[mom3boys]

The weather here in the Phoenix area is still in the upper 70s to upper 80s. Nights are beautiful. My veggies are are loving the weather.

I've been planting a lot of Asian vegetables so I don't have to make as many trips to the Asian grocery store 15 miles away for fresh ingredients (yes I'm Asian). Here are some pictures from my garden:

Napa cabbages about to form heads (I hope!):


Bitter melon:


One of the Brussels Sprouts plants:


Garlic, planted a month ago:


Eggplants harvested this morning:

[NormsRevenge]

Nice egg plants! Wow.

[samiam1972]

Your cabbage looks amazing! I have yet to successfully grow cabbage. I keep trying and I get sprouts but never anything that full and pretty.

[JRandomFreeper]

My daughter's in-laws are Cambodian. I'll be trying lemongrass and a few other asian items this spring.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Wow. Look at that lovely produce. It’s a sight for sore eyes this time of the year for me. Thanks so much for posting the pictures.

I’m not Asian but, I bought some Asian stuff to try growing indoors. I really like crunchy stir fry veggies. I do need to reorganize to make room though, and haven’t really had time to do much.

My daughter makes 1 trip every other month or so to the Asian markets in St. Louis, and I stock up on tea and spices, because they are so much cheaper than stuff around here.

We had a chinese hot pot meal last New Year’s Eve that she prepared for us. My granddaughter ate more veggies that way than she ever had before. It was a great meal. Kinda reminded me of fondue. It gave everyone a chance to talk as the next bite was cooking.

[trisham]

Beautiful!

[tflabo]

Hey my little asian lady neighbor way up the block grows this in her garden. She told me once what it is but I totally forgot--haven't seen her since then. Do you know what this is? Some sort of lettuce but I could be wrong. Its very hardy--grows well in the cold too. Its edible but a little bitter to the taste.

[bgill]

A neighbor dropped off some garlic so got them in the ground the day before the freeze and watered well. She had them in a bag for a week so they had to get planted so we’ll see.

[Sarajevo]

Bitter melon? Is that actually a melon? I've never seen one like that before.

Eggplant......I'm envious. I've tried to grow eggplant, but they come out long and slim, like a skinny cucumber.