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I have just harvested these turmeric rhizomes when I took this picture. I just love to have this valuable spice/herb in my garden. Not only the rhizomes are very healthy for you, the plant leaves are beautiful addition to a tropical garden and the flowers or inflorescence are also amazing. I don’t really know the…

My last vacation to the Philippines gave me chance to take a lot of pictures. This picture is the house that belongs to our late President Ramon Magsaysay. It is now a historic house in Castillejos, Zambales. As you may observed, the architecture is based on Spanish design. The windows were made of capiz shells,…

Society Garlic is not an edible herb but it is good to have in the garden. It is very ornamental and attracts pollinators. I like to have them in my garden just to enjoy the purple flowers it produces every spring to late summer. It is easy to grow, especially in a xeriscape garden. It…

The flowers in the picture is from the long beans I transplanted a couple of weeks ago. Don’t they look like small fairies? I saw some long beans forming already. The society garlic is blooming again with a profusion of lilac-colored flowers. I like to watch the long stalk of clustered flowers sway with the…

This weekend was Pow Wow weekend for my family. My husband is fourth native American Indian from the Cherokee Tribe and that makes my son eighth part native American Indian. We decided to make it a tradition to attend Pow Wow celebration every year which they always hold at the Thomas Square Park. I enjoy…

I am not really sure what the name of this insect but one of my garden friends call it “june bug”. I was surprised to see it on my patch of green onions as if it just wants to cling there. I did’nt see any hole on the green onion leaves. Well, I guess it’s…