Chronicles of Kotsengkuba » Gardening

When it rains, it’s four!

Noel Cabacungan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:06:19 +0000

The basil I planted in a trough last December has never stopped flowering until now. And along with the many flowers came so many seeds – four from each flower. Check this post to have an idea how much seeds (…)

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Potted Herbs from Mahogany Market

Noel Cabacungan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:57:18 +0000

On a Christmas Bazaar at the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, I saw potted herbs being sold at P75.00 each. Each pot contain herbs thrice (or more) the amount of those being sold in the groceries for P50.00 or higher (…)

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Pinakbet and Chopsuey veggie seeds

Noel Cabacungan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:44:02 +0000

My wife and I were carefully scrutinizing plant seeds at Ace Hardware in SM Dasma when we both suddenly burst into laughter upon seeing these: Value Pack All Season Crops The Pinakbet veggie seeds pack contains ampalaya, squash, pole sitao, (…)

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Driftwood garden

Noel Cabacungan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:57:50 +0000

My wife’s relatives cut all the coffee trees from their coffee plantation (they converted it into a pineapple farm), some of the driftwoods were placed in a makeshift stockroom nearby. Since they were just lying around in there, I took (…)

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