Strawberry Tart I should have paid more attention to my patch of strawberries. My negligence has led to the discard of many strawberries that got sunburnt. The discarded ones have either turned mushy (early stage of sunburnt) or have shrivelled up. This year, I have picked the strawberries almost two weeks later than June last …
For the past few days, I have been pausing expressly at one unobtrusive corner of my garden whenever I make my daily garden rounds. In this little corner, there are some blackberry branches trailing high up along the wall separating our land from that of our neighbours on the right. The offshoots of these branches extend …
The long awaited STRAWBERRY Harvest is finally here! Strawberries that come directly from the garden behind the house to my plate. Strawberries that are not cooped up and subjected to thousands of miles taken in a commercial refrigerated cargo truck, driven from some unknown farm to one of those ubiquitous supermarket stores, and displayed forlornly …
Since the warmer weather is finally here and my teaching load is lighter in this semester, I have more time to dabble in the garden. It means that I can embark on producing more homegrown fruits and vegetables. If you have read my previous posts, you would know that the former owner left behind an …