Serai after a hair cut

Serai or lemongrass has been growing quietly at a corner of my garden. On and off I take some for my cooking. They look like a big bunch of weed or "lalang" from far!

I love the aroma of cooking chicken with them!

I did tidy the plant last weekend. A few hair cut and clean up the weeds around them.  

Lemongrass

I did some weeding in the garden last week. All the weeds are left to dry and add to the vegetable bed. Lemongrass had a good share of mulch too!

The one planted outside the gate along the road. It's quiet sturdy actually. Just don't leave it wet feet.

Lemon grass

I learn from pass experience about lemon grass. They do not like wet/soggy soil. I have once very lush lemon grass bush. I lost them during monsoon season where we get so much rain. Previously I planted them at low area where water pool when heavy rain for few days!

I transfer the plant to higher place and they are growing well now!

Lemon grass usually used in making curries. Any meat taste really good when you add lemon grass! I read somewhere that it can reduce cholesterol too!

Mango tree

The Mango tree seems to grow well outside my house. It's more that my height now. It's fun to see how a seed germinate and grow to become a big tree!

Mango having roselle and lemongrass as friends. They don't seems to mind growing together! ;)

A good hair cut!

                                                                          Before

                                                                               After

Grass ?

One plant in the garden that we don't have to put much care is lemongrass. They survive on their own. Mine have overgrow and the leaves are drying. They do look like tall grass.

I have took some to plant it surrounding the house as it's believed to be insect repellent.

The other day i found a web which provide names for it in different language:

French: Citronnelle
German: Zitronengras
Italian: erba di limone
Spanish: hierba de limon
Indian: bhustrina, sera
Indonesian: sere, sereh
Lao: bai mak nao
Malay: serai
Sinhalese: sera
Thai: takrai

Any other name in another language?

Lemongrass

Serai or lemongrass that i planted 4 months ago have become so lush!  I think this is the only vegetable that grows so well without much attention, no pest attack and happy under any condition!

Once in a while i will bring knife to cut one or two of them. Nevertheless they grow happily!



after a good shower!



Lemon grass

2 together

Planted this lemon grass plant a month ago. Took 2 stalks and planted side by side. Amazingly it just grew without fuss! They are really easy to grow! So far no pest around them.

Lemon grass or Cymbopogon is a very useful plant. It can be used in coking, as pesticide, as preservative and even valued for medicine!