I read about @mhm-philippines Garden Journal and it made me do one as well. This was initiated by @simplymike.
(Mints planted in vertical garden)
Summer starts around March until late May. However, beginning this year we have had scattered rains throughout the beginning of the first month. Came March, we expected the rains will let up.
However, we had more rain instead.
Throughout the summer months, we have thunderstorms. It is funny because you came from one rainy place to another that is dry or vice versa. It is kind of infuriating sometimes more so when I leave home, the outburst of rain would leave me wet and when I arrived to my destination, it was dry and would never rain the whole time I am there.
Now that the monsoon and storm season starts, we have more rain daily. At least with thunderstorms they don't last that long. With monsoon and storms, rains can go on day and night for days and extending to weeks.
This is good though for plants like mints because they seem to thrive more during these months.
We have had a break from the rains this weekend and I took that chance to go out and share with you photos.
We have four avocados trees in our backyard. I was surprised that even though it was a rainy summer, they still bear fruits abundantly. Two of these trees are among the mulberry tree, pomelo tree, Indian mango tree and jackfruit tree. There are times that we would ask church members, friends, family and relatives come visit and pick avocados from our tree. We definitely cannot finish all these fruits in abundance. We can have all the shakes and ice creams we can make from these fruits but definitely not all of it.
The jackruit and Indian mangoes are also aplenty. When the jackfruits start giving off that sweet scent, then the ripening is getting closer. Right now, we just have to wait. We had to put sack over some of them to shelter them from the rain. I wish we could do all that to all the fruits and trees. The pomelo trees have fruits as well but it would take longer for them to be harvested. Some of the mangoes can be picked. The mulberry tree did not disappoint as well although lesser berries this time.
These bananas were from our grandfather's garden. The one above is the banana tree in our backyard. I am not sure if it would be the same as our grandfather's banana tree. I cannot honestly remember what kind of banana we have in our yard. I guess we will just have to wait and see. Maybe because of the incessant rain that the bananas from our grandfather's garden turned out to be hard. We have to make banana-q out of them (friend banana in caramelized sugar) so we can eat them or blend those and cook as pancake.
Behind and below this banana are guava trees. In one of the guava trees, there are wild cherries and an apple tree beside it. I do not see any fruits from the wild cherry just yet. The apple tree is still young and it would be years before we can expect fruits from it.
We have lots of cassava plants. Before, there were more sweet potatoes and chayotes but chayotes do not grow healthy anymore.
We also have yacon plants. We usually have these in our front yard but it has been a long time that I have not seen some. I thought we no longer have them so I was surprised when I saw these in our backyard. These tubers are good source of antioxidants, helps with weight loss and lowers blood pressure. It also helps in keeping your liver healthy.
We also have Baguio beans and corns planted. However, these are not for consumption because whatever this year's harvest will be, it will be used for planting next year. We may still be eating some of the produce though.
On our rooftop, my sister had potted plants there such as tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, more mint, chili, oregano, onions, strawberries, etc. This is our first time to plant strawberries. May it yield a lot of fruits.
When chayote or Christophine was growing abundantly, lima beans and masaprola (passion fruit) race along with it. We still have passion fruit and lima beans growing. The passion fruit have stunted growth and sickly. Not only do we eat the fruits but also cook the passion fruit tops which I like to mix in making ramyun (instant spicy Korean noodles).
More ornamental plants are planted in our front yard such as the night-blooming cereus and birds of paradise. Baguio beans are also planted.
We also placed potted plants in our stairs and it is a mix of herbs, vegetables and ornamental plants. We try to maintain them the best we can.
Leaving you with this cute plant that I noticed growing in between the branches of one of the guava trees. I am not sure what kind of plant this is. I will transfer that to a pot and see what it will grow into.
I find it fascinating how plants find ways to survive. It is indeed survival of the fittest.
I have had a hard time taking photo of this because my camera does not function really well plus the fact that it is about to rain. It was drizzling a little when I was taking photos around the house and grew stronger by the minute as I was taking a photo of this thing.
So there goes my journal for this month.
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