P2 DECEMBER 2018 PEAFOWL

Just the other day we were discussing "where are all the peafowl this year".

Cold weather brought them all out because there's no lizards ANYWHERE! It's too cold for lizards to come out, they're all cowering somewhere frozen by the cold 57 degree weather we've had.

So the peafowl are on the hunt for food.

Yesterday we had at least 22 peahens and peacocks visiting our food bank. They love black oil sunflower seed, dog food nuggets and white bread.

Our two little "teeny" peafowl kids have grown up so big they are barely recognizable any more, they just look like young adults.

Note the little boy head peeking thru the concrete block, eating seed from under moms nose, (daughter on left)

Here's the kids with Mom. We had three kids but one got lost somewhere along the way. Fortunately we have a young male and a young female to enlarge this years flock.

The flock grows every year but some of the birds move away to lord over their own turf and be boss.

Fortunately each Spring, at the end of May, we are rewarded with new baby peafowl.

This keeps the flock growing and vibrant, well, certainly vibrant.

Happy Birthday P2!

Mark and I did a walk around P2 this morning capturing all of the amazing changes and evolution that have taken place in 2018.  Pictures to follow!

Happy Birthday Noel!

From July 2012 in Vegas for Andrew's 21st Birthday :)

BAMBOO MANIA, SEABREEZE BECOMES GREENLAND ON SOUTHERN BORDER

MAKING $229 POTS OF BAMBOO

At Rockledge Gardens they charge $229 for what they call "15 Gallon" pot of bamboo. With that as our guide we manufactured similar sized clumps from our nursery inventory. With Steves help digging the initial holes we were able to create seven new clumps from our stash of Seabreeze.



Mary questioned my move at first, "you want to move ALL the Seabreeze?" was the question. After a moment I said YES, lets do it.



I ran two 10 gauge extension cords to provide power for the 13.5 AMP SunJoe tiller. The tiller breaks up the sandy soil and makes it much easier to dig out the bamboo plants with minimum damage.



STEPS TO BAMBOO TRANSPLANTING

#1 Tie off the clumps with twine. Separate clumps into individual items to be moved.

#2 Put a long strap around each clump and draw it tight so the limbs are not trying to poke you in the eyes.

Bamboo Update 12/1/2018

It's December 1st!  And time to update what we've done with the bamboo forest here at P2.

The "Southland" has made major strides this year toward becoming a massive bamboo wall between us and our neighbor to the south "Sean".  Between strategic purchases of our favorite Emerald bamboo from Rockledge Gardens and the propagation of the Seabreeze bamboo forest clumps, we're well on the way to the impermeable bamboo wall we dream of.

I'll update with pictures soon, but for now, here's the lineup (starting from the southeast corner moving toward the southwest corner of P2).

1. Big Mike (banana plant at the southeast corner)
2. Queen palm (new, planted Nov 2018)
3. Calamondin (one of the few remaining citrus trees from when we moved here)

and now the bamboo...

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5. Original recipe (propagated cane turned monster clump)
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