Tropical Zone Gardening: "The Project"...3 years going...building our Paradise, 1 by AlohaHoya

AlohaHoya wrote:
Chrissy...to call those gingers with their fabulous fragrance a weed is, really heresy....but we do spend alot of time pulling them out of where we dont want them and throwing them in the bush...where they thrive!!!

At least 5 times a day Bob and I look at eachother and say..."Can you believe this? Can you grasp where we live?" It is totally appreciated and revered...I pinch myself at times...can this really be true???

A Monkeypod is a very hard wood, even tho it is a really fast grower...they used to make surfboards out of it before God invented plastic!!! It is also called the Rain Tree because it is home to all sorts of epiphytes like orchids and ferns etc....and during the day the leaves are open and shield their hitchhikers...and when it rains, the leaves fold up to allow the drops down to the trunks. Neat, eh? As older trees they can have a canopy of 50-100' and are just beautiful!!

We haven't come up with a name for the place yet.... When we had our boat, it was named ELYXIR (Bob's name is ELY)...so we are still working on a name. Sometimes we think "Last Chance Cafe" would be fitting....

You...the Poetess...any ideas. BTW..I love the story of you growing up listening to the radio....terrific!!! Right out of Bryce Courtney! and TRUE, to boot.

Thanks...

Here is a phot of the entrance. When we moved in, it was a jumble of rocks. I threw bromiliads in there....and the purple in the tree is a Medinill growing epiphyiticly...I think I spelled that wrong.....