Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Herbs in Bloom

The tarragon is now 4 feet tall and started to flower.

The flowers are edible.


If you or a relative has high blood pressure, then we suggest you plant this herb. It's called "cat's whiskers" locally called (guess what) "balbas pusa" because its flowers look like cat's whiskers. This herb grows abundantly in rural areas but they call it taheebo - it is not. Taheebo is a tree and the part used for tea is its bark. Unlike cat's whiskers where we use the leaves for making tea or even salad.


A closer look at the flowers, no doubt, they really look like cat's whiskers.




4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi! do you sell your herbs in a weekend market (particularly here in the south - alabang/cavite)? i would like to buy your herbs and start my own herb garden. i also would like to buy your organic veggies :)
-anna

Raymond and Mariel......................................... said...

hello anna,

yes we sell our vegetables and herbs in a weekend market. We sell them at the AANI weekend market at FTI Taguig, near bicutan. you can visit aani's website at

www.aaniphil.net

its open every saturday and sunday, just look for the aani office or my brother Ramil Rubia.

Anonymous said...

hi again. what is the schedule of the weekend market (i can't seem to find the schedule in the AANI website)? is the weekend market open the whole day or is it only in the morning?

Raymond and Mariel......................................... said...

hello,

the weekend market is open every saturday and sunday, from 5am to 4pm on saturdays and 5am to 11am on sundays. it's best to go during saturday morning to get the freshest produce.