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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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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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From the beginning of our gardening adventures, we love the idea of foraging for homegrown berries in our gardens. Since growing strawberries in 2015, we had explored other types of berries plants, from mainly seeds and also from cutting. In 2016, we grew wolfberries, and this year (2019) began journeys into berries “bush” […]
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Also known as German mountain spinach or Saltbush , it’s an annual cool season herb that tolerates warm weather well. Unlike spinach, these will not bolt easily in our climate. They came in variety of colors, red, magenta, yellow, copper or golden and can be eaten fresh in salads (goes well with sorrel) or cooked. […]
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One of the French variety that we started in 2018 was the MIGNONETTE Alpine strawberries. This variety was easy to grow, entered the flowering stage at 3 months, and a vigorous grower with about 100 – 120 fruits in a 4 months window. This matched growing data from gardeners abroad, even though we […]
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We rarely grow lettuce at home as we much preferred kale varieties but these colorful ones were hard to resist. The red or four seasoned lettuce will spruce up any salads presentation. Most of the seeds germinated within 3 days. Our favorite way is to sow on moist kitchen tissues and cling wrapped […]
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Swiss Chards are cold seasoned biennial ( 2 years to complete life cycle) vegetables and come in beautiful vibrant colors, livening up any salads. We don’t see them on our supermarkets’ shelves and thus decided to grow from seeds. As they belonged to the beets family, their seeds are similar-looking as well. […]
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I love this aromatic herb for many reasons. It adds flavor to any dishes and packed a punch in health benefits. Coriander or Cilantro’s health benefits – Reduce levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and increasing levels of HDL Lower blood sugar and pressure improve bowel movement Rich in vitamin C, K, and protein […]
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My okras seeds came from Alan Tan’s amazing edibles garden and were sowed on December 27, 2015. These were amazing fresh seeds that germinated in 4 days. Alan Tan took much care to prepare these seeds for sharing among the gardening communities. We were gifted with red and green okra […]
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