Lettuce and Strawberry in Thrissur Kerala

Lettuce although a Winter type Leafy green is surviving at my home in Ollur. Strawberries are growing in my home for the last 8 years. Recently I replanted them into a PVC Pipe in a vertical garden style. May be they will flourish in a year and I hope it will cover the whole PVC Pipe. 

Bush Pepper and Ginger at Ollur

Bought 100 Bush Pepper saplings for Rs. 150/pc. Transplanted them into grow bags. Lost some 20 plants by now due to some unknown reason. Hope some of them will survive and give me the 'Black Gold'. Also seen are Ginger grown in Grow Bags with no soil but only Coir pith and manure. They are growing up vigorously and even flowering. You can see the Pine Cone type flowers which has some lovely lilac-purple tiny flowers on it.

Organic Ash Gourd and Pumpkin harvested at Ollur

Organic Kumbalanga and Mattan at my home in Ollur. We shared some of the Kumbalanga with our relatives and the Mattan is getting ready to be harvested. Both of them had germinated by themselves in my backyard. Probably from the leftover vegetable waste.

Breakfast with Rice Flakes or Aval and Banana

Rice Flakes or Aval is a staple in Kerala long before. It is not trendy now. But it is a very good breakfast cereal loaded with Iron and other minerals. Here I made it more palatable by adding some local ingredients. Boil some water in a pan. Add a cup of Aval with some crushed Jaggery. Add some mashed Banana (Nenthran) plus Cardamom, Raisins and grated Badam or Almonds. It makes a sweet breakfast dish in the morning.