The flowers have bloomed!

This is actually a very late post. Sometime in March, all of us went to a farm, harvested some plants, and ate the plants we harvested. It was all good fun, the children enjoyed the trip even though it was really, really hot.

My son (with cap) looking at the herbs while my wife seems to be smelling them?

Firstly, we went to look at the farm itself and were introduced to the plants and herbs. I think the kids learnt quite a bit about farms, rural areas and agriculture. That is something very new for urban kids nowadays. 

Then they were made to harvest certain herbs and plants, and after having harvested enough of them, the children (and adults) proceeded to cut them, grind them and basically prepare them for cooking.

My son is grinding squeezing lemons or grinding something.
Finally, we sat down to wait as the owner of the farm started to cook the food. The end result was a delicious Thai style vermicelli salad, egg omelette (with some vegetable we harvested) and chicken with basil leaf. This was washed down with a lemongrass drink. It was quite a good meal, though extremely hot (did I mention this before?)

Tucking into food
The photographs were taken from the Facebook page of the organisers. I am not sure if they are still organising such gatherings anymore, but you can always ask them. 

At the end of the entire programme, we were given seeds and saplings to bring home. After two months, they have grown and I had to buy some more soil from them. Let me just show you what we have managed to grow.

There are two pots of Indian Borage and Mint - they were all grown from saplings.
The left is Purple Basil, also grown from the sapling, but it does not seem to grow to big. The two pots are mustard.
So now, we have quite a few plants around the house. We know that Indian Borage is good for coughs and phlegm, but have not figured out how to prepare it. The mint is waiting for a minty dish? I hope we do something about the plants. Any ideas?


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