Category: Vegetables at home

They say that when the leaves of Chinese Potato plants start drying up, it is time for harvest. Today I noted that Chinese Potato plants in one garden

Once my old classmate, currently in Ireland, posted the picture of a basket full of apples grown at his home. Another friend currently in the United States, commented

This is my ‘Vertical Garden’ for Okra plants! The plants are being grown in garden pots filled with potting mix and kept in two rows over two levels.

A google image search gave me the name of this plant as Norfolk Island Pine. Although I have seen this plant in many places, this is the first

Anyone who has grown tomato plants would have noted the tiny hair like projections from the stem of tomato plants. Thought of taking a close up view of

This plant is known by several names like Indian Mint, Mexican Mint, Soup Mint and many more. It brings nostalgic memories of childhood as my mother used to

In my earlier post on Money Plant I had mentioned that some grow it in aquarium to absorb the nitrates produced by bacterial action on fish waste. Now

Crape Jasmine got its name probably because of the similarity of flowers to that of Jasmine, especially when viewed from a distance. Yet Crape Jasmine flowers are devoid

Eryngium foetidum or Culantro is known by various names as African coriander, Mexican coriander and saw tooth coriander. It is different from Cilantro, the usual coriander with scientific

This plant is popularly known as Money Plant in this region. There are a lot more names for this plant like golden pothos, Ceylon creeper, hunter’s robe, ivy