple issues. however none are life threatening. -
Hello Cuhdear, glad to see you back. Was worried in case you had gone to the great beyond, but David would have informed us.
I have had two pickings of callaloo and my bokchoi is ready. I planted peanuts this year..valencia. They are supposed to ripen in 90 days. I will wait and see. I planted about two dozen but only 12 are up so far. I may have placed some too deep. My cabbages are already heading and the sweet potatoes and pumpkins beginning to run.
Thinned out my double bearded irises and listed some for sale….lots of clicks buy no offers.
We are getting periods of hot, hot days and then lots of rain. I swear the callaloo grew by ten inches yesterday. I have more rhubard than I can shake a stick at. Big, fat stalks.
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Dame Bajans I am glad to hear that your garden is flourishing.
I am still in this world and happy to be here. After dodging Covid for 3 years it finally caught me on All Fools Day. But it was pretty mild and by Easter Day I had fully recovered,
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Lots of rain beginning mid-morning and continuing even now. It may turn out to be more rain than that produced by Bret,
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Bret knocked several dozen pears off the trees
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Sorry to hear covid got to you. I hope you broke its knees eddoe and shark soup.
Just cut my second last pumpkin from last year. Looks very good inside. Not dried out. Will plant more of these going forward. checked the freezer, have lots of bajan spinach left and romano beans. Have to consume these to make room for this years crops.
Is there anything you can do with under ripe pears, perhaps grill them?
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Cuhdear, tell me I am wrong, but there seems to be quite a few suicides by hanging in Barbados lately.
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Two women ( by hanging ) in the last two weeks .Suicide or murder ?
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Another death by suicide in Grazettes.
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My cabbages are ready, my sweet peas are ready and I have more callaloo than I can shake a stick at. I have blanched and vacuum sealed so much, I had to store some in my Chinese friend’s freezer. I have more red and black currants than I have ever had. People want, but do not want to go pick. It will be a cold day in hell when this 76 year old lady picks berries for the young folks.
I brought in 80 garlics and they are now in the garage curing.
So far, my harvests have been very good. I plant to try growing oyster mushroom next.
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I don’t have any information about suicides, But I expect that like elsewhere the social isolation, economic hardships, and sickness, sadness and deaths wrought by Covid pushed some people, especially those with underlying mental issues over the edge.
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The peppers both hot and flavor are ready. The sweet potatoes and pears are almost ready. The pumpkins are filling out nicely.
Breadfruits are plentiful and delicious as usual right now.
I was on Green Hill today and a big bright sign on a bus shelter stated “We buy breadfruit. $3 per fruit. Call [and the phone number was given]. I expect that somebody buying for the export market. As I continued my journey every breadfruit tree is full of ripe fruit. A neighbor gave me 2 today, and I gave one to a friend.
So breadfruit on the menu today Sunday. -
Pumpkins being harvested, Heavy, rich golden color and delicious.
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Woman, I would do anything for a breadfruit now. Each store I visit, they too young or so ripe they soft. My two trees in Bim I am sure being harvested and fruit sold by the “owners”.
My garden is really producing. I counted 25 pumpkins, I have been giving away tomatoes and callaloo. I picked and shelled some cranberry beans and may pick the rest on Monday. Cabbages done, sweet peas done. Yard long beans still producing. Irish potatoes drying up. So far I have harvested only one egg plant. Not hot enough sun and too much rain. Sweet potatoes have nothing below – same problem, and now its cold at night. At least I can eat the leaves.
Had a bumper crop of red and black currants. Chopped down 3 black currant bushes. Too many berries and you can only drink so much Ribena. I am keeping one in the allotment with the one at home. Sold some irises and hope to sell more next spring with some callaloo seeds and potato slips.
Made more than enough to pay the lot fees, buy chicken manure and order some new seeds this year.
I harvested 90 heads of garlic and they were huge. Set aside 15 of the largest to plant in October. I also gave away 8 asparagus crowns. My onions did not do well. They developed a fungus and dried up early so they were small.
I planted bokchoi and tatsoi (rose spinach) for fall and they are coming along. -
Food supply.
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The yams were harvested in January, they turned out really well. I gave some to 5 or 6 people and still have enough left for a while. The youngest family member has a really good appetite and is pleased to eat yam and all kinds of ground food. I regularly cook up a soup with all kinds of starchy, yellow and green vegetables, some lentils and a bit of fish or chicken. Saving a bundle on the fancy bottled imported food. Breadfruits are ripe and very plentiful all over the country right now. The trees are laden, breadfruits hanging so low you have to kneel to pick them. I had breadfruit cou-cou for lunch yesterday and today, and may do the same tomorrow. Happiness. I picked and gave away some okras today because I have more than enough in my freezer and the trees are still bearing well.
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Lucky you. I am now planning my garden layout for this spring. Have to make sure I dont plant heavy feeders in the same location. In the next two weeks I will plant my seeds inside on the heating mat. Still have lots of spinach and callaloo in the freezer, some sweet potatoes and squash in the cold room.
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Harvesting spinach already. The thing is wild, produces nicely with very little care. Just need to keep the slugs and snails away.
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