What's growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in September. That's the first month of spring where we are. By the end of the first week of September the days were starting to get unpleasantly hot. For the first time I could feel summer coming and dreading it, honestly. There was a little rain in very early September but our grass is … [Read more...] about September Harvesting and Planting
What To Plant in The Tropics in May
May is the last month of autumn for us but already it's getting a bit chilly at night. If you can call 20 degrees C chilly! Days are still hot and we're still having a little rain, but the dry season is around the corner. We're still eating aubergines (eggplant), chillies, grapefruit, mung beans, pumpkins and water spinach (kangkong) from the garden along with a few cherry … [Read more...] about What To Plant in The Tropics in May
November Harvesting and Planting
In November in the tropics the heat is building for us and rain is scarce. By the end of November we're hiding from the heat indoors and only venture outside very early or around sunset. The plants however, all seem to be loving the warmer temperature and are growing fast so long as they're watered and given regular buckets of our homemade worm tea. Our first banch of … [Read more...] about November Harvesting and Planting
Snake Beans and Green Ants
What's with snake beans and green ants? As soon as the first flowers appeared on our snake bean plants the green ants were there clustered around the flowers and setting up home in the leaves. Until those flowers appeared ( in July, first bean harvest August for us) there had been no green ants at all in our veggie beds. Once the flowers dropped their petals and the beans … [Read more...] about Snake Beans and Green Ants
August Harvesting and Planting
What's growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating and cropping in our tropical food garden in August. Remember, we're in the southern hemisphere, just 16 degrees south of the Equator, you may have to flip the seasons if you're in the tropics in the northern hemisphere. August is the last month of winter for us and we're into the dry season. We've had a good amount of light rain … [Read more...] about August Harvesting and Planting