Malunggay or Moringa leaves are having good reviews not only as a healthy food but also a solution to reduce world hunger. I just learned that the leaves can be incorporated in the making of noodles or pasta just like spinach for added health benefits. You can mix the dried ground leaves with the rice flour for making “puto” or steamed rice cakes as a nutritious snacks for kids and adults alike. Why didn’t I think of this before?
More tips about lettuce, let some plants to bolt into flower. Then save the seeds for your next planting. I always do especially the ones I have right now is not available anymore in the catalogs. My old friend ordered it from Parks Seed, but they do not have it anymore. The variety is called…
Snow Peas are one of my favorite vegetables. It is sweet and crunchy especially when it’s fresh. I eat them while gathering in my garden and I sometimes run out of beans to cook. Now is the time to plant this succulent vegetables. It is a little bit cooler and the rains we are having…
I have been experimenting on almost every new things that come out of seed catalogs. I find it very interesting and challenging at the same time. One of those experiments is planting this “watermelon” radish. I planted them just like other radish seeds. They grow fast and as soon as you can see the roots…
Togi is a root vegetable that most Filipinos eat as a form of starch much like eating taro or sweet potato. Believe it or not I could not find any reference for this tuber called “togi” in the Philippines even in the Wikipedia so I will not have an English name for it. Anyway, it…
The arugulas after 10 days of my blog. How fast they grow! That’s why I like to grow them, instant gratification plus instant salad. My hard labor doesn’t feel hard anymore.
Winged beans or sigarilyas in the Philippines is also known as Goa beans, Mauritius beans, asparagus pea and many other names. I only know this beans as sigarilyas in my hometown. It is a tropical legume native to New Guinea. It grows as a vine 3-4 m. in height. It is a perennial but can…