The Garden Begins + Blacky Story

So the swell went flat and it looks like there won’t be any coming for quite a few days. Luckily the plants boomed and thus the soil in the garden needed to be loosened. I got to work hacking away at the roots and Ross finished up his crab fence. The soil here is so rich it’s like planting in pure compost. It has been enriched by millions of years of untouched nutrients and a few tsunami’s to boot.

As the roots of some of our plants began penetrating the bottom of our Styrofoam trays, we knew it was time to make some nice drainage ridges and start planting.The seeds went wild with the beans reaching nearly 6 inches after only 4/5 days.After getting the beans and the melons in the ground, it was amazing them instantly start flourishing. I can’t wait to reap the fruits of our labor (melons, chili’s, basil, beans, tomatoes, eggplant, cilantro, lettuce, peppers, and more!!!)

With the plants in the garden, and swell on the way, life was good. We decided to go out and try our luck at spear fishing. We didn't have much luck spear fishing, but I managed to snag a lobster of one of the local fisherman!

Our spearfishing adventure was still quite eventful however....Our loyal puppy, Blacky, had been coming out on the boat with us on regular occasions. Knowing he couldn’t come with us all the time, we tried to get him to learn by motoring off. Leaving him behind paddling after us, we figured he would get the message and turn around. When we returned, Blacky was not greeting the boat with his usual barking from the beach. After a few minutes the tone had gone quite melancholy, we heard a yelp from across the bay behind us. We quickly motored over to find Blacky struggling for his life in the mangroves. Thank god he’s still alive! Hopefully he has learned his lesson so he can continue to protect the garden from monkeys and gnaw on my sandals at night!