Rumman's garden

03/06/2026

A beautiful explanation about the pollination of figs. I always check if I see some remains though but until now I never saw it.

11/05/2026

Ever seen fresh chickpeas?

Did you ever get the chance to taste one (or two...)?

Today I have been gifted a bussel of stalks with little green pods attached to them.
I have been picking them and I opened a few pods for test tasting.
They taste sweet and the scent reminds me of fields full of produce in the late spring.

01/05/2026

24/04/2026

Grape leaves are ready to be handpicked.

24/04/2026

We started to handpick the grape leaves as they are now ready to make delicious "warak einab": filled grape leaves with meat or with a lemony rice filling.

We can customise your order to get medium big leaves or small. If you have preferences for one or the other, let us know.

Delivery above the ten kilo, otherwise pick up at our house in Amman. In the morning we pick, the same evening at your house if you give 24 hours prior notice.

Price per kilo is 4 JD.

First come, first serve.

12/12/2025

A gloomy, foggy and wet day. A perfect time for an orange chocolate bundt cake. Made with the last oranges from the garden.
No need to tell it tastes extraordinarily delicious.

22/11/2025

One of the most beloved and popular spices is the sumac: a red berry that after drying gets its sour taste. It goes well on kebabs (BBQ meat), salads (fatoush is my favourite), lebaneh (strained thick yogurt), cooked eggs, my first love Palestinian dish musakhan, spinach fatayer, hummus and even in a traditional Dutch dish like stamppot.

20/11/2025

This is our meager harvest.
Barely enough for us.
Hopefully next year it will be better.

09/11/2025

Unfortunately this affects many of the farmers, including us.
We have no idea how much we can harvest and more importantly, how many liters we can produce olive oil.

The price of a 16 liter container will probably be 140 JD.

Following two exceptional harvest seasons that bolstered the country’s rural economy, the Kingdom’s olive industry faces growing uncertainty in 2025 as water shortages and rising costs threaten production levels and farmers’ incomes, experts and sector stakeholders warn.

Representatives told The Jordan Times that the Kingdom’s olive production surged over the past two years, reaching nearly 190,000 tonnes of fruit and around 35,000 tonnes of oil in 2024, marking one of the sector’s strongest performances in years.

Adnan Khaddam, president of the Jordan Valley Farmers Union, cautioned that unstable weather patterns and irregular rainfall have negatively affected crops, reducing this year’s yields. “Fewer olives mean less oil to sell, and higher unit costs,” he explained.

Farmers across the country share similar concerns. Ahmad Said Eddin, an olive grower from Ajloun, said the effects of climate change have become increasingly visible. “We have noticed fewer flowers and smaller fruits this year,” he said. “Farmers across Jordan entered this season with mixed feelings.”

“This year, the yield is almost half of what we expected,” said Qusai Manaseer, an olive farmer from Salt with over two decades of experience. “For us, everything from irrigation to labour to pressing fees has become more expensive, and the price of oil cannot rise fast enough to cover these increases.”

In the northern governorates, where many families depend on olive farming as their main source of income, the reduced yield has affected local markets. “The mills are working fewer hours, and many farmers are delaying harvesting because the quantities are small,” said Saed Hamdan, a farmer and mill operator. “When production drops like this, the entire supply chain suffers, from workers picking the olives to traders and exporters.”