Flora means “flower” in Latin, and Flora was the Roman goddess of spring and flowering plants, especially wildflowers and plants not raised for food. … English preserves her name in such words as floral, floret, and flourish
The pdf file attached shows some information provided by Santa Rosa during a recent exposition. It provides information about the Aloe Vera, Cuco (Agave vivipara), Malohi (Cymbopogon Citratus), Merengue (Moringa…
Talking with Olinda, she stated that they are working on the researching and publishing more details of the Flora of Aruba Since this is very close to what one of…
Cut up a fresh leave of Aloe and blend about 1/3 cup of the inside clear Aloe gel in a blender. Add some "noodmuskaat", Honey and maybe some Water to…
There is some hope after all These Sea Grapes were planted on March 30, 2018, by the North Eastern tip of the property, just adjacent to where we are planning…
So Max this morning picked up some fairly heavy rocks and built a small holding wall around the coconut tree, where the rainwater has taken the little retainer wall about…
Here are some of the Aloe plants that I am relocating. Saw a bird nest in one of the Aloe bunches, so left these to be relocated untill after nesting…
Walking the yard, I saw the Bringamosa bush grew tremendously. It must measure about 2 1/2m wide and about 1m high Will definitely put up a warning sign, for those…
This morning I looked at the status of the lemon/lime plant in the rock garden, which is finally in full bloom. After feeding it for weeks with different specialty vitamins…
The mint in the aquaponics has been growing very good as shown in picture below So I am trying to see if We can get the same vigorous growth of…
The Lemon/Lime tree is doing very good and looks like we are finally getting a nice harvest of lemons :-)
Last monday I was able to get a bunch of seeds of the Brasil plant (Haematoxylon brasiletto) from one of the very few plants growing wild on the island. Very…
The Brasil plant/ Haematoxylon brasiletto seedling is doing fine and this morning we planted one more of the seeds that germinated So hopefully we can try to get some of…
Spend this morning with Olinda Rasmijn from Stimaruba walking part of the creek bed towards the Ocean. Got about 1/2 way, before turning back. Learned quite a bit and lots…
There is some movement with the Aloe field Removed some Aloe plants from front entrance and looks like I have enough for the 1st section to be planted Max has…
This is the future spot for the Comcomber Criollo's, Jambo (Ookra), Brussel Sprouts, Radishes and Eggplants. Will be setting up an Aquaponic system at this location, right along the tranchi…
Some pictures of the Bringamosa (Poison Ivy). if you accidently come in touch with any part of this plant, you will fell an excutiating pain and itch. Best remedy to…
Here are a couple of Boonchi Quinchoncho plants received from Roy Maduro at Fantastic Gardens. Thanks Roy.
Here you can see Max standing infront of a giant wayaka tree, which is just a few meters away from our property. From the size of the tree and information…