Growing Vegetables

Growing vegetables. Notes on growing vegetables in the tropics. We decided to classify such things as tomatoes, pumpkins, and peppers as vegetables because they are. We know they’re fruits too! I’m a biologist as well as a gardener.

Mistakes We Made In The First Two Years On The Farm

This post is going to be very real, and it may draw some criticism, but this is our journey. We ...
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10 Foods You Can Grow For Free!

Gardening is not an expensive hobby if you have time and patience, infact, many plants you can grow for free. ...
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Can You Grow Basil in The Tropics?

Yes, you can grow many types of basil in a tropical climate, with great success. In cooler climates basil is ...
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Can You Grow Lettuce In The Tropics?

Yes, you can grow lettuce in the tropics. Many varieties of lettuce or salad leaves do well in a tropical ...
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Can You Grow Radishes in the Tropics?

Yes, you can grow many varieties of radishes in the tropics with great success. As radishes are a very fast ...
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Food Plants You Can Grow From Supermarket Scraps

There are many, many food plants that you can grow from supermarket scraps. Don’t believe anyone who says you can’t. ...
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What are Pigeon Peas? Pigeon Pea Plant Uses & Growing

Pigeon peas are the seeds of the pigeon pea plant and they are edible. The Latin name for the species ...
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How To Grow Green Chillies

It may surprise you to know that green chillies and red chillies come from the same plant, just one is ...
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Growing Tomatoes in The Tropics

This post is about my experience and things I’ve learned growing tomatoes in the tropics. Yes, of course you can ...
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Growing Pumpkins in the Tropics?

Can you grow pumkins in the tropics? Yes you can grow pumpkins in the tropics and they grow very well ...
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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 ...
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