At long last, we are now enjoying the fruits of our little rambutan tree. The first harvest is nothing to shout about — just a measly 20 pieces or so — but the numbers don’t matter for now. What’s important is that the tree has started bearing fruit and that the fruits are sweet and [...]
It’s been 2 months since I last posted a photo of the hairy green fruits of the three-year old rambutan sapling in front of my house. Those very same fruits have gotten larger and are now slowly metamorphosing into their familiar come-and-eat-me red colour.
I took this photo with my Nikon D40 camera and its 18-55mm [...]
This is a follow up to my previous post about the rambutan tree in front of our house.
The flowers have now taken the more familiar ‘hairy’ form of the rambutan fruits, albeit still green.
What a joy it would be to see the fruits slowly mature and ripen in the weeks to come!
I have fond memories of growing up with trees — climbing trees and picking fruits from trees.
I remember picking star apples (Cebuano: kaimito) when I was about 6 years old. I don’t remember much about how I actually ‘helped’ in the picking, but I remember eating them fresh from the tree.
When I was about 8, [...]
