That’s a basil blooming. Nothing too fancy. I could say that it is one of the most common things to see. With one small detail. It is one of the most common things to see, if you are in the south hemisphere.
But I am not.
I am in the north hemisphere, in the middle of the winter and many of our plants have lost the track of time. I thought that it could happen only to humans, but no. It looks like the plants can loose the track of time too, especially when the weather is a mess. I have written many times that winter is way too late in Greece but this is getting ludicrous.
Ludicrous and concerning.
When we moved to Nafplio, last spring, we brought with us very few plants that we didn't want to leave behind. Either because it would be hard to replace them if we lost them or for sentimental reasons!
One of them was Physalis Angulata. It flourishes in tropical and subtropical regions but it was easily adapted in Greece as part of our summer crops. I read a post from @el-nailul the other day, about the medical use of this plant in Indonesia. Very interesting in my opinion, you can read it here if you wish. Anyway, as I said it is part of our summer crops, blooming in spring and giving fruits all summer.
I checked on that too today and guess what. It is also blooming and bearing fruits!
Another plant that we brought along with us, was a tiny Moringa tree. It is native in India and trying to adapt it here is more of an experiment, that doesn't go very well so far :)
But it is a very resilient plant and although this one looks more like a bonsai than an actual tree, I am not ready to give up on it!
Last but not least a plant that I took with me for sentimental reasons. Dittany is a beloved herb, endemic in Crete and I just couldn't leave the island without, even a small pot of it!
At least this one looks more consistent to the calendar :)
For one more time this is more of a photography post than a gardening one. Since @traisto and myself left Crete and our farm, I don't have many gardening news to share but I wanted to stop by and say hi to the HiveGarden community and to remind you:
I am still around :)
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It is very interesting to see, especially the moringa, dyou know what?, here in my place, moringa is one of the favorite vegetables in our family as well and we have plenty of it. I make soup with just a simple recipe but is nutritious, the soup is very good for fever, immune booster, and anti-oxidant, and contains very high protein, which is why moringa is also called SUPER FOOD, Just boil moringa leaves and add some onion, garlic, ginger, lemongrass and salt and if you like you can add some pepper/chilli. I made an omelet mixed with this moringa and it was incredible. My family loves it very much you can see the post about moringa here
You will get there as long as it has enough water at least once in 3 days.
Thank you for showing us your garden @fotostef, I wish you and @traisto and your dog a happy life
Regards
That's awesome! Thanks so much for sharing the soup recipe, will definitely try it when we have enough leaves production :) We really love moringa and I hope it will like the new environment and finally thrive!
All the best to you as well @el-nailul!
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Oh, Dittany! I remember I bought some sachets at the market in Chania to take to my mom who is a lover of medicinal plants, very good!
It is one of my absolute favourites!
And so beautiful :)
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STOPHere in my country Moringa is used for mostly medicinal purposes I think...
I'll try to find the other plants you mentioned but I doubt I'll find them
As a medicine and as food, moringa is incredibly valuable. That's why I am trying to grow it here, although we don't have the ideal climate for it.
Moringa is used in India various ways like in curries, soups and some medicines. Even the fertiliser made using moringa leaves is rich in soil nutrients.
Indeed, it is a miraculous tree, I hope it will manage to grow here, after all!
Just like us, nature can feel disoriented by climate change. I find it really worrying, and I think it's right to point it out and talk about it.
So thank you for your articles, thank you for your words and thank you for discovering plants I don't know. I'm not sure I'll remember their names, but if I ever see them again, I'll know where I first saw them 😉
Haha, actually they are the most uncommon plants we had and that's the reason we moved them with us, it would have been hard to find them again :)
Thank you for stopping by!
Okay, I understand your approach better!
Καλά πάει η moringa 👍🏻, σιγά σιγά, υπομονή 😉
Όσο είναι ζωντανή, υπάρχει ελπίδα!