Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Penny Hen]

Wonderful pictures again, Oz!! No - I don't thing any of us will grow tired of them!

Especially when some of us are in the middle of a deep freeze spell. Looking at all that warm green is wonderful.

 

[ozexpat]

Mrs Oz is on her way back to bacolod with the car, trailer, kids and nannies.

Here are some updates on the coop progression



a close up of the bamboo "amacan"



the roof is about 50% complete. following the thatch will be a grid of split bamboo to stabilize it in the wind as the onshores hit it directly. it should be completed tomorrow



the plywood sheathing and amacan being fitted to the back and front. nice finishing touches to the native look



i am hoping that the roof, walls and pen framing is completed tomorrow now that bernie is back to lend a hand. by tuesday the egg boxes will be finished and wednesday its chook sorting.

 

[perchie.girl]

Awesome pix OZ.... Hey can you grow Vanilla?

deb

 

[ozexpat]

Awesome pix OZ.... Hey can you grow Vanilla?

deb

we have not tried.

i shall look into it!!

we have cocoa and coffee trees so i dont see why not

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: They are an Orchid just in case you didnt know.... LOL.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

They are an Orchid just in case you didnt know.... LOL.

deb

yes i know i was referring to climate - we have a couple of old hardwood trees with butress roots that it may take to. orchids are tricky until they "take"

 

[joannefiddler]

Wonderful pics and great progress! What a fantastic atmosphere for the kids to be growing up in...seeing hard work and industry, success and a few failures--the best school in the world

 

[ocap]

Awesome pix OZ.... Hey can you grow Vanilla?

deb

we bought some in southern Mexico that claimed to be locally grown....saw wild orchids growing in Costa Rica "Cloud Forest" (along the mountain ridge where the clouds were almost constant....Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania has a lot of varieties of orchid, that place is a gardeners visual candy store.

 

[perchie.girl]

Did a quick search Vanilla bean Orchids are a vine.... can get up to three hundred feet long. Pollination is done by hand.... They are native to Mexico. Processing the beans are quite labor intensive...

http://flowers.about.com/od/OrchidFlowers/p/Vanilla-Orchid-Care-The-Vanilla-Bean-Plant.htm

edited to add there are three different species of vanilla

http://vanilla.servolux.nl/vanilla_types.html

Bourbon
Mexican
Tahitian


deb

 

[ozexpat]

Did a quick search Vanilla bean Orchids are a vine.... can get up to three hundred feet long. Pollination is done by hand.... They are native to Mexico. Processing the beans are quite labor intensive...

http://flowers.about.com/od/OrchidFlowers/p/Vanilla-Orchid-Care-The-Vanilla-Bean-Plant.htm

edited to add there are three different species of vanilla

http://vanilla.servolux.nl/vanilla_types.html

Bourbon
Mexican
Tahitian


deb

I still would like a plant. It would be fun to atleast grow.