Sunday, February 28, 2016

Pickings!

Picked 3 stalks of moringa to make omelette egg for lunch!
A blade of banana leaf to make Ang Ku Kueh!
And some stalks of pandan leaves to make pandan rose to put in my car as natural car freshener!

Variegated Indian Borage

Removed from the ground and grew them in pots instead! I need to free up some prime ground planting space! LOL

Edamame Blooms

They look so pretty! Like a mini flower bouquet!

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Japanese Rose

They never fail to brighten my day and make me say 'awwwwwww'

Last night's Dinner

Freshly picked rocket, sweet basil, cherry tomato and tiny cucumber!

Chye Sim Seedlings

These seeds were from 2014! Still very viable!
Oh no! From the picture, I saw a cone snail inside this pot!!

Pink Cloeme Seedlings

Oh gosh, so many sprouted!

Plantain

They are so SUPER GOOD to relief mosquito itch! One of my occupational hazard is mosquito bites! I get them everyday in the garden so this weed is super good to relief the itch!

Harvest Today 25 Feb

Gifted the biggest cucumber to my neighour!

Parsley

Haha.... I am trying parsley again! Farmer's attitude : never say die!! Try until it works!! LOL

Sage

Argh, my sage is dying on me! Even after I changed pot & soil. Aiyo... To save it, I cut 2 stalks and root again!

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Fish Enzyme

My first lot of fish enzyme ready for use! They are thick but not much of smell! I am not sure if its because of this that my round brinjal seems to be doing quite well past few days!

Recycled!

Found this rack, box & bricks thrown away at the Bin Centre! So happy! Haha.. cheap thrill

Lemon Tree

My lemon tree grew new leaves after I planted it on the ground! Whew.. The new leaves sure look much healthier!

Basil Variety

Look what I found at NTUC Finest! Cinnamon & Oppa Basil? Wow never heard of them! Glad to find them... Haha... Rooting them in water first! I hope they survive!

Cherry Tomatoes - 2nd Generation

2nd generation cherry tomatoes after the continuous rain!

Kang Kong

Growing tall again! Kang Kongs are very easy to grow but they attract pests like white flies and tiny worms easily so need to spray enzyme water on them almost daily for prevention.

Cucumber

My very first well pollinated cucumber in the making!! LOL... usually they are odd shaped! Good to see a well formed one!

Monday, February 15, 2016

Big Green Lime - Grafting

I cut off the grafted part of the lime branch. See the many roots that had developed over the 2 months!
Potted it, trimmed off some branches and leaves & praying for the best!

Sage - Black Dots

Black dots are appearing on the leaves of my sage plant! Not sure why so decided to dig up and change pot to see if it helps to get rid of them. There is nothing unusual in the soil when I dug up the pot.....

Roselle - Non Flowering Variety

Was just informed by my neighbour that this variety of roselle is non flowering!! Argh! This is planted for the leaves - it can be used for stir fry.

Flower - No ID

My No ID flower bloomed! Pretty!

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Papaya Seedlings

Potted 4 papaya seedlings for a friend into poly bags! So many sprouted on its own! I have not been v successful in growing papayas! It dawned on me that perhaps papayas prefer dry feet! I must have been giving them too much water so that's why they don't grow well!!!

Lantern Berry

The protection helps! It is getting stronger by the day.

Rockets

I can start picking them now for my salad!

Lettuce

Not sure what variety of letuce this is as it sprouted on its own so decided to plant them together with my rockets!

Kang Kong

Picked them today for dinner!
Replenish some fertiliser and let them grow again!

Mango - Flower Buds

Finally! The wait is over! Haha... Spotted 3 separate bunches of flower buds high up! It is way too high to take a close up view!

Flower

No ID for this plant - it looks like a mix between an orchid and a lily :-) I picked this plant in Johor months ago. Finally it flowered!

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Non GMO Seeds!

Wow, first time I saw Non GMO Seeds in Malaysia! Bought them from Zenxin Organic Park @ Kluang. RM4 per pack!

Pink Cloeme

Went to Johor over CNY and visited Forest City. Flowers galore!! As usual, it is a field day for me to look at beautiful flowers and pick any seeds! Haha.... I saw this pink cloeme! Managed to pick some seeds to plant! Those that I have grown earlier on are purple ones so I am happy to find pink ones now! Hopefully they will all sprout!

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Sweet Basil - Flowers

White! So pretty!
Will be away for CNY holidays! See you all in the Year of the Monkey!! Bye bye to Year of the Goat!

Cherry Tomato - 2nd Generation

2nd generation cherry tomatoes!

Ginseng Jawa

Yup they have rooted! I like the shape of their leaves and how they branch out!

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Plenty of Rain!

Of late, it has been raining every other day! Surely it makes my gardening effort a little easier! I hope the rain will be in small little droplets like sprinklers from the jet! LOL

Lantern Berry

Gotta 'bottled' up my lantern berry as something is eating it! Urgh! Pests pests! They are everywhere!

Purple Bulbed Flower

I got some seeds of some purple bulbed flower last month from Cameron. Sowed them immediately upon return and it actually took about 1 month for it to start sprouting! Patience paid off! I almost wanted to give up and dig up the soil for other use!
No ID yet of this flower but it is a beautiful purple ball - something similar to the flowers of chives!