GBBD-March 2012

"Looking at the flowers soothe the heart!" I read this somewhere!

I totally agree with it! Every time I'm stress at work, I come back home all drain out. But the flowers always welcome me home and cheer me up! They just have a 'secret recipe" in them to cheer up human!

look at them. Don't you agree with me?

This is for GBBD March 2012. For more flowers blooming around the world, please visit may dream flower

Harvest

I spent most of yesterday evening to pick my harvest. I have pick most of the tomatoes reaching maturity. There were beans, chillies and lady's fingers too!

balance after yesterday cooking

I just realise that the beans are not in the photo. I have cooked them fresh! I add few lady's fingers in curry too. The balance is what i have taken picture.

Tomatoes this time were small but they taste yummy!

powderpuff at the new place!

Few weeks ago I shifted my potted powderpuff plant to the ground and give it a little hair cut. The plant has grow big and it always topple when the wind blow strong. The roots were coming out of the pot too!

It has a beautiful puffy flower.

The plant need little attention and can be propagated from semi wood cuttings. I realise that mealy bug love this plant so check the leaves often. Place them under the sun and they will burst into many pretty red flowers! Butterflies love them! If you want to see more flowers and butterflies in the garden, you can plant this beauty!

I hope powderpuff like this new place!

Mussaenda Luteola

Luteola have been in my garden for more than 1-1/2 years. It have grown up to become a big shrub with many pretty yellow flowers!

I have prune it before and it doesn't mind it! Soon they become more bushier shrub with more flowers! Very easy to grow plant with no pest so far. You can just plant it under the sun and forget it!

This plant can be propagated from semiwood and softwood cuttings. However I never succeed to propagate them yet.

If you have space in your garden give a try with this beauty. They will cheer up your garden!!

Sawi

I sowed some sawi seeds which I'm keeping for the past 2 years ++. I was not sure of the seeds condition but it turn out to be very unhealthy or may be the soil is too hard for them . I tried using fertilizer but in vain. They have started to bolt after 4-5 leaves.....sigh.....

Anyway last weekend I manage to buy a lot of soils and manage to add some kitchen waste too. Hope it will nourish the soil for next planting vegetable! ;)

cute seeds

This is my first time to really sit and see the pucuk manis / sayur manis vegetable's seeds.

It reminds me of Christmas somehow!

Brinjal

This is my first attempt to grow brinjal or eggplants in my garden. It seems to take it own time to grow. May be it's my fault as the new bed is full of clay soil. I never add enough good soil.

I don't have time to go nursery to buy soil. I must do it this weekend. Hopefully. Time just fly so fast and I feel 24hrs is not enough.....gheee.....I think some will agree with me rite? hahhahah....

I let it take it's own time to grow.  I keep my finger cross! ;)

health nutrition of brinjal ( Wikipedia information):

"Studies of the Institute of Biology of São Paulo State University, Brazil, have shown eggplant is effective in the treatment of high blood cholesterol.


It helps to block the formation of free radicals and is also a source of folic acid and potassium.
Eggplant is richer in nicotine than any other edible plant, with a concentration of 100 ng/g (or 0.01 mg/100g). However, the amount of nicotine from eggplant or any other food is negligible compared to passive smoking. On average, 20 lbs (9 kg) of eggplant contains about the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette."