Both lots on either side of me are vacant. One is for-sale for too much and the other I met the owner once but don't know who he is. I say that because growing stuff here is so much fun and I just don't have the room with 2 lots. Bananas, limes, star fruit (carambola), Chico Sapote, papayas, sugar cane, various vegetables, flowering shrubs and decorative palms.
The papaya was tired with only small fruit so I replaced it with the small palm that has been hidden under the huge bananas in the back corner. In front of the palm is the new Moringa which I've been interested in for awhile. It's grown a few inches there but I'm surprised how tender the "trunk" is. It will out distance everything around it in a few months but still too young to flower this year I think. I cut the large sugar cane and shared with neighbors so only smaller ones left.
The second foto was an attempt to show the Star Fruit flowers but they are 3 meters high so couldn't get close. Makes me wonder how I'll reach the fruit in a few months. The tree is not strong enough to support a ladder. Will have to consider a pruning plan to keep every thing in reach. I had one fruit last year and looks like I'll have many more this.
Carambola in the center and higher than the 3 meter wall. Last Neem in a bucket below it. Buckets on the left are various veggies. In the low foreground is my Avocado that has done nothing for 2 years. It looked sick a few months ago and leaves were weird and falling off. I sprayed it and all the leaves fell off. Within a week it had all new leaves and the whole tree was growing like crazy. Would love to someday have my own Avocados.
Finally the Laurel tree which used to be totally root bound and less than a meter high when I bought it from a Gringa that was leaving Melaque. I actually split the pot and have two Laurel plants/trees almost identical.
