Friday, February 25, 2011

Beans - another batch


This time i have better luck with green beans! I sow 4 seeds and 3 of them are growing healthily! I saw some purple flowers too! Soon there will be beans for me to pick! Hopefully i can be faster than the monkeys!


I'm really having big problem with monkeys! They seems to steal + eat most of my vegetables! I have lost all my tomatoes, long beans and corns to them! I really appreciate if anyone could give any suggestions / ideas to chase them away!!  


Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ginger


I use to place the basket full of onion , garlic and ginger in my open kitchen. Monkeys use to steal onions and throw my gingers away! Once i put up the "pagar", monkeys stay outside ! hahaha....

This is ginger plant from the monkeys work! i have few of them growing at the shade area of my garden and my neighbour too!











I don't know how to harvest ginger. I haven't google  about it yet! Do you think this plant have matured?

 

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Persian Violet

Persian Violet is another plant that die on me 3 times that i stop buying them! They are so expensive for a small pot but have pretty purple blooms!


I discharge the last plant and pour the soil into my rose pot. From nowhere the baby seedling appears and grow so healthily! This make me wonder! The nursery guy told me that it should be kept in shade and less watering. But now it's growing wildly under sun and rain.......

I just transferred them to an empty pot and place them near the rose plant! Let see the progress!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sunflower getting stronger!


Sunflowers are growing up stronger now! I have planted 5 in a row with 3 of them heading up now! 2 more are still adding more leaves at the moment! It were planted later. If everything goes well i shall see many sunflowers in a row soon! How is wish for it!

Atleast they have survived all the snail and caterpillar attack so far!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Zinnia Bloom

I have beautiful Zinnia blooming in my garden now. The flowers are very bright colours and bigger than the one i have in my garden. The seeds was given to me by One. Thank you for sending this seeds!




flower bud

my garden Zinnia - smaller variety

Friday, February 18, 2011

Holy Basil

Tulasi or holy Basil have set enough seeds for me to collect! I haven't decide to sow the seeds or keep for future planting. I do use the leaves for medical purposes. I have post on the benefit before here


If everything goes well, i will have a row of them in my garden!


Thursday, February 17, 2011

Toad again....


I don't count how many toads in my garden but as far as i know there are 2 black colour big toads as they always try to make home in my wet kitchen, below the sink...... Now that i have fix the "pagar" on my kitchen gate after finding snake, i use to see them jumping outside at night.

This little yellow colour toad is new to me! It's a bit very alert that i couldn't snap any near shot!  


Can you see the toad?


It's jumping away from me... pass by the spinach
I'm happy to see toads as they eat mosquito and beneficial to garden but...... it also a sign of food for the snake? don't they....OHhh.... i hope NOT!