Apropos of Nothing

We are the proud owners of three herbs — chilli pepper, Thai Basil and lemon grass (West Indian).

During the long Independence Day weekend, we made a special trip to Quezon City and visited Green Hearts herb garden. It’s amazing that given the small space of the garden, they have an amazing number and variety of herbs available.   Do you know that there are at least 30 kinds of chili peppers? Check out their list of herbs at http://web.tri-isys.com/greenhearts/index.htm.

The attendant promised that if I just make sure to 1) place the plant where it can get enough sun and 2) water it often to keep the soil moist, then the plant will not die on me. Being the least in the green thumb department, I was still skeptical but considering the price is less that fifty bucks a pot, I was confident enough to give it a try. So, now, all three of us — Michael, Poy and I — take turns checking on the plant. This is not such a great task considering that the plants are just outside our door.

This morning, I woke up to the news from Poy that our one-week old chilli peppers have borne fruit. Knowing the guy, I did not even raise an eyebrow.  I also refused to check out the miraculous plant despite Poy’s persistent claim of a chant that supposedly make plants grow faster. Finally, on my way to work this morning, I took a peek and true enough, there is one ripe pepper dangling from one of the leaves. I bet my last peso though that the pepper came from a pack in our ref.

If these plants survive the attentions and pranks, I will go back and buy another herb or two. It’s exciting to see things growing.

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