Archive for Category: "Food"
Fruits at local Market, Phnom Phen, Cambodia
A wonderful array of fruit at the local market: tangerines, dragon fruit, apples, Asian pear, mangosteen, rambutanFront row: longon, mangosteen rambutan, sapodilla, (and smiling seller)The longons are fresh and deliciousDragon fruit always makes for pr…
Fruits at local Market, Phnom Phen, Cambodia
A wonderful array of fruit at the local market: tangerines, dragon fruit, apples, Asian pear, mangosteen, rambutanFront row: longon, mangosteen rambutan, sapodilla, (and smiling seller)The longons are fresh and deliciousDragon fruit always makes for pr…
Blooms Day December 2011
Its December, when my blooms are at their peak, while the Northern gardens are winding downAbove: zinnia from Baker Creek seeds and red purslane. I love red flowers. I think that is the favourite bloom color of many Caribbean gardeners. However my eryt…
The rock garden rocks!
One year later and the rock garden has taken off beyond expectations. Indeed there is very little rock left visible!Above: Agave desmetianna, indigenous pillar cactus and red berry shrub, date palm and kalanchoe Agave beaulariana, with spinel…
Seedpods and Blooms Mauritius
Some interesting seedpods on these trees at Domaine Les Pailles, I do not know what type of tree it is. Behind a friend’s house these on the side of a gorge these agave like plants were blooming Anyone knows what these are? You can…
Mauritius: flower market, sugar cane juice and sculptures
The flower market at Quatre Bornes with lovely fresh local grown blooms waxy anthurium lilies-these last a couple weeks pretty white lilies hollyhocks? got me some of these geberas at US 50 cents each friendly flower vendorpink…