Recipes from the Garden – Red Bell Pepper and Tomatoes Risotto
Holiday season has officially arrived and I find this time of the year magic. I was thinking of something different to bring this month since most of you are… Read…
GREEN SISTERS & FRIENDS
During the Covid pandemic, the “Green Sisters & Friends” provided funds and resources to help setup gardens in local villages and schools. Our thanks to the EcoThailand Foundation for their financial support with the mushroom house projects.
The Green Sisters continue to support local eco-initiatives on the island. For more information and to get involved, email info@sistersonsamui.org.
BAAN MANKHONG
Our first project in Chaweng was started by the residents of Baan Mankhong, a co-operative village in Chaweng, with a few small garden beds of vegetables planted and harvested during the COVID lockdown. Sisters on Samui provided additional financial contributions which helped to prepare more land for planting and the purchase of building materials and soil for the gardens. The residents of the village provided all of the hands-on labour, sourced recycled materials to prevent erosion and they will continue to maintain the garden.
Take a look at this video to see more about our first Community Gardens initiative, at Baan Mankhong in Chaweng.
MAGICAL LEARNING CENTRE
Our second project has been to help setup a small educational garden in the Magical Learning Centre encouraging the children to plant and care for seedlings, and to grow their own fresh herbs and vegetables to use for their lunches.
The Magical Learning Centre is a grass-roots not-for-profit co-operative of parents and carers looking after children with autism related learning difficulties. The SOS Community Gardens team worked together with the school to identify and clear an area for the small educational garden. And the seeds were provided by the Department of Agriculture for free.
The children loved being part of the project. We look forward to seeing the kids continue learning in the garden.
CHAITALAY ESTATE COMMUNITY GARDEN
We have a new project on the west coast of the island that just started in April 2021. The land is maintained by a handful of Thais and Burmese who live nearby. There was lots of preparation to get the land ready for planting, and now just six weeks later they have their first harvest of watercress, Chinese Kale, long beans, Thai Basil, cucumbers, gourds, eggplant, and morning glory.
A huge thanks to Lantern Projects in California, for being the catalyst to provide the basic seeds and tools. Also to Chaitalay Estate for providing the land, the water and electricity to pump the water.
More photos will be shared soon.
Recipes from the garden – Baked Pasta with Thai Aubergine
For this month’s recipe I decided to use a veggie that we find very often in the vegetable markets around the island, the Thai aubergines or eggplants, if you prefer… Read…
RECIPES FROM THE GARDEN – Vegan Meat with Banana Peels
If you like bananas and like me just can’t have enough of them, you probably just have a lot of banana peels going to the trash. I know that… Read…
Mangosteen Avocado Parfait Recipe
Mangosteens are everywhere now. I don’t know about you but I just love mangosteens and I’m in heaven at this moment in our little island. So, I just thought… Read…
Recipes from the garden – avocado pesto
It’s avocado season in Samui. These beauties share the season with Durians and we can see them everywhere now. I love avocados, they are so versatile and go with anything,… Read…
Recipes from the garden – Cornbread
The story behind this cornbread I’m Brazilian and I lived in Brazil most of my life. One of my favorite times of the year while I was living there was… Read…