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In the previous blog I have photos of the first five turmeric just starting out. They were taken on the 20th of January 2020. Now here's the catch. Apparently these things need a good 10 months of warm, frost free climate. So, Houston  we had a problem. They had been planted, late November, in a fairly frost free area thanks to a coastal sea breeze. This meant they only had 6-7 months of growing, but still provided me with a good crop to harvest and experiment with. As well as more than 3 times as many rhizomes, which are already on there way. Unfortunately, because of there shorter than natural growing time, they didn't get the chance to show off there awesome flowers.  The smaller rhizomes (fingers) where harvested, and the rest put back into stock to increase next years harvest. These where stored in sawdust in a dark dry space for 2 months before planting. Turmeric fingers blanched and ready for dehydrating. Most were ground into a powder but some were kept as a finger tha...

 .......there was TURMERIC!!! Not the beginning, beginning, but the beginning of my journey into plants with major health and healing properties.  It all started a short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, when a workmate of mine was explaining the ingredients of some sort of health tonic smoothie thing he'd concocted. One of the ingredients was fresh turmeric root. Turns out, the person he was sourcing it from, was importing it from Fiji. Which is where most of our turmeric comes from. It just got me thinking, if it's that good for you, then why not grow your own, top quality. chemical free, organic turmeric at home. So I did.                                                                      !!!BOOM!!! Early November 2019, I was made aware of a turmeric plant that had been sat in a pot for a co...