Sunday, October 23, 2016

If you want bees, plant this!

Yup, this is from experience!! :-) Bees love them!
But only those single petals!

Cape Gooseberry

Plenty of flowers but no fruits still!! :-(

Herbal Tea Mix

All from my garden!! Brewed this concoction as herbal tea weekly! Taste great! Added in a green apple which is not home grown of course!
From left to right : pandan leave, guava leave, mulberry leave & lemongrass

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Good To Be Back Again!

LOL.... it has been a long time ago since I last updated my blog!! Lazy me, hope to get back on track again.... :-)
This portulaca grew on its own. The circumference of the flower petal is at least twice that of the usual variety that I have! So great that it has decided to make its home in one of my pot!!! They are so beautiful to look at!!

Pi Pa

This is a pi pa plant that I got from a gardening contest! Growing steadily. Not sure if it will fruit but the leaves are medicinal!

Rosemary

Sole surviving rosemary! Will buy rosemary from the supermarket and try growing again...! This is definitely not enough for me to start picking for cooking!!

Fig

My one and only fig plant that is producing fig for me..... Not sure why this is producing fruit! I just couldn't get the others to do the same...

Gifted Plant

Someone gifted me with this plant - I am not sure what is the name but they produce cute little flowers.

Blue Pea Butterfly

My multi petal blue pea butterfly is blooming! They look more pretty than the single petal ones and the colour is deeper too.
Can't wait to collect more seeds so that I can grow more of them. But somehow the flowers dropped off :-( The single petal one:

Kailan

Neighbour's uncle gave me some stem cut Kailan to grow. Not exactly a fan of kailan :-) But didn't know they can be grown via stem cutting!

Stevia

My pot of stem cut Stevia - doing ok for now. I hope they bushed up so that I can start another pot of them!

Star Fruit - Blooms and Little Star Fruitlets

Mass flowering of my star fruit plant! I got at least 20 star fruitlets! Looking forward to bountiful harvest!