MENA Gardens

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

This is some exotic species of ginger... can't remember right now which one. The blooms look like something out of a prehistoric rain forest. It wants a lot of water, so I keep it in a pot.

Another thing I keep in a pot is this Texas Ruby Red grapefruit tree. It would not survive a very hard freeze, which we sometimes get even here in San Antonio. It's got some little baby grapefruits on it.

The chillax zone. (See my new bamboo rug, Julianna ? Could not find suitable yoga mats but found this for $20 at Garden Ridge Pottery. One day I will get around to staining those chairs...)

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

These are so beautiful WOM! I have noooo green thumb at all... I kill plants unfortunately either with too much water or not enough. Im not very nurturing with plants If ever Adam & I go over again to San Antonio I'd love to stop by & visit with you though!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

These are so beautiful WOM! I have noooo green thumb at all... I kill plants unfortunately either with too much water or not enough. Im not very nurturing with plants If ever Adam & I go over again to San Antonio I'd love to stop by & visit with you though!

Awwww you can do it - don't give up. Just get something impossible to kill like a zamioculcas ("ZZ plant") or a sansivieria (snake plant or as my grandmother used to call it, "mother-in-law's tongue.") Then ignore them - they will flourish !

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Also, want to add that I have darling neighbors! They grow all kinds of veges in their backyard. They have given Adam & I tomatoes (sugar babies I think they called the little sweet ones) and reg big ones, sweet onions, cucumbers, green peppers, squash, corn, mint, & limes. I have tomatoes & onions that Im going to make a Summer Garden pie with & heres the recipe:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/summer-garden-pie-10000000331964/

Im thinking about putting spinach & mushrooms in it instead of bacon since we aren't bacon lovers around here.

[Nasturtium 500]

Awesome, WOM! So nice looking The rug works great too in that space. What color will you stain the chairs?

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Also, want to add that I have darling neighbors! They grow all kinds of veges in their backyard. They have given Adam & I tomatoes (sugar babies I think they called the little sweet ones) and reg big ones, sweet onions, cucumbers, green peppers, squash, corn, mint, & limes. I have tomatoes & onions that Im going to make a Summer Garden pie with & heres the recipe:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/summer-garden-pie-10000000331964/

Im thinking about putting spinach & mushrooms in it instead of bacon since we aren't bacon lovers around here.

Sounds tasty with the spinach & mushrooms. That reminds me of a recipe I have that I need to dig up.... for "onion pie"....

Awesome, WOM! So nice looking The rug works great too in that space. What color will you stain the chairs?

Just a natural cedar color. I was thinking about an antique-y green... but decided to go with the nat ced instead

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Its exciting how many different ways to make vegetables into something totally different. My neighbor made that pie & I told her I'd google the recipe & make it this week. She also made homemade salsa all from veges from her garden. That salsa is fantastic! Way better than I've ever eaten anywhere else actually. I can totally taste a difference from the veges in her yard vs buying them from a regular grocery store. There is a big difference!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Its exciting how many different ways to make vegetables into something totally different. My neighbor made that pie & I told her I'd google the recipe & make it this week. She also made homemade salsa all from veges from her garden. That salsa is fantastic! Way better than I've ever eaten anywhere else actually. I can totally taste a difference from the veges in her yard vs buying them from a regular grocery store. There is a big difference!

Fresh from the garden is the way to go I know you can do tomatoes if you try, and they are soooo worth it

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Anyone ever grow succulents ? I never really tried, except for a few gift cacti & things. Some lasted on the windowsill, some did not. But now I want to try.

[sandinista! 1,816]

Fresh from the garden is the way to go I know you can do tomatoes if you try, and they are soooo worth it

I am trying six different tomatoes this year. I'm still probably a month and a half from having any ready to eat though. Last year I was able to use tomatoes from our garden for a few pots of harira, but Ramadan might be a bit too early for that this year.

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

This is some exotic species of ginger... can't remember right now which one. The blooms look like something out of a prehistoric rain forest. It wants a lot of water, so I keep it in a pot.

Another thing I keep in a pot is this Texas Ruby Red grapefruit tree. It would not survive a very hard freeze, which we sometimes get even here in San Antonio. It's got some little baby grapefruits on it.

The chillax zone. (See my new bamboo rug, Julianna ? Could not find suitable yoga mats but found this for $20 at Garden Ridge Pottery. One day I will get around to staining those chairs...)

oh how absolutely lovely.

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

WOM

the ginger plant is beautiful!!!

I have succulents everywhere

most have been pinched from another persons plant and simply replanted.

For me it is a cheat plant...They bring greenery, variety and fill spaces with literally no care needed. I walk to one and break of a piece when it is too big and walk to another spot and put it in the dirt to fill that space. done.

[Nasturtium 500]

oo I love cacti and succulents! I collected them for years. I've mostly narrowed to epiphytic cacti now though, but I've had them all.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

oo I love cacti and succulents! I collected them for years. I've mostly narrowed to epiphytic cacti now though, but I've had them all.

I think I am going to give it a try in pots... have been considering creating a wild n crazy succulent bed (eventually and if my potted ones do well) in a small but prominent corner of my yard that gets no shade at all....

[Nasturtium 500]

I think I am going to give it a try in pots... have been considering creating a wild n crazy succulent bed (eventually and if my potted ones do well) in a small but prominent corner of my yard that gets no shade at all....

Are you going to order them or buy locally?