Monday, March 26, 2012
of love and life...
Greetings! Here are new pictures of more things happening in our project. It took a while since our last post, we hope that all is well with you...
These are the seeds from Llyn and Chris of Oregon, USA
Calypso pop corn. Melting sugar peas. Kentucky wonder pole beans. Sunflower. Lettuce and Fava Beans.
here are more beautiful gifts...
Gratitude from our hearts to all wonderful gardeners/volunteers of Alpine and Monroe's Sharing Gardens. Please check their blog:
http://alpinegarden.blogspot.com/
Some indoor projects
Passion fruit
four month old pepper
Saturday, February 4, 2012
New life in the garden...
These are the fruits currently growing in the site, we randomly found some of them so we need to save and protect these little fellows...
Avocado
Cacao beans
Short facts from: http://www.foodmatters.tv/Health_Resources/Super_Fruits_and_Nuts
Raw Cacao - A word of warning
before we start however, most cocoa powder and commercial chocolate is
processed via the "Dutch method" meaning it is subjected to scorching
temperatures of up to 150°C with the additional aid of solvents, thus
destroying most of the nutrients and antioxidants. Be sure to attain
certified organic raw cacao in a powder, nib or whole bean form as the
temperature will have never been allowed to exceed 40°C thus allowing
all the heat-sensitive vitamins, minerals and antioxidants to remain
intact. Raw cacao beans contain possibly the world's most concentrated
source of antioxidants found in any food. They also extremely high in
magnesium which has been found to be the most common deficient major
mineral even following a balanced diet. For those concerned with not
getting enough iron it should be pleasing to know that one small 28 gram
serving of raw cacao beans gives 314% of the recommended daily
allowance of iron. And if that is not enough raw cacao beans have an
antioxidant (ORAC) score of 95,500. To put that into perspective, that
is 14 times more flavonoids (antioxidants) than red wine and 21 times
more than green tea.
Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus)
More photos and facts about Marang here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marang
New Volunteers / Orientation
BHSG Project presentation and Volunteer Orientation
New volunteers from other part of town, preparing the soil for in-ground planting
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