New Year 2015

It's 3 more days before New Year 2015!

2014 had so many ups and downs! All to be remembered, learned from and appreciated!

I never really concentrated on the garden on the 1st half of the year. Nevertheless the garden plants and vegetables have survived well! Pest are doing a lot of damage when I turn my back. For 2014, snail was my biggest enemy! I have declare war with them. I can't tolerate and have peace with them.

One of my resolution for year 2014 was to reduce pesticide however, I didn't achieve the target. Hope I will be more environmental friendly  next year!

 I hope 2015 bring more joy and Happiness to all of us!

Wishes

I would like to wish all blogger friends who celebrate Christmas "Merry Christmas!" To the rest Happy Holiday! Hope all have a wonderful moment with loved ones!

GBBD- Dec 2014

This is the last month for the year 2014. Time fly so fast! In 2 weeks time we are going to celebrate new Year 2015!

This will the 2014 final show of flowers in my garden. The flowering plants look good as always! Sending out a lot of cheery flowers to brighten up the garden! Butterflies and dragon flies everywhere to be seen!

My favourite pink hibiscus is back flowering after long time. Something attack the plant and they started to shed all the leaves previously!

Someone have been munching the yellow hibiscus!

The white collection of flowers in the garden

To see more bloom around the world please visit http://www.maydreamsgardens.com

Ocimum tenuiflorum @ purple tulasi

Dark thulasi or karun thulasi in tamil is favourite plant in Indian house. They are very important ingredient for ayurvedic medicine too.

I got this plant from stem cutting. It was just a try but it work out. The thulasi plant have grown so much from the initial stage. I plant to plant them in larger pot this week.

From WIkipedia:
Ocimum tenuiflorum, also known as Ocimum sanctum, holy basil, or tulasī, is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native to the Indian Subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. It is an erect, many branched subshrub, 30–60 cm tall with hairy stems and simple opposite green or purple leaves that are strongly scented. Leaves have petioles and are ovate, up to 5 cm long, usually slightly toothed. The flowers are purplish in elongate racemes in close whorls.

Lemon and more lemon

My lemon plant is producing so much fruits at the moment. Most of them i squeeze to prepare lemon juice or "Air limau Nipis" in Malay. It's refreshing drinks and does reduce cholesterol.

It can be used in cooking too! 

Green beans harvest

Harvest time is really something that I look forward in my garden. Most of time I lost the race to pest in my garden but sometimes I do get some rewards!

Green beans have been producing good harvest from my garden! It taste so sweet fresh from garden. To tell the truth I never taste this flavour in market bought ones!

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