Today we began eating some of our Longan fruits, approx. 100 days after the tree began flowering. The fruits seemed large enough for harvesting, and when we felt them, they were soft. The skin (or pericarp) of our Longan fruits is smooth and greenish-yellow in colour; the fruits have no visible signs of infestation. They… Read More Today’s Photos – Longan Fruit
We have a jar of flaxseeds in our home, with the brown variety of flaxseeds that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. The yellow or golden flaxseeds (also called golden linseeds) have similar nutritional characteristics as brown flaxseeds, but they are very low in omega-3.With so many flaxseeds on our hands – to last for… Read More We Planted A Few Flaxseeds Just For The Fun Of It
We had an unknown plant in our home with palm-like leaves; some persons said it belonged to the Iris plant family, but that was impossible because their flowers were different. And as we asked around, the plant remained nameless for two whole years, until it was finally identified in a Gardeners’ forum on the Internet.… Read More Palmita (Xiphidium caeruleum)
While strolling around our home one evening, I stumbled upon a face off between two male Jamaican Gray Anolis (anolis lineatopus). They are lizards, but I am not afraid of them; and as they focus on the start of their fight, it was obvious that the dominant anole was not afraid of me. The Jamaican… Read More A Face Off Between Two Male Jamaican Gray Anolis
Today’s photos show the sepals and petals of the beautiful Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian Orchid, which is also known as the Moth Orchid. Each photo reminds me of a creative dancer – dancing in a costume of sepals and petals. I understand that each orchid flower has three sepals and three petals; the sepals are smaller… Read More A Dance Of Sepals And Petals – The Phalaenopsis Orchid
The date: 21st August 2017 has finally arrived . . . the day of the Total Solar Eclipse; when the moon passes between earth and the sun. And with all the warnings about blindness, and other precautions given, we were somewhat happy that today turned out to be a cloudy day in Jamaica.The sun played… Read More We Had A Partial Solar Eclipse
If anyone should ask us how many longan fruits we now have on our tree, we would have to reply “Just one or two”. In other words, not many at all.After fruit-set, our Longan tree (Pometia pinnata) boasts a crop of approx. ten fruits. Well, we’re not supposed to count them, because they will fall off;… Read More Just One Or Two
