Greetings Hive. Though I am not sure if this post will make it in time for the Early November Garden Journal Challenge, I’ll post it anyway. The past 2 weeks have been crazy busy and lately, I am finding it hard to find enough time to be active on Hive.
The good news is, in 2 weeks I got a 2-week holiday…. Yeahhhh!
Yesterday I did a quick picture tour through our garden and many exciting things are happing right now as we slowly move from the rainy season into the dry season. This is the best time of the year. During the nights we often get some much-needed rain to water the garden and let things cool down.
These days there is always a strong breeze and temperatures are mild for the tropics with not too much humidity. Ideal weather for most plants to flourish….
But what I am most excited about during these months…. ROSELLE HIBISCUS SEASON!
Let me take you on a quick tour through our early November garden
Roselle Hibiscus
I can't say it enough... but I am so happy that the roselle hibiscus season has started. It's short and sweet but this year we have many plants and they are already packed with flowers... happy happy joy joy.... we love hibiscus tea and it is so good in flavored kombucha too.
I also found a recipe that uses the Rosselle as a meat substitute in tacos. Can't wait to try my version of this.
This bush seems to be a little later to bear fruits compared to all other hibiscus plants we have but already many roselles are forming.
Papaya, papaya, payaya...
Ever since we moved into this house we haven't bought a single papaya. we got so many trees and the season seems to be year-round.
We even have so many that my friends already start laughing when I arrive at their house again with a bag of papayas... can't have too much papaya love right 🧡🧡🧡
Lime juice anyone?
Though the lime season is pretty long, during the rainy season we didn't get many limes. They only started coming back a week or 2-3.
Fresh lime juice coming up!
Mulberries
One of my favorite plants in the garden is the mulberry bushes. Ever since moving to the tropics, I miss fresh berries so much. Mulberries seem to be the only ones that we can grow in this tropical climate.
Sour when still red, but nice and sweet when you let them turn black.
Bananas and banana flower
Bananas are great to eat as they are or in smoothies, nice creams, or morning breakfast bowls.
The banana flower on the other hand makes a great addition to salads.
These are what they call lady fingers here. My fav tropical banana for sure. They have a great texture and the best banana flavor.
Noni - disgustingly healthy
Noni fruit is super good for you. Many people make noni juice here to use as a health elixir.
I find it rather disgusting so we usually end up giving all these fruits away. Better to make somebody happy with them than to let them rot and go to waste.
Passion fruit
Another garden favorite of ours. Great in smoothies, breakfast bowls, and salads.
The passion flower can be used in tea but we rather let them be and harvest the passion fruits.
Bottle gourds to-be
Though we are not quite sure yet what to do with them, we saw some cool DIY projects using bottle gourds to make lamps and bottles.
Aloe vera with a weird ugly flower
We always have had aloe vera in the garden or house but I have never seen it with a flower.
The flower is nothing special and stands on top of a very long stalk.
Other random garden plants
--> Soap ginger. This part can be used as a foamy agent, while the roots can be used in tea.
--> Lemongrass
--> Parsley
--> arrowroot
--> not sure of the name, but the root is a cross between galangal and ginger. Supper yum in tea or kombucha.
--> pineapple to-be
--> pandan leaves... excellent in combination with lemongrass to make iced tea.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY NOVEMBER WALK THROUGH THE GARDEN! HAPPY GARDENING!
WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY DAY ღ ღ ღ
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