We’ve had two days and nights of intermittent downpours and my little vegetables in the garden, as well as my ornamentals, are loving it.
My second crop of green beans has consented to come out of their snug soil covers...
...hot peppers sown from seeds harvested from, well, Asian peppers bought at the Oriental store in Orlando, are a-fruiting...
...and okras only a foot or so tall are flowering.
(The last one’s leaving me scratching my head, with their diminutive size and all. The first time I grew okras, I didn't have any blossoms until they were more than a couple of feet tall. But wth! My family’s been itching for some fresh okras—another one in our longish list of favorite veggies—so I’m not complaining.)
Oh, and my bitter gourd (the much loved ampalaya of Pinoy diabetics) has just sent out its first fruitling. Ain’t that grand?
(I think one of these days, Sis-in-Law R will be wanting to harvest some of the bitter gourd leaves to put in our monggo stew.)
