Updates on my veggies

My backyard has been a new home to my vegetables, Japanese cucumber, ladiesfinger (okra), capsicums, chillies, regular tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and eggplants. They seemed to thrive well there maybe because of the full sunlight they received and the fresh breeze from the Ampang River and of course my tender and loving care! I noticed that they also seemed to fare much better in pots than on the ground! I intend to improve the soil on the beds with new raised beds and new compost for my next gardening project next year. Next year...seem so far away..but actually about a week more! I have been putting off the work, just thinking about it make me sooo tired since Im doing it alone...sigh*

my veggies in a row along the chain fence

lone Japanese cucumber when it started

how it has grown with many male flowers than female ones

The only survivor of my Japanese cucumber has grown so well in its new home showing me lots of new blooms since the first one Here. I have noticed that the plant has 2 types of blooms, so I presume this is another plant that has male and female flowers on the same plant. I see that the ants like my cucumber plant and guess they act as polinators. They are more male flowers than female ones on the plant, so all they need is a good polinator to get connected. Besides the ants, I have seen butterflies hovering around but never get the chance to photograph one yet.

female flower blooming




baby female flower...notice the black dots there, I think maybe they are baby aphids, not sure though...but I have brushed them off

more female flowers..the one on the background has dropped off completely one week after this photo was taken, maybe it didn't get polinated from the male flower

lovely baby cucumbers!



another one...hope I can sink my teeth on them before some pest get them first!


I think this is capsicum, not sure, might be chilli though...I just threw some capsicum seeds (green, yellow, red) with some chilli seeds in a planter box




it is flowering now

my lone survivor cherry tomatoes with lots of fruits! Remember I got 2 plants Here
then the other one withered and died!

Now the tomatoes are bigger than my thumb..waiting for them to ripen. Should I wrap them or just leave them be? Im worried about the musang (fox) that came at night to eat my papaya, it might be tempted to taste the tomatoes too! Even if I wrap those tomatoes, nothing to stop the fox from peeking under the wrap right?

baby ladiesfinger (okra)

see how it has grown...I have 2 plants here

my first harvest of ladiesfingers within 3 days...not bad!

....end up in my pot of asam pedas! besides asam pedas (kind of tangy spicy soup) I love to stir-fry with a bit of tumeric powder and prawns and also as ulam (blanche it first) to eat with sambal belacan!


So these are my first attempt at growing vegetables and I really like what I have done so far, the thrills of seeing the first fruits of my labour is the climax of it all! I hope the coming new year will see me trying my hand at more greens with the new seeds I have bought from MAHA 2010 and Diana (Kebun Malay-Kadazan girls) sent me all the way from Australia!

So here wishing you all bloggers who celebrate Christmas, have a Merry Christmas and good tidings and a Happy New Year for all!