Here is a picture of Jun mowing the lawn.
Yes, those are gardening shears he is using, and yes they do really cut the grass with them!
Hurts my back just to watch him!
Here are pictures of some of the things growing in my garden.
I am not sure what this is called, because I can't understand Jun when he tells me.
He did say that it taste somewhat like a Kalamansi, which is a cross between a lemon and a lime. Wonder how to tell when it is ready to be picked?
Here is another fruit that is growing just behind the pool. I have no clue what it is, or when it will be ripe. Any ideas?
Now even I know this one. Everyone has a coconut tree in the backyard don't they? What I don't know is how to get them down from there. They certainly don't look anything like the ones that Gilligan got hit in the head with!
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Hi Terri, I stumbled upon your blog while searching for realistic info about the weather in Manila. I am Caroline Fuentes from Vancouver, BC. My family & I actually immigrated to Canada from Manila in 1996 & we're looking into giving our family a surprise visit in August 2009. It's been a while & we totally forgot how bad the wet season is in August and how to give tips or get services from anything and everything.
Oh about the mystery plants you posted here, you can actually make a delicious drink out of that “Kalamansi” citrus fruit. To make the drink, extract the juice out of 5 Kalamansi into a glass. Add cold water and mix sugar (according to your taste). It will make a refreshing drink and it contain lots of vitamin C. The second photo with the green fruit is actually the green Papaya. It can be cooked. You can make an Atchara (aka Green Papaya Salad) or it can be added into the recipe Tinolang Manok (aka Ginger Chicken Soup with Papaya). As for your question how to pick the Coconut from the tree, you can either wait for the coconut to drop or have someone go up and pick it for you.
Anyway, I hope you don't mind me dropping a long comment here. I am very entertained reading your blog entries. I love reading your experience in the Philippines. It's such an eye opener. Please continue sharing your thoughts.
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