Garden and House Plans

I was supposed to go on a kayak tour today to check out that side of VI-Ecotours, but I woke up with a nasty headache around the eyes, which was very similar to the symptoms of the standard “Dave Migraine”, so I called and wussed out of going. I managed to eat some food, then I slept for about 1.5 hrs. Now I feel fine… if it had been a migraine I wouldn’t have gotten off so easily, so who knows what it was.

Well, my container garden is on its way. The capital investment stage of buying containers and soil is done, now all I need to do is plant the plants. I’m going to call our AC maker today and ask if I can use the ~5 gallons that it produces a night to water the plants.


As of now, I have several green bean plants, a Thai basil plant, a few sweet pepper plants, some chives and some parsley that is growing well. There are also some pea plants (which are normally cooler weather plants) which are struggling, as well as some yellow crookneck squash that is looking pretty feeble. 0 of the ~10 broccoli seeds and ~8 nasturtium seeds sprouted. Recently planted cucumbers (planted 3 days ago) have sprouted, and are working on their first set of real (non-cotyledon) leaves. I am continually amazed what the constant high temp and humidity does for germination times here. Plants sprout so fast…

I am definitely going to plant some Sunrise Papaya, Strawberry Guava, Mysore Raspberry, Acerola (Barbados Cherry), ground tomatoes, corn and cilantro. I need to find a supplement to make the soil more acidic for a couple of the above, but other than that, all I need to do is plant and wait (and water and fertilize).


Kendra and I had a request for more “sketches” on or blog. In order to fulfill this request, I have provided this sketch of our house [click on the sketch to enlarge]. Distances are roughly measured. Total house sq footage is ~800sq ft . The deck (minus the front porch, stairs and hot tub area) is also ~800 sq ft. Devon’s studio is under the kitchen, entry and part of the main room. There is another studio (minus a kitchen) under the North corner (partially under the deck and partially under the main room).

When I was measuring the deck I saw an iguana chowing down on the tree flowers, so I had to take a picture: