Homemade pizzas for dinner..

We had pizzas for dinner, as a pizza base tried the roasted tomato sauce from Annies  Kitchen Garden. Experimented personalized pizzas for everyone with whole wheat pizza dough, mozzarella, basil, peppers, brocolli and mushroom toppings.

Hello "Fall"

No Fruit, No Flower

Summer is over and Blueberry and Jasmine are growing but no fruit or no flower :( . I figured that growing one blueberry is no use as there should be atleast 2 for pollination and Jasmine, not sure what is the reason that it is green but with no buds. Still I am happy to say that they look much better now. Click here to see how they looked before summer.

Holy Basil a.k.a Tulasi

One of the many plants I always wanted to grow is Tulasi and this year I started growing holy basil or tulasi from seed. I am glad I have few extras to give away to friends. Tulasi is a sacred plant and worshiped by Hindus. It is used in Ayurveda for its medicinal properties. Its extract can cure common cold, stomach ache, etc. It is believed by Hindus that giving tulasi water for a person on death bed can raise their departing soul to heaven.

Oregano coming back

This year I haven't used oregano much all summer. It grew well and purple blooms have come and gone and along with them the whole plant wilted. But luckily from the roots new growth is coming back, I am glad I can overwinter this and get it again next year.

Yellow & Maroon

 Mums are planted in the ground before we got a heavy rain. I am hoping they will establish themselves and come back next year too.

First Homemede Pizza

Pesto base with roasted bell peppers, red onions, serrano peppers and goat cheese on the bread flour crust

Cleaning up ...

I cleaned some plants and here are the pepper, tomatoes and chard.

Marigolds in bloom...

A visit to Honeypot Hill Orchard..

Mega Bottle Gourd

Its a 8 pounder, I got it from a friend who had a bumper crop of these gourds. We all enjoyed a yummy curry.

Spicy Eggplant...yum yum...

We prepared spicy eggplant with the last batch of eggplants harvested.

Okras for taste

okras growing

We sprinkled few okra seeds late june to test how they come out. Within 30-40 days, okras started growing. Next year I am looking forward to make sure I will grow more plants in the composted bed. I cann't wait to use the growing ones in my Sambar.

Edible or not?????

I bought this plant while looking for Thai pepper and after coming home read the label closely and found that the new plant I got is Ornamental Thai pepper. I did some research and couldn't get to a conclusion if ornamental peppers are edible or not. Some say they are not edible and are for purely ornamental purpose and some say they are not recommended to eat as they are too hot.