Saturday, June 21, 2014

Moringa Plant Or Not?

The plant I have

Here is a picture of an a plant that blooms a red flower, green leaves in three and grows fast if given lots of water. Someone gave me seeds a year ago, believing it to be Moringa but turns out different from what I have seen of a Moringa. The similarities are the way the branches are arrange but the leaves are way too big compared to a Moringa, noting the shapes totally don't resemble. Someone said to me that the rich soil may have contributed to the bigger leaves, unlike Moringa's leaf the size of a medium fingernail. This plant's leaves are almost three times bigger and there's only three while Moringa has lots. The seeds are tiny as a dot and pitch black. Any idea what plant is this? For now, I pose the question - Is this moringa plant or not?

Moringa Tree I have seen

Garden Vegetable

Finally, the long wait for fresh vegetables is here. Summer is here and the garden sprouted just as heat creeps in, getting hotter everyday, I suspect. I know Zucchini is not a popular vegetable but they're easy to grow and produces abundantly! Someone told me that people roll down their windows when driving through a street in Kansas because locals who has abundant Zucchinis kinda insist passersby to have some. Too bad, I wasn't there for any vegetable is good for me, being easy with anything goes, not picky. So, here's my two Zucchinis, big and small, ready for stir fry tonight.

Can't wait to taste the freshness of garden vegetables.