Garden

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Maybe some others have an interest in gardening and can give some advice. My house has a reasonable size yard and I was thinking of planting some veggies, I have never been much of a gardener but since I am now retired and looking for activity's to keep busy perhaps a small veggie patch would be fun. So what sort of veggies will grow OK here? Can I get seeds at the hardware shop? Volunteers to break the ground, ha Any advice is appreciated.

Hi Carl, you can pick up vegetable seeds in most of the larger hardware stores, I also have a large selection given to me by an Australian friend from Brisbane, He said that they were suitable for the Philippine climate, you can also grow local health veggies such as Mulunggay for Diabetics ,http://www.stuartxch.../Malunggay.html ,Ampalaya to reduce blood pressure , http://www.stuartxch...g/Ampalaya.html Gotu kola for headache and general pains http://www.herbal-treatments.com.au/and Mangagao for dengue http://www.istorya.net/forums/fitness-and-...for-dengue.html you'll find many other health plants on the stuartxchange.org site, I mention the four above as we have them growing in our garden, my wife is the brains I'm just the labor John

Thanks JohnMight give the herbs a try some day but for now maybe the basic water melon and a few carrots.I have never eaten water melon but I hear its an easy thing to grow,add seed and water. Lots of kids roaming around here so I will give them away if they grow.

here is a list of plants that help "repel" dengue fever mosquitoes or other insect pests Basil is grown at the eastern portion of the home or at the left side of the house’s main door to allow ambient breezes to swill out the plant’s insect-repellent bio-chemicals (1) citronella or lemon grass whose sprigs go into roast chicken or suckling pig; (2) bride of the sun or marigold, best planted at the household’s western section or near the kitchen to nudge easy cash flow for the home (as feng shui lore has it); (3) malvarosa, a staple ingredient in pickles and sweet preserves especially makapuno coconut; (4) chrysanthemum (or its nearest kin damong-maria) whose extracts go into plant-based insecticides and a nerve poison slathered at the tips of throwing daggers and star knives or shuriken; (5) sweetsop or atis; (6) madre de cacao or kakawate, with its spray of lilac and light pink blooms in summer, petals are subtly sweetish and can go into salads; and (7) linga (literally, “penis” in Sanskrit) or sesame. http://mangkokolum.blogspot.com/this is the source of the info Edited August 21, 2011 by ed villas