shiukopuppy's Blog

I started gardening to grow vegetables that were unavailable. There used to be an Asian grocery store in the neighbourhood that sold a small selection of fresh vegetables unavailable anywhere else. Since it closed, we have had a drought of these vegetables, unable to find them at the Korean, Chinese and Indian grocery stores that are around. Finally, a friend told us about a store that was in a suburb we had never been to. It is kind of far away but they sold beautiful succulent, ripe vegetables unavailable elsewhere:

Thai eggplants (small and large)
Water spinach
Lotus roots
Fresh bamboo
Banana hearts
Longan
Pandanus leaves
Kailaan
Various Choy sum types

I would love to be able to grow some of these one day.