Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Natural Enemies

This young mung bean is being attacked by hundreds of black aphids. But help in on the way.

On the left corner, with a combined weight of about 50 mg. (one aphid weighs around 0.5 mg)

"The Black Aphids Gang!!!"

On the right corner, weighing only 5 mg. The Champion and favorite of gardeners worldwide...

"The Ladybird"

(this one is an Asian Orange Ladybird)

NATURE REALLY KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN BALANCE IF WE ONLY WORK WITH HER...

Green Manure Review

It's been more than a year ago when we posted procedures on how to prepare your elevated beds for green-manuring. Here are some shots of mung beans grown as green manure.

Three days after planting.

One week.


Three weeks.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Happy 50th day!

Pablo (the typhoon) visited during their 50th day so they have to stay indoors. Great time to check their average weight.

Most of them weigh around 1.7 kg. Some 1.5 and the lightest is 1.2 kg. This one comfortably sits while being weighed.

Old habits are hard to break. This one still love to read his own weight.

Chicks will be Chicks

Even though they're 50 days old and weigh 1.7 kg, they still have their chick feathers (I don't know what those feathers are called, i just call them chick feathers).
:)

And they love playing with my pocket zipper. Some want to have a chicky-back-ride...

Not just chickens...

We also have some free-ranged pigs... :)

YUM!!! 3X

No need for words...



Makes my mouth water just by looking at it... :)


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.