I took this photo of the young bitter gourd in my terrace
months ago while it started to grow into a vine. This vegetable is ampalaya in Filipino lingo.
This is one of my favorite vegetables. I put two lines of straw to hold it
while it stretched out as it grew. About
three months ago it started to bear fruits but smaller than what I expected. The
fruits had not turn any bigger when I noticed they started to become yellowish
then turned into orange color indicating fruits had ripened.
