Latest batch of Royal palms delivered to the farm one morning last February.
Unloaded and resting under the tall Royal palms. The palm on the left is a Golden Veitchia.
This time they have to plant ten (10) newly bought Royal palms. Some of the palms arrived bare root. They have been dug up a day before from a nursery in a neighboring province just south of where the farm is. Because of the state they're in, these Royal palms needed to be transplanted immediately.
One by one the palms are transported to the upper garden using an ever reliable water buffalo.
On their way to the upper garden. This method of transport using water buffalo is a typical rural (provincial) scene.
A few days after the transplant. These Royal palms are not out of the woods yet, only time will tell if they will survive.
Almost every plant suffers a transplant shock especially if the roots have been drastically disturbed. These palms are no different. In fact even the Royal palms that were transplanted last November have not yet completely recovered despite an almost daily dose of rainwater.
Summer has finally arrived and the forecast is a wet summer this year. If this is true then this is good for the sake of these plants which are now acclimatizing to a new life in the farm.
