A few months ago, a friend gave me a packet of seeds for something I had never heard of before – the Kiwano, or horned melon. Neither of us knew if it would grow here, or what it tasted like, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Edible plants
My angled loofah plants have been in female-flowering phase again, and I’ve been happy to note several successful pollinations. Normally, once the female flower is pollinated, you can almost see the fruit grow before your eyes – they grow that … Continue reading
October has been the most fruitful – literally – month for us to date. We’ve been harvesting Red Lady papayas – they’re not that big yet but are sweet enough to have converted non-papaya eaters to fans of these papayas! … Continue reading
First fruits are always exciting. Okay, they’re also not always the best either, but this first fruit of the short cucumber looks nothing like the picture on the packet of seeds: We had a hearty laugh about it, but the … Continue reading