Teens’ Take On Organics

The other day, we randomly asked a Filipino 15-year old student what the word “organic” means to him and probably, his schoolmates. He said that to most teenagers, organic merely means “healthy food” such as drinking fresh fruit shake or milk, eating brown rice or avoiding canned foods. Most teens do not have any idea [...]

Garden Salad

As promised, here’s our recipe for our Garden Salad yesterday. This is one of our favorite salads. It’s easy to prepare, very tasty and healthy, too. We just thrown in whatever salad greens and vegetables that’s in our refrigerator. Balsamic vinaegrette goes well with almost any salad greens. Add feta, pecorino or parmesan cheese  – [...]

A Red Lady in the Garden

After 6-8 months, without any special care, we harvested our first papaya from our garden and ate it for breakfast today! Thought of sharing this milestone. Do you have a fruit tree , too? If none, what fruit tree do you want to have in your garden?

Bug Off!

Dengue cases are up and with a cloudy/ rainy weather that threatens to stay for a few more days, we need at least one good insect repellent not only at home, but even for traveling as well. Here are 3 great travel-sized products to choose from: 1. HANDY TIDY SANITIZER SPRAY BY PLANTEX Handy Tidy [...]

5 Simple Ways to Make Your City Greener

Can you imagine your city clean and green? If you live in Metro Manila or other major cities in the Philippines, it is almost a joke to even think of that. The developments in becoming a modern city has contributed to water, air and land pollution to our cities. Factories in nearby rivers such as [...]

Higads Attack!

We are at war! For some reason, we experienced our worst ever “Higad Attack” since last week. At first, it was just about 4-5 higads a day. Yesterday afternoon, we were able to collect about two dozens in the span of six hours, not in our garden but inside our house! What’s a higad? Higad [...]

Practical Tips on Growing Your Own Herbs

When innovators Mara Pardo de Tavera and Gil Carandang encouraged us to get our hands dirty and learn about urban gardening, we did not expect that we would be doing it this soon. After visiting several farms and talking to other successful urban gardeners about it, we started building our kitchen garden by buying herbs. [...]

Earthworm Sanctuary

We met them for the first time in November 2009 during the Agrilink Expo at the World Trade Center. We were there the whole afternoon and we noticed that there were people inquiring about their unique product one after the other. We lined up for their next short demo but were politely informed that they [...]

Grounds for Your Garden

The flier says, “FREE GROUNDS FOR YOUR GARDEN”. We couldn’t believe what we just read so we decided to go to the counter and asked the barista if they really give away used grounds for free. The answer was yes. The barista explained that you can complement your garden with coffee grounds. Instead of throwing [...]

Herbalclean Toothpaste and Mouthwash

We have been looking for a toothpaste that can replace our commercial brand and alas, we found Herbalclean Toothpaste and Mouthwash. It is made of herbal extracts of Buyo (Ikmo leaves), Bayabas, Tsa-ang Gubat, Alagaw, Eucalyptus, Papain, Sili, Paminta (Green Pepper), Luya, Kaffir Lime, Mangosteen, Malunggay. The mint taste is refreshing and our fresh breath [...]

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