Our backyard edible garden is at its best this time of the year. Though the weather is humid, our plants love the summer sun, sunshine is vital for optimum growth. Their flowers don't fall and they continue to grow into fruits.
Come, follow me, I'll give you a walk-through.
Look at our herbs.
I'm presently propagating mint because my customers are requesting for it, besides, my older daughter wants it as well. When you see roots in two weeks, that's the time to plant them in soil.
Tarragon. It is easy to propagate from cuttings that could be planted immediately in soil.
Rosemary smells so good! I love to sprinkle the leaves on bread before toasting. The entire kitchen will smell so good.
My oregano patch. I stick oregano tops almost anywhere in the garden where there is space. It thrives with or without sunshine.
These are oregano planted in plastic containers ready for sale.
This basil patch is in the front lawn where it can get plenty of sunshine. Jim grew this from seeds.
These basil pots are ready for sale too.
That's it on herbs!
Now let me show you Jim's fruit-bearing veggies.
Look at this single okra plant with multiple fruits.
Eggplant with fruits growing. Can you count five fruits here?
Bitter gourd (ampalaya) . This is beginning to cover our entire back wall.
See those fruits hanging by our aircon?
Two more fruits by the horse frame.
A close up of one cherry tomato plant. Never tires giving us fruits. Notice that a branch is flowering again.
Now let me show you Jim's kangkong patch.
These are Chinese kangkong, notice that they don't craw unlike the native ones. Their leaves are also thinner. These are ready to be harvested.
Jim integrated tomatoes with the kangkong. Notice that the bamboo trellis is ready when the tomatoes grow taller.
Pandan, just like oregano are also all over our garden.
These pandan in small pots also sell.
Let's go to my citrus collection.
Two pots of lemon. I almost gave up the one on the left but Jim gave it life again. Now it has three fruits and several flowers.
Among the kalamansi this has the most fruits now.
I've been harvesting from these two, haven't bought kalamansi fruits in a month, they are giving me enough.
We placed these in the front lawn for the meantime. Two of them now have tiny fruits while the third has fruits soon to be harvested.
Look at the citronella, I was not sure they will thrive in the shade but look how robust they are now. Jim put out his magic green thumb again
They are thriving sans sunshine, this one in the corner is even hidden by the okra patch.
Thats all folks!
The harvest from this garden isn't much but we're happy that it certainly brings the freshest, purely organic veggies one can get.
This garden is our serene oasis, we enjoy breakfast and afternoon snacks here while we appreciate the surroundings. It brings us so much joy too.
I hope I inspired you to start planting as well, that is if you arent doing it yet. If not, I hope I entertained you and made you smile.
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