Gardening

Gardening

I posted previously how my Venus Fly Traps (VFTs) are in full swing and how they are loving the summer-like weather in the middle of spring. VFTs are easy to grow but they grow slowly. It takes about five years for it to fully mature if you ...

Gardening

For me, one of the undervalued leafy vegetables is Moringa (Scientific name: Moringa Oleifera). It is actually a tree and in other parts of the world, it is widely known as a drumstick tree, probably because it produces long pods ab...

Gardening

I grow carnivorous plants (CPs). I find their genetic make-up interesting and their being carnivorous makes them uniquely unique (talk about being redundant, lol) from other plants. Growing these plants can be challenging, as the different s...

Gardening

Butterflies come in many colors. Not only that they look beautiful when hovering around the garden, they also play an important role for the plants. I think that next to bees, they are also great pollinators which help plants to bear f...

Gardening

I like pigeon peas (Scientific name: Cajanus Cajan. Even when I was still young back in the Philippines, I like eating them together with rice and tuyo (dried fish). We just boil them in water with pressed garlic and salt t...