MY FATHERS MINIATURE GARDEN
“We may think we are nurturing our garden, but of course, it’s our garden that is naturing us.”
-Jenny Uglow -
For some reason maybe, people wonder why we need to do gardening instead, we do have our supermarket to buy all that stuff and for us to be convenient. The big story behind this is a man who cultivates plants and nurtures the garden. You are not just nurturing plants, but also putting your soul nearer to nature, in addition, your making your living simple and healthy.
QUICK VISIT
My husband told me to try to see my father's garden just a distance from our house, because I was not busy that time, I quickly went there and wow, it has a lot of crops. We can pick those for free. I heard many times about his garden when they were talking at the sala but I didn't have an idea that It looked like this.
THE SPLENDOR OF GARDENING
These are the plants planted by a man. A man who has a very humble heart and dedicated husband to his wife. A lot of times I have been eating all the crops harvested from his garden. It took weeks before I witnessed his creation, his project, and his garden. Upon seeing all those vegetables, I was startled and excited to have my own pick on beans, ampalaya, and corn. Yey!, What a blessing, though.
Sponge gourd
My first pick was this sponge gourd, I love eating this one because it has a lot of benefits. Luffa cylindrica is the scientific name, and "sikwa" is the Filipino term. It's nice to pick the not-too-old sponge gourd because it has a nice smell in your planned viand.
Below are the health benefits of this veg.
Bitter gourd
My second pic was this bitter gourd, A lot of folks don't like to eat this veg because it has a bitter taste. Momordica charantia is the scientific name , and ampalaya is the Filipino term. In terms of cooking ampalaya, they have a lot of tutorials on how to cook this vegetable but, we have three (3) ways to make this bitter gourd delicious in our meal.
Since we picked a lot from the garden, my husband made it into three menus. He fried. He roasted/grilled it. Others this is my most winning menu, make it into salad.
Below are the health benefits of this veg.
My eldest likes to eat this too, as what I've noticed about my two children, they like to eat the kind of vegetables that I also like to eat.
String beans
My third pick was string beans. I like to eat this one also in fry.Phaseolus vulgaris is the scientific name, and sitaw is in Filipino terms. It has a lot of nutrients to supply to our body. My kids love to eat this one too.
Below are the health benefits of this veg.
Sweet corn
My fourth pick, the favorite of the majority, is the sweet corn/yellow corn. You can boil this corn, serve it as your snack, or add it to your menu in boiled vegetables which are Utan Bisaya and Law-uy in Bisaya term.
That time I made this sweet corn in grilled since I only picked one.
Below are the health benefits of this sweetcorn
Fruit - Bearing tree
At that time, the papaya wasn't yet developed, but I am so excited to have that soon in my father's garden because you can add this papaya to chicken soup. Carica papaya is the scientific name and papaya in Filipino term.
Below are the health benefits of papaya
THE MAN BEHIND THIS NOBLE WORK
I AM SO PROUD OF THIS MAN. THE FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN. THE LOVING HUSBAND OF HIS WIFE. This is my father, a retired employee of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Balamban. Just new to gardening, he did research on how to cultivate plants and vegetables. Now that we were able to see his work, I was amazed and inspired and told him to plant more and hire somebody to plow some parts of the land and I would be the one to pay for the who wants to do it.
I want him to inspire to plant more, to sow more, because this is also a sort of exercise for him to reduce high blood pressure, through sweating. I also encouraged him not to do so much time and, to take some rest also. By the way, he is not selling his crops, this is only for daily consumption of our family.
Words to ponder
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
-Audrey Hepburn-
@redgmini, hungry for new adventures and learnings.
