Thank You, Rain
It rained for days and it was inconvenient, but I’m thankful for it because my plants flourished.
The bitter gourd (ampalaya) seeds germinated earlier than I expected. Two days ago, the seeds’ shells came off. Yesterday, the little stem stood up. And this morning, the leaves came out.
Again, these seeds did not come from the store. These were from the gourd itself, dried and later planted in potting soil. I don’t know yet if this will bear fruit - we will all find out soon, and I’m very excited about it.
It’s alright if no gourd comes out of it. At least we can use the leaves on sauteed mung beans (ginisang monggo), one of my favorite comfort foods. Hubby and I love it when the dish has lots and lots of ampalaya leaves.
Little pandan plants have also sprouted from the mother plant. I will try to separate the new ones, then plant them or give them away.
That is, as soon as I find out how. You see, I have never tried this before, so I would have to ask my mom how, lest I kill all of the pandan.
I also saw little buds of flowers in the tomato plant. Unfortunately, this is the only plant that grew out of the ten or so tomato seeds that I had sown.
I have just planted another set of tomato seeds. Hopefully, they will all germinate and bear fruit.
tikey:
Wow super mommy kana, super gardener kapa.. galing galing..
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6 August 2008, 1:19 pmMari:
I love sauteed mung beans with lots and lots of ampalaya leaves. It’s more like ampalaya leaves with mung beans. LOL
Good luck with your veggie plants.
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6 August 2008, 3:03 pmMommyBa:
I just love to read stories about your veggies. I’m sure if Papa knows how to blog, he will definitely blog about his plants too
And sure din ako na magiging fan mo sya basta plants ang pag-uusapan 
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6 August 2008, 7:45 pmrHo:
ang lalaki na ng mga alaga mo ah. sa mahal ng mga bilihin dyan sa atin ngayon, at least pumitas ka lang ng kung ano sa garden mo may makakain ka na.
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6 August 2008, 10:33 pmbem:
galing! nainspire din tuloy ako magtanim, napabili ako ng sitaw at patola seeds. sinubukan ko rin yung ginawa mo sa tomato and pepper, now medyo madami na ang tumubo. nakaka-excite pala pag nakikita mo na umuusbong na yung dahon.
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6 August 2008, 10:37 pmnoemi:
wow you are good at this. I am not. Fortunately my helper is a green thumb.
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7 August 2008, 8:35 amWenchie:
Hi Cess, so how’s the pandan plant? If you have extra, I’ll be happy to have one.
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7 August 2008, 4:51 pmjulie:
Galing naman! ast night hubby and I discussed having that vegetable garden again.
Good work, Cess
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7 August 2008, 5:50 pmfeng:
nung nasabog si God ng talent of green thumb, sinahod mo yata lahat! ang galing Cess! soon enough you need not go to the palengke just to buy veggies!
masarap ang rice na steamed with pandan leaves on it. mas nakakaganang kumain!
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8 August 2008, 10:35 amjulie:
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8 August 2008, 10:49 pmann:
Mukhang libang na libang ka sa pagtatanim mo ah. Favorite ko rin ang ginisang munggo problem lang di ako makaluto dahil ayaw ng mga kids.
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9 August 2008, 5:59 amMommyBa:
hi cess! i’ve got an award fr you @ http://mommyba.com/2008/08/awards.html
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9 August 2008, 6:13 amToni:
You have a green thumb! Lucky lucky lucky you.
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9 August 2008, 10:54 amRach (Heart of Rachel):
I’m happy that your veggie garden is doing great. It really takes a lot of caring and patience to make plants grow healthy and I admire how good you are in doing just that.
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