cucumber - another try

This is my another trial on cucumber. My previous plant died while bearing fruits. They wilted all of sudden and dry off. I uprooted some and found so many worms on their root. I guess they are some pest larva.

I have seen a lot of Orange insect eating the leaves. I never really put attention on them as I thought the pest are just munching on the leaves. I think they have done enough damage to my plants with depositing their eggs in the soil.

This time I watch out for them. The cucumber plants have started to produce flowers and bear a fruit. My eyes are wide open to find any pest! I hope when I turn my back on my garden none of the pest attack the plant!

pineapple fruiting

This is far beyond my expectation! My pineapple plant have started to set fruit. This is really a big surprise for me. I hardly care for them except watering done once a day. Once in a while I will put some fertilizer.

The young fruit is red in colour for now. This is my first time to see pineapple young fruit!

I read somewhere that it takes another 6 months for the fruit to mature! It's a long journey but I more than happy to see the ripe fruit! 

GBBD November 2014

It's raining everyday now in Malaysia. The weather is so unpredictable. It will be very hot in the morning and heavy down pour in the afternoon.

Rain bring a lot of joy to plants....Yes I know but when I turn my back to my garden many snails make a party! They have a big feast on my vegetables, young shoots and young seedling. I'm cracking my head to race the snail. They come out in big amount and the eggs are hiding in so many places that it's really hard to eliminate them. I'm on the losing part I guess....

Anyway flowers blooming in the garden give me so much happiness to me.

Adenium in full bloom. Some of them drop down at the car porch.

Yellow colour is striking in my garden!

My white hibiscus is back !

My favorite school time flower in bloom too!

Red is colour of bold! Red is colour of love! and Red colour is a must in my garden! ;)

Another portion of garden with white theme. Kangkung flowers are pretty too!

For more flower blooming around the work visit http://www.maydreamsgardens.com

Ubi kayu @ Cassava

Cassava or Ubi kayu is famous tuber plant in Malaysia. This is another plant that I'm putting my hand on. I got few cuttings from a friend. They are easy to grow from stem cuttings. If you have space in your garden may be you can try like me.

Cassava is very high in carbohydrate. The highest next to rice. There are few ways to cook cassava. My favorite is to boil them until soft. then drain the water and sauté with indian spices to add flavour. Another way is to fry them.

Anybody have other recipe to share with using cassava? I bet many home chef are around ! ;)

Kuchai @ Chives

I decided to try to grow some new vegetables in the garden. One of them are Chinese Kuchai or Chives. I'm not sure if Western Chives and Asian Kuchai are the same.

In Malaysia we cook kuchai like normal vegetables! They taste great when sauté with ginger and Tauhu. The leaves are also added into noodles. They taste good!

Mine was planted from seeds. It takes longer time to grow this way. For faster growth it's better to grow from the bulb.  I sow few seeds but only 2 become the survivors. They really look like onion plant at this stage.

From Wikipedia: 

The plant has a distinctive growth habit with strap-shaped leaves unlike either onion or garlic, and straight thin white-flowering stalks that are much taller than the leaves. The flavor is more like garlic than chives. It grows in slowly expanding perennial clumps, but also readily sprouts from seed. In warmer areas, garlic chives may remain green all year round. In cold climates, leaves and stalks will completely die back to the ground, and re-sprout from its roots or rhizomes in the spring.