Comments on: Eating from the yard

By: Liane Spicer

Liane Spicer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:42:33 +0000

My mom has always had a kitchen garden and a flower garden, and they usually overlap, with cabbages and herbs growing in the border, and marigolds in between her lettuce. She has been preaching the ‘grow your own food’ mantra all her life, and it’s amazing what she reaps from a normal sized house lot with a bit of yard around the sides, front and back.

Cooking food from her own yard and sharing with neighbours is her greatest joy.

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:46:20 +0000

mom cooked dhal rice and saim (and curry chicken) yesterday
it in the fridge

By: aka_lol

aka_lol — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:19:21 +0000

I am feeling hungry for some dhal, rice and saim and I will be in Pt. Lisas today where I am sure I can get it. I had a pumpkin vine grow wild in my back yard a couple years ago and I got two very big pumpkins from that vine, a feat that made me the envy of the neighborhood for two hours. Right now, I have nothing substantial growing in my back yard besides a type of grass that refuses to die and a big cactus that once provided shelter for an iguana. I think I will try the sweet potatoes and blog about it if it grows.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:56:43 +0000

Forgot to mention, the banana blossom had a katahar kind of texture to it.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:55:41 +0000

I don’t have a green thumb but a couple of years ago I had a florishing potted-herb garden, it was my pride and joy. However, being in and out of the island for a period of time saw them suffering it really broke my heart. I am not ashamed to tell you that I cried. I used to talk to them even! Don’t laugh. So, I understand what you mean about planting there in Guyana.

Later on, the snails came and are still ravaging things here in B’dos so I have shelved the idea for the time being.

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:02:45 +0000

you’d manage easily enough
all the good gardening books seem to be written with temperate climates and such in mind

By: Chennette

Chennette — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:06:40 +0000

ewe – I know, I don’t know how I’d manage with drastically changing temperatures to try to grow things – having to learn the seasons for things…

lilandra – ah, the meeting online people to secretly share plants…

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:31:26 +0000

psst! GV really picks up on you quickly!
It’s like GVO can’t wait for you to post something new :-p

ewe: it’s kinda cool. i hate going out there but i want to go out there…it’s nice when i start slicing up tomatoes from the garden and the small crop is just enough for us

we did buy some today cuz mom hasn’t replanted

oooooo i set a mint plant for someone
have to at some point make arrangements to pass it on

By: ewe_are_here

ewe_are_here — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:37:21 +0000

I now appreciate the kind of weather I had when I lived in the tropics… because I can’t grow citrus, bananas, kiwis, etc. here. I would really love a lemon tree.

By: Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana: From the Yard

Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana: From the Yard — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:32:41 +0000

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