Angelfish is a freshwater ornamental fish with laterally compressed round body and elongated triangular shaped dorsal and anal fins. The genus name of the angelfish, ‘Pterophyllum’, roughly translated from the Greek language, means ‘winged leaf’, relating to its tall, laterally compressed shape, and gliding motion. It is a piscivorous species that prey on small fish [...]
Dried Squid or popularly known as Bulad Pusit, is a salted and sun dried seafood product commonly produce in the Philippines. It is made from a fresh and cleaned squids. The process in making Dried Squid is very simple and a good business to start at home. Ingredients: Squid Salt Procedure: Sort out the squid [...]
Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Lind.) is a large genus species, belongs to the family Araceae. Anthurium can also be called “Flamingo Flower” or “Boy Flower”, both referring to the structure of the spathe and spadix. There are two types of anthurium under cultivation: the foliage and the flowering types. The foliage is grown for their velvety [...]
Cornmeal is a type of flour coming from dried maize or American corn. It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies. Farmers who grow corn may not realize that they can make use of the corn they grow instead of selling it to local merchants. They can add [...]
Rice Eel or Monopterus albus is a freshwater eel-like fish belonging to the Synbranchidae family. It is popularly known as “igat” or “palos” here in the Philippines. This family is native to the fresh, brackish, tropical, and subtropical waters of Asia, but is now present in West Africa and North, Central and South America. Monopterus [...]
Gladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae), the plural form of which can be Gladiole, Gladioluses or Gladioli. Gladiolus is also known as the Sword Lily, due to its sword shaped leaves, or Corn Lily. These attractive, perennial herbs are semihardy in temperate climates. They grow from rounded, [...]
Square Foot Gardening is the practice of planning small but intensively planted gardens. The phrase “square foot gardening” was popularized by Mel Bartholomew in a 1981 Rodale Press book and subsequent PBS television series. A full-length companion DVD, Square Foot Gardening (2010), was recently released in collaboration with Patti Moreno the Garden Girl. The practice [...]
Growing tomatoes in the garden is easy and almost every house has enough sunshine and soil to grow this bountiful crop. Tomatoes are rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Iron, Folic acid, potassium, calcium and Vitamin K for stronger bones. Imagine being able to get all these nutrients everyday right in your own garden and [...]
Corned beef, also called salt-cured beef, has been a part of Filipino staple food not only for breakfast but it has been more popular when the eatery business introduce the “silog” meal such as Tapsilog (Fried Beef with Egg), Longsilog (Longganisa with Egg) and Cornsilog (Corned Beef with Egg). It is also being used in [...]
Chinese Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) also known as Kai-lan, is a glossy, blue-green leaf vegetable with crisp and thick stems; and has a small number of tiny, almost vestigial flower heads similar to those of broccoli. It has a slightly more bitter flavor than broccoli, but quite delicious. Chinese Broccoli is high in calcium, [...]