Roma tomatoes

December 2012

I should leave these green Roma tomatoes to ripen on the vines but as I will not be at St Helena for the next 2 months, I harvested them early.

Actually, I don't deserve a single tomato as I put the seedlings in at the end of September and went away for 6 weeks.  So they did not get TLC in the form of regular watering nor fertilising.  Still the bushes produced these tomatoes.

[St H] Late Spring 2012

It's a pleasure seeing all the flowers and fruits growing here in St Helena.  It is mid November (Late Spring) and here are pictures of my petunias, my snow peas and my Roma tomatoes.

[S] Growing from seeds

I have always enjoyed putting seeds into the earth and watching seedlings emerge.  There is something magical in the process and one can sense the presence of the Creator.
Today I planted a package of brinjal (egg plant) seeds and I look forward to seeing them germinate within the next several days.

[S] Okra (Lady's Finger)

On Monday, I put in 16 seeds of Okra into two trays. The seeds were from a packet (Horti) bought from NTUC Welcome. It said that they would germinate in 10 days. But ohmigosh! on Wednesday 13 of them had germinated and by Friday, they are pretty vigourous and more than 2 inches high.