今年初種了兩種油菊，新竹油菊和馬祖油菊，秋季終於開花。但是我現在已經分不清楚開花的是哪一種油菊。 今早栽了30朵來泡茶。自己家的花茶，感覺香氣撲鼻，玻璃杯可以清楚看到浸泡在水裡的花朵，茶湯清澈的淺黃色。
Corn harvest
玉米田裡和週邊的樹下都是猴子吃剩的玉米。我們的稻子叫做三分之一米，因為三分之一給鳥吃，三分之一給親友吃，剩下的自己吃。看來玉米也要分三分之一給猴子吃。那山豬要分配多少呢？ After three weeks of rain followed by sunshine, the corns shot up and so did the weeds. Monkeys have […]
Beets
I love growing rainbow beets, as there will be a variety of different beets showing up in the garden. The […]
Cabbage family
I haven’t had much luck with growing Brassicaceae (/ˌbræsɪˈkeɪsii/) or Cruciferae (/kruːˈsɪfəri/), commonly known as the cabbage family. （十字花科中文名譯自舊稱Cruciferae） You can […]
Mystery bean
我菜園有一株豆類的植物長的特別好。現在開漂亮的淺紫花。不曉得是什麼豆子？ I sowed a variety of bean seeds and this one thrives and is now flowering. Wonder what kind of […]
Tomato planting journal
I collected the seeds of many heirloom tomatoes from the US. The trouble with these seeds is that they are […]
Pumpkins
All this land and we end up with only two pumpkins. I definitely should not give up my day job.
Beekeeping experiment
First harvest from our own bees. I know I am biased but this honey is incredibly good. I tested our […]
The hazard of beekeeping
On our daily walk to check on the bees, one got too close to Ping, The bee unfortunately didn’t survive […]