Flora means “flower” in Latin, and Flora was the Roman goddess of spring and flowering plants, especially wildflowers and plants not raised for food.
This section, FLORA – EDIBLES, we dedicate to edibles, be it spices, lemons, papayas, cocunuts or just edibles we grow for the birds and lizards to munch on.
We have been having luck growing a very tasty and nice smelling basil variety, which Katrin has been using in lots of her cooking lately. So we spliced some branches…
Just picked up another batch of delicious cucumbers. Just in time for the weekend About 5 1gallon bags ... 😍
Just cleaned up the weeds between the cucumber plants and picked some cucumbers right away. Already have most of the ingredients for a nice local "comcomber stoba" Yumie yumie ...…
Together with Max this morning we picked some fresh cucumbers from the yard and will prepare a nice stew for lunch. Yummie yummie .. Looks like we will be having…
Had some stewed cucumbers yesterday and today from the yard and it was delicious. Quick recipe for the stewed Cucumbers: Ingredients: Cucumbers, turkey sausage, chicken strips (cutlet), onions, tomato paste,…
This evening I had my first try at making some pickled cucumbers, locally known as Comcomber (criojo) tempera. I chose to do it the European way, by adding sugar to…
Spent some time this morning picking up some naturally grown, pesticide free, fresh cucumbers. There were still quite a few left, but I picked what we can use for the…
Over the weekend we prepped a new area for the Okra (locally known as Jamboo) I also placed the okra seeds to germinate, so we can place these in their…
Looks like we are getting a nice harvest of Comcomber Criollo (local cucumbers) The plants are full of flowers and we are making more space for the cucumber plants to…
The cucumber plants are doing fantastic and I need to make additional space for it on just about a daily basis. At least no problems with bugs on these plants
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…
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 :-)
This morning I transplanted 2 of the Tomato vines to the Watapana tree in the round about behind the observation deck The vines are in very good shape and have…
The eggplants seedlings are growing and coming up quite nice Luckily they escaped the Goats of a few days ago. Since they are the 1st ones to be seen by…
Saw some buds yesterday on the pumpkin plants, but thought 🤔 that it would be too early for flowers. It has been only 4 weeks since they sprouted. Anyways, male…
My next project is picking tomato's from a Watapana tree 🤔 Stay tuned!!
The remaining Jack-oLantern pumkins plants outgrew the little pods and this Morning Mac and I moved them to the new spot Click on link below to see video Click on…
The Eggplant seeds we placed in water on Jan 5th finally sprouted 😎 So between Max and I, we placed the sprouted seeds in little growing pods for their next…
After an abismal failure 🧐 of planting some Pumkin seedlings last week, where the Lizards, iguanas and posible bunnies feasted on the fresh green leaves of the Pumkin plants, we…
Just cleared out our aquaponics test unit and moved the Peppermint, Basil and Chives to a different location. This in order to see if the new Pumpkin seedlings will prosper…
Our Bonchi Kinchongo's (Quinchoncho/Pigeon peas) are coming along just fine. Looking forward to ear some beans grown in our garden!! 😊
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…
Katrin's Pineapple plants are coming along quite nice. Soon we will be moving them to their new location
The Tilapia's will be replaced soon with Guppies, due to the size of the holding tank.
Here are a couple of Boonchi Quinchoncho plants received from Roy Maduro at Fantastic Gardens. Thanks Roy.