Growing Our Own Fruits and Veggies in Panama - Wellness Wednesday by A Panama Mama

When we moved to Panama, we heard from friends that you can put a stick in the ground and it will sprout. We have actually witnessed this - fences made out of tree limbs will grow new trees, cut a stick off of a plant you like and watch it grow! The soil here is truly rich, dark and very fertile.

_{If you look really close, you can see the baby potato growing right above the brown skin}
I am very new to gardening. When we lived in Texas, we tried to plant some things, but it would get so hot during the summer, no one wanted to go out and tend them. The temperature here is very pleasant for gardening and the rainy season helps to establish the roots.

_{Wild blackberries we picked}
One thing we hope to do in the future is have some fruits and vegetables that we can harvest and eat from our land. I recently planted 11 avocado trees, but I hear they take five years to produce fruit. I also planted about ten ice cream bean trees. These grow amazing pods whose seeds are covered in a yummy white substance that is super sweet and sort of tastes like ice cream! I grew both of these types of trees from seeds.

_{Sweet potato plants}
Every time we eat something with a seed, I plant them to see if they will grow. We now have some super hot pepper plants growing, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, tomatoes and who knows what else. I lost count and I mixed up the seeds and plants, so we will be surprised when something come up! I also recently bought a strawberry plant and we have eaten all of two strawberries off of it! I received a pumpkin squash from a friend recently and plan to plant those seeds. I have never had a green thumb, so I guess it will take practice for me to learn how to actually garden!

_{Lots of little plants and a chayote}
When we moved here, our land already had some fruit trees on it. We have some amazing lemon trees, navel oranges, mandarin oranges, limes and even some blackberry bushes. We also have some lemongrass growing and some guaba fruit (but we do not eat them because they always have tiny worms).

_{Our tasty lemon tree!}
I would love to hear any advice you have. What should I do as a newbie gardener starting out? Do you plant all the seeds that you get also? What would you make with the blackberries?

---

<><><><><><><><><><><><>
_{Wellness Wednesday will be brought to you here every Wednesday by A Panama Mama.
Check back each week for ideas to improve your health and wellness through recipes, exercise, natural health and so much more!
If you would like to share your thoughts, feel free to in the comments.
Thanks for visiting!
!steemitworldmap 9.059013 lat -79.471001 long David District D3SCR}
Check this out on the steemit World Map