It’s been raining all day today. Typhoon Enteng has given us about 2 inches of rain, more or less (I don’t think this rain gauge is as accurate as the one I have yet to clean):
Still got to walk around the food forest for a bit, and saw that a Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) branch was crossing over to its neighbor, the husband’s Salingbobog (Crateva religiosa) tree. Quickly chopped it, harvested some leaves, and dropped the rest for mulch.
Beautiful gradation of greens and pinks.
People dry Cinnamon leaves and use them for a variety of culinary applications apparently, like as a substitute for Bay Leaf. I wonder if Adobo with a Cinnamon leaf or two would be good. Something to try soon.
For this morning though, I made tea. Thanks to Kai Sawyer of the Peace and Permaculture Dojo for telling me about making tea from Cinnamon leaves.
Quite delicious! Very aromatic, too.
Happy to report that the Ampalaya (Momordica charantia) has finally clung to the trellis.
Yay!