Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Garden bounty

The custard apples have started ripening in my garden, but the squirrels beat me to it. They get the best ones. I love this fruit although it is full of seeds- it has a special delicate floavour. The seeds can be powedered and used as a bio pesticide for aphids. The leaves are also used for repelling unwanted pests.
After the squirrels have had their fill, birds come and polish off the rest of the fruit.

5 comments:

  1. I've never heard of these before but they sound delicious. Those squirrels are everywhere trying to sneak the fruit before we can get it :)

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  2. Catherine, is chipmunk another name for a squirrel?

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  3. We call those fruit sugar apples. They are delicious. We seldom see them nowadays. I bought a couple a few months ago. I should really get a tree for my orchard.

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  4. Oh!! such a lovely post. Thanks for the valuable info on bio pesticide for aphids.

    Regards
    Raja

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