It is Better to Have too Much than not Enough
Posted by Belle on 07 Dec 2008 at 03:33 pm | Tagged as: AZ, garden, gardening
Wow, it has been a while I haven’t updated my blog, and I haven’t paid a visit to any of my friends’ blogs either. Nothing is wrong from my end, except that I have been overly busy with job and other important stuff. Hope all is well with you all.
Anyway, the other day, on my way home from work, I thought of having a hearty neck bone soup for dinner. We have been having a cooler weather here so a soup dish would be a good idea and would definitely stick to our ribs.
The moment I got home, I shouted to my husband. He seemed to be nowhere in the house. So, I looked for him outside, and sure enough, he was out there wheel borrowing a load of soil up to the garden area.
Me: Could you get me a white cabbage please?
S: How many?
Me: Just one plant.
He brought me a single plant but turned to be an arm load…hehe
typical salad on a daily basis
Lately, we have been eating tons of vegetables and plenty of fresh crisp salad. Sometimes, it is too much of a good thing that we have to give a lot of them away. Sometimes, we give our tummy a rest and skip a day of eating veggies. And after a day’s rest, we crave for it.
The cold weather doesn’t seem to hinder the growth of the plants. Some, like the lettuces, spinach, kale, asian cabbage, and even the mache are exploding. The brocolli raab which is one of the better tasting vegetables, is doing extremely well. We never expected that the plants would survive in the cooler weather, down in the 20′s.
So far, we haven’t bought that much vegetables since summer. The ones I buy from Oriental store in Phoenix now and then, stay in the other refrigerator until they spoil. And my husband throws them eventually in the compost pit. I think our garden would last through winter and continues until May. By then most of the plants will bolt. And then comes the beginning of the summer garden which includes the melon, tomatoes, beans, eggplant, peppers, etc.
Now, we just prove that there is no reason for people to go hungry. And it doesn’t even require a huge garden space to produce an ample supply of vegetables.
Parang sa ato, kung igwa kang tanom na kalunggay, biga hagad sana, maski diit basta libre.
And that’s a gigantic cabbage, haven’t seen anything big like that. I used to go with Kathleen somewhere in Pajo area just to buy veggies para itinda sa saod the next morning. Kung aduman ka sa Virac, benta mo kaan Belle. Baging gsuto ka dyan magpunta sa lugar nyo.
How’s Steph? meron ba syang Xmas album?
woo hoo the garden is looking good mommy!
Wow, that’s a really huge cabbage. I could just imagine how much salad you can make out of that one.
It’s great that you have vegetables ready whenever you want some.
Wow, that’s a huge cabbage. I can just imagine how much salad you can make out of that one.
It’s great that you have vegetables ready whenever you want some.
this is so great! and i dont just mean for your pocket but for looking great and healthy.
Hello Belle!
Firstly, ang taba-taba na ng mga veggies mo…so greeennn! I love it even though I don’t really like eating vegetables. But I won’t refuse a vegetable salad with a nice dressing.
Secondly you are right. That’s why in the provinces or in the barrios, some people can still survive because they plant all these stuff. I remember when I was in Bohol. My grandparents live in this faraway barrio and they have all these rock melons in front of their house. Eh maka rock melon pa namana ko….naku araw araw hehe
Wow! That’s huge! Its like cabbage for a giant hare
I believe so too, in people not having reason to go hungry. Where we live, there are still several vacant lots, instead of weeds growing there, people should start planting vegetables with or without the supervision of (inept) local leaders.