Sunday, July 31, 2011

Lime Pickle...

I have prepared some lime pickle and wanted to share from pictures of the process. The end product have come out quite good and is saved in the fridge.






Saturday, July 30, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Bachelor Button


My daughter had sown the seeds as part of her school project and got the seedlings home and now look at the flower it is so beautiful.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Cucumbers started coming in...

This is the first cucumber of the season and we finished it just few minutes. It was crunchy and just perfect and fresh. So far only cucumber plants are fairing well with lot of blossoms (I wish every flower gets us an cucumber) and some cucumbers setting.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Fenugreek seeds



This is one neglected container which was over seeded with fenugreek and never harvested. Now the surprise is there are little seed pods. I could save the seed.

Scallion to Little onion

Almost Mid July

Its almost mid july and we are having consistant warmer/hot days. Plants seem to like it. You can spot the first cucumber, eggplant flower and sungold tomatoes and okras.















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Roses from the backyard



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Herbs Harvested



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Herbs

Mint and Sweet Basil

Oregano

Monday, July 4, 2011

This one needs a haircut :)

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Flowers...

Vegatable plants are flowering, but not a single cucumber got pollinated and they are dying. I wish more bees comeby and help me out...As mentioned earlier tomatoes are the wrost in last 3 years....they are hardly growing.





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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mid June Update

Oregano's come back

Tophat Blueberry - I wonder if the fruit are really true as I thought atleast 2 blueberries are needed to set fruit.....
lush mint plant needs a harvest

Sweet Basil
Veggie bed

First Cucumber flower
Okra hill
                                                                 Ridge Gourd with true leaves
                                                                           Bitter gourd

Sick looking tomato plants - This year they look so sick, I  guess they were root bound before going into ground

Eggplant

Carrot seedlings are taking their sweet time to grow