Monday, March 31, 2014

What is this?

This is another pot of tree that is gifted to me... It looks like a citrus related tree somehow.... any idea?

Tomato

Another 3 tomato seedlings to the pot in the garden....

Pineapple

Awful colours and patterns! Wonders of nature... I am guessing the pineapple flowers do not need to be pollinated?

Harvest Today 31 March

I harvested these for my juicing today! Snake grass + lemongrass!! Yummy

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Banana

Both doing well! The 3rd one (which is the first lot that I planted) has not grown much at all.

Sweet Basil

Glad my sweet basil managed to get rid of the pests by themselves..Now seems healthy! So happy!

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Roselle

Another new attempt at growing roselle...I missed my roselle jam for sure!

Fig

It has reached my chest level now!! It really smells so nice whenever I go near the plant... Unlike the Hillview variety (where the fruits go near the base stem), for this variety, I think the fruits will grow at the leave end - like the mulberries....

Red Capsicum Harvested!

Its a bit soft on the centre = guess I should have harvested it days earlier...

Chinese Cabbage

Transplanted some of my chinese cabbage seedlings to the styrofoam box.... *pray for the best*

Soursop

After months, still so tiny!! Just like my longan... take ages to grow

Monday, March 24, 2014

Pineapple In Pot - Another!

The other pot of pineapple that I inherited is growing another pineapple!! Wow, 2 pineapples! Can't wait!

Ginger Harvest

Decided to harvest 1 lot of my ginger this morning... This lot is grown next to my ever expanding lemongrass so decided to harvest this lot to make way for my lemongrass. Used a little of this for my morning juices! Yum.. The spiciness in the juices really gives me the kick!

Snake Grass

Using the vacant shaded plot underneath the passion fruit vines to grow more snake grass! Now with juicing, I can grow more snake grass to be used as 1 of my ingredient for juicing... Snake grass apparently is a anti cancer aid! I tasted its leaves and it is not very bitter so it should do well in my juices.

Ba Long Long

They fruit so easily!!! I gotta picked the first 2 lots of fruits to juice! Ba Long Long juice with sour plum is yummilicious!

Strawberry

They have grown reasonably big now... praying for the best!! Wow, can't imagine if it starts to flower!!! Yoohoo

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Roselle

Surprised finding this morning while clearing up my roselle plants..... I did not harvest the remaining of the roselle so the fruits were left to dry up on the branches.... And, with the rain coming down for the past few days, it is providing life to the seeds!!

Mango Blossoms - Up Close!

So this is how they look like!!! I have never seen the mango flowers up close! :-)

Chandelier

My chandelier plant is producing seed pods!! Very soon, my garden will be sprouting with lots of them! I will be happy to give away seeds to anyone who wants them!!

Capsicum - Turning Red!

LOL... good that it is turning red instead of turning rotten!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Winter Melon - Hand pollination

Saw the female flower from yesterday has blossomed today so decided to do hand pollination instead of waiting for the bees... Hardly see bees moving around the garden these days....

Monday, March 17, 2014

Tomato

Think one of them is going to flower soon! The other seems not to be doing too good!

Chinese Cabbage

That's what is written on the pack! Finally I got some seedlings popping out...Hope they grow well..

Sweet Basil

The crumpled leaves finally give way to new & better growing leaves! I hope the pests will just leave my only remaining Sweet Basil alone....

Winter Melon - Another hope!

This is from another plant... I noticed that whenever the female flower comes up, an offshoot will appear somehow so that it will help to support its heavy fruit in the future.. I sure hope this is another success!!

Red Mini Chilli Padi

Galore!! Don't envy me!! LOL

Winged Beans Seedlings

I have plenty of winged beans seedlings now.... Moved 4 of them from my balcony pots to the ground.. Here's 3 of them sharing a big container... Did a mini trellis which I think will hold the vines well as winged beans are basically very light! This trellis is portable too so I can move it somewhere else when I am done with the winged beans! LOL

Rain Rain Rain!!

Heavy downpour started since yesterday so the garden is VERY wet from the rain.. Somehow I don't like the ground to be soaked as it means I will see (somehow) more creepy crawlies....like millipedes.... yucks
More rain means more weeds too!!!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Growing Pineapple In A Pot

Someone left behind a growing pineapple in a pot! So cute!! Wonder how long it took the person to grow this!

Banana Saplings

All 3 is alive & kicking! Yeah!

Melon Seedlings

Adapting well to the pot too...! They look like lotus leave on water in this picture somehow! LOL