About 20 years ago, when my grandparents moved up into a link house in PJ, my Ah Ma set about planting vegetables in her little garden. I used to laugh at her — she was acting as if she were still in her kampung.
But now, thanks to Facebook groups advocating healthy eating, raw food, herbs and such, I realise how practical and useful it is to have an edible garden.
Today, Ah Ma gave the kids a little tour of her patch, showing them her custard apples, sweet potatoes and various leaves suitable for soup etc.
I asked her, "Do you still need to go to the market to buy vege?"
"Yes," my 87-year-old Chinese-speaking Ah Ma replied. "But these," she swept her hand across her garden, "are or-ga-nic!"
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