Oil palm check

•  Checked on oil palm in Back 40 property, in the most accessible section.  The palm has easily tripled in size from planting (since July). 
• Tammy weeded around cacao and mangosteen in pasture (30m). Field cacao is looking very healthy, large green leaves with little rose beetle or other damage.  This cacao has a small barrier on the stem, which was some paper bundled with fiberglass tape. Perhaps this is keeping beetles at bay.  Mangosteen is still healthy, has added a few new leaves since planting but is not much larger.
• Mowed several spots in the pasture that were long after most recent mowing by lawn service (4h). Some spots such as the former "fern grotto", jaboticaba area near shed, near mangosteen and cacao in field,  and the driveway trees were completely overgrown as lawn service did not touch them.
• Jaboticaba trees were completely overgrown with grass and vines. Hand-weeded and whacked (1h).  Trees are roughly the same size.
• "Spanish lime" lychee relative tree planted along road near shed has apparently not grown at all.  Still shows a few leaves but is stagnant.
• Ohia tree on main lawn was completely dead. Pulled it out.  My guess is that there was not enough space dug out for the roots before planting, or perhaps inadequate soil prep. 
• Banana trees near Mango tree show some small flowers but no fruit. It's not clear whether this variety of banana actually produces fruit. These were resident before we arrived.
• Vanilla orchid on areca palms by bbq lanai looks very healthy and has climbed well up the areca palm.