Animal and Vegetable Updates

You might be wondering how my patients are going: I think it's about time for an update.

Well, thank God Fergus survived his near-death experience, and his wound has healed very well. Wondering what happened to him? Check here.

I removed his final dressing yesterday, and he's been enjoying baths and mud ever since. The wound site looks great.

But who was my other patient? Remember Pinya, my pineapple plant? He survived the initial scary experience of being chopped from the top of the pineapple and planted in a pot. He's taken root and survived a cold winter, adding a few new leaves to his collection. Progress is pretty slow, partly because he needs a bigger pot, but the fastest growth is expected to be during summer. I can't wait to eat his juicy flesh, when he gets it...


Pinya is pictured here with some herbs I'm growing and a daffodil I got in Tassie.

I'm also taking care of a Kalamansi (that is, Calamondin) tree I bought. Kalamansi is a beautiful fruit that grows in the Philippines, and I figure with a bit of molly-coddling I'll be able to grow some here. I can't wait to enjoy the beautiful juice, which I'm sure will transport me back in my mind to my favourite Filipino beaches and restaurants.

All of these plants are quite difficult to maintain because we're currently on water restrictions. The drought here has got so bad that we are not allowed to water our plants, except for using grey water (that is, recycled water). Let's hope and pray we get some rain soon.