A sorrel plant flourishes at the side of the road outside a house with a gated garden of sorrel plants in Aranguez on Saturday, November 28, 2016. Citizens with this plant in their yards will be making the popular Christmas sorrel beverage very easily rather than paying a “pound and …
Read More »Grow your own pimento peppers
A pimento pepper tree bears the red, ripe, and ready-to-pick seasoning ingredient at the backyard of a resident’s home in Petit Bourg. This pepper magically flavours any dish and is a very popular seasoning found in the kitchens of many cooks in Trinidad and Tobago. Survival Garden Seeds 30 Pack Home …
Read More »Give Dad what he really wants
It’s your dad and you know him better than anyone. Every year for Father’s Day you give him exactly what he needs. He probably owns a variety of ties, shirts, socks, hats, wallets, watches, cell phone cases, and #1 Dad mugs by now, all that you have picked out for …
Read More »Farmer struggles with dry season and thieves
By Candida Khan. During the struggles of the dry season, all crops usually fight for their lives without water. Some die, others survive. The sun and heat dry out the land making it so cracked that water would just run off the ground. Now, whenever it rains, Dad is so …
Read More »Sunflowers grown from seeds in my garden
By Nadia Ali. In my opinion, they are the prettiest simple flower. In the flower shops, you can see them great, big bursts of bright yellow petals encircling a head of brown seeds, namely sunflowers. “How much!” I responded, thinking they were overpriced. If she can grow them, I can grow …
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