Foot and Fire

Kyuri Cucumber is my newest produce, along with French beans. I harvest two cucus and a handful of beans this weekend.  Added something to our table and oxygen to the earth is my satisfaction this pandemic. It has been a personal pledge to strive to do this beyond pandemic and wherever I will be in the next years. Travelling, being away from the routine  is a necessary break but it can also be a taxing endeavor for the warming earth. So I found my amends for my travel days in the past through gardening.  I wish the photos of my food garden will inspire you to at least throw seeds where they can grow much and well.  If you can't plant yet, throw fruit seeds in mountainous areas. A few years of having those trees grow add oxygen to mother earth plus food to our birds.

The wonders of youtube and online shopping connived and I was able to make the 200 meters ropes of yellow and gray I ordered online, thanks shopee, into pretty macrame planthanger, thanks to you tube.  This is the simplest planthanger ever. I made 13 plant hangers of various patterns. i did not follow a particular video but just got the idea of the simplest knots and charran, i churned out mine easily for about 1 every 30minutes. 

Every cook's dream is to have a garden of herbs and fresh vegetables. When one cooks, as when one merely eats, one understands the importance of freshness and nutrients. It is when one cooks that one understands food preservation as opposed to serving not fresh, non nutritious food. Now that I have a spare lot behind my house and using the gift money I received for my 2018 which was originally planned to be invested in ornamental garden, I had a greenhouse constructed in 2020. From my garden, I learned a lot. Here are what I gather so far. 1) Zucchini seeds sprouted and flowered but did not result into fruition.  2) Cucumbers are easy to grow and they gave me lots. I had the prolific shotgun and the long pretty but not-so-abundant japanese cucumber. at present, I am nursing Kyuri to maturity which I think I can enjoy by March. 3) Tomatoes are so stressful to take care as they are nutrient hungry. I gather eggshells and mix them with coconut vineg...