Our gardening has been going quite well this year.
One of our best plants/trees has to go to our Rabbit island coconut palm found on a beach by a guest landscaper Neal and planted with Mr. Tee’s help. This impressive tree has been growing about three feet a year and is over 12 feet tall now. It represents to me all of our guest’s time here that remains fruitful with a Greater Hope kids over the years.
Zucchinis are growing
Thai Chilies will turn red soon
Our Rose apple tree in bloom again.
Potatoes are harder to grow than you think. I’ve got two growing from the 30 something seeds we planted.
Sugar cane
Finally we’ve got the Dragon Fruit to survive.
The kids like to eat the guavas before their ripe.
Beets were transplanted and covered with branches to help reduce the stress from the heat.
Keo helped me cook and eat her first beet.
A lot of different chilli plants. You name it and we’re trying to grow it.
Papaya
worth trying. Adding it to barbecue sandwich is the bomb.
We’ve two bunches of grapes on our red and green vines.
Something we’re looking into doing more of if they do well the whole year. Grapes are about $8 dollars a kilo here, which is quite expensive here.
Bananas are $0.50 cents a kilo for some perspective.
Ream’s finally got a flower bed which the dog loves to nap in.
This green asian watermelon taste more like a cantelope. This one was a freebee. (we didn’t plant it)
Unsure of this one, looks like a dandy lion that doesn’t really flower and they eat in like a lettuce/herb.
Soybeans
Jicama.
Our vertical attempt is very slow, very slow. The ground tomatoes have come and gone already and these are only a couple inches now.
Moringa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera
We have a lot of these trees and add the leaves to almost dish as they are healthy and tasteless.
Chaya
Wiki page displays a different version. The soft branches taste like sweet broccoli stems.
They are very good in a stirfry.
It can be dangerous, so use with caution. We can answer questions if you end up getting some.
Chinese sour ornamental orange trees
Eggplants, did you know there are many.
In Cambodia they eat a lot of little round ones that look like marbles.
Herbs
Thai Basil Chives
Rose Mary Dill
Cilantro Sweet Basil
Mint Lemon Grass
Cambodian Basil
Red and Yellow Onions
Tamatillo
Cauliflower Yellow Chillies
Sam’s Corn grown from a bag of popcorn. Peas
Lots of different types of tomatoes. I like the size difference in the leaves. Cherry tomatoes versus Really big ones.
We got 2 to 5 kilo’s a day from the previous crop of Cherry tomatoes
Beans, Cucumbers, and Pea. We’re trying plastic and water lines to see if it helps with saving water and weed reduction. Some concerns are high heat on the roots the black plastic might cause. I think if the transplants survive the bigger plants should do okay.
Spinach
Ung Choi – Morning Glory
If you’ve been here your likely to have eaten this and loved it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica
Our watermelons and squash we tries again and failed. Always huge growth and a a quick death once they start to flower. Every time same results.
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There’s a heck of a lot more going on that isn’t as fun.
The kids work the gardens 3 times a day after or before meals. It’s often a fun family experience where conversation and laughter takes place while watering, turing dirt, or moving animals.
We are always open to a more professional farmer/gardener dropping by and helping us better understand how we might reduce cost and increase yields.
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