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This thyme has a hint of citrus which explodes on one’s palate. Seeds were relatively easy and fast to germinate. They were sowed on May 26 2020 at 5.19 pm and sprouted on May 28. True leaf peeked on May 29. These are interesting thyme with a sweet orange […]
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This plant deserved its own journal instead of writing it under our 2019 post, which was not successful in liquid-based. We sowed the seeds on April 26, 2020, at 2.31 pm. When it germinated on the 28th, we thought it was a blueberry because this errant seed has gotten into our blueberry […]
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These are nice herbs to grow as the leaves carry a scent and taste of lemon to any drinks and meals without the hassle of growing an actual lemon tree indoor! Our seeds were sowed on November 11, 2019, and germinated on the 18th. Six to 7 days to germinate. […]
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Main Ingredients – Rice, Chicken, Vegetables This is a traditional meal in Spain and Latin America, similar to paella. This can be a simple meal with three basic ingredients or an elaborate one with layers of flavors. We like the elaborate one as long as there are enough ingredients to make a […]
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The original recipe was from Richard Goh. From Toa Payoh Central Community Center, Baking Class, in 2010. Tarts pastry recipe – 200g hard butter 100g sugar 1 Egg, beat 350g Plain Flour, sieve 50g ground Almond, toasted, until slightly brown This tart base can be used for cookies or whole cheesecake […]
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To be honest, I wasn’t expecting them to grow after being left forgotten in my fridge for over three weeks. The leaves and stalks were brown and dry. To my surprise, new shoots grew from midsection like this after sitting in 3 cm water for two days. STEP 1 – Trim away […]
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OMG! The leaves’ scent is intoxicatingly beautiful and we are excited to explore them for essential oils and other uses. Seeds were sowed on February 19, 2020, at 2.35 pm and they looked like these – Strawberries’ germination method can be used for these seeds. The first to […]
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Not much information can be found about this species and thus, we will build the data as the plant grows. Honey eucalyptus seeds were sowed on March 2, 2020, and they looked like this. Germination rate is 1% Only 1 seed out of 100 seeds germinated. Seedling was extremely fragile. […]
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Heirloom seeds from Tibet were procured for this journal. We wanted to be certain these plants started from the uncultivated wild variety as possible for our study. As the plants grew, I found them to be entirely unsuitable for apartments’ corridor gardens or anywhere on commonly shared grounds because of these thorns on […]
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They belonged to the genus of aromatic flowering perennial plants known as Agastache. These edible flowers emit a scent that is a great attraction for pollinators and hummingbirds, thus the name. We sowed our seeds on November 19, 2019, and they germinated on the 26th. Seed Leaves showed on the […]
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We germinated eucalyptus seeds using our balancing act from the strawberries seeds experience. The first batch of seeds was sowed on February 19, 2020, at 2.35 pm and they looked like these – The success rate was not great, about 1%. A tiny sign of seed life showed on the 22nd, […]
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A must-have vegetable for any Chinese steamboat gathering of sorts and it’s known by different names in many kitchens. The West labeled it as an edible chrysanthemum, Choy Suey greens, or a crown daisy. In Japan, it is called Kikuna or shungiku (春菊) and the Koreans called this “sukgat”. In appearance, the Japanese […]
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This is the tea tree plant whose leaves yield essential oil and not tea plants. There were not many pictures on how these plants grew from young and we wanted to track its journey from seeds to hopefully, maturity, and be able to extract our own tea tree oil. Oil extracted from […]
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