tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12514153791883942702024-03-14T01:35:26.171-07:00GO RIGHT IN....MY GARDENGardening leaves me weak at the knees!p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-9405025232969653722011-08-25T19:04:00.000-07:002011-08-25T21:01:18.399-07:00Sweet, Sweet Pulasan<div align="center">What looks like rambutan but sweeter than <em>rambutan</em> and lychee? Its the <em>pulasan</em>, a native of Malaysia. It looks almost like <em>rambutan</em> and some people do confused it if they are not familiar with our local fruits.They come from the same family Sapindaceae. While <em>rambutan</em> is called Nephelium Lappaceum, the pulasan is called Nephelium Mutabile or the Hairless <em>Rambutan.</em> The word <em>pulasan</em> comes from the Malay word <em>pulas </em>which means to twist. Thats how you open the fruit, you have to twist it at both ends to get the sweet fleshy white inside.</div>
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<br /><div align="center">On my trip to Muar recently, I came across 2 bushy, laden with fruits, pulasan trees at my friend Som's house. It has been a long time since I saw one! <em>Rambutan</em> trees are more commonly planted in most compounds and I have one in mine which is about 40 years old! I think people prefer <em>rambutan</em> to <em>pulasan</em> because the flesh are more firm and easier to come out from the seeds although <em>pulasan</em> is much sweeter and juicier.
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<br /><p align="center">almost ripe <em>pulasan</em> on the tree</p>
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<br /><p align="center">opened ripe <em>pulasan</em> to reveal the sweet flesh, the skin is thicker than <em>rambutan</em>'s
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<br /><p align="center">one of Som's <em>pulasan</em> tree laden with fruits, the tree is only about 6 feet, rounded with dense bushy branches sweeping the ground.....even the fruits are kissing the ground too!</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 391px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644990558967667474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmoCslcymDOviJTKY6bZQ75TiaOFC4P-JNxQV7MoM6CchyphenhyphenuuwccsK4r17nI_37wnAl5A95cj9uCb9H5igR6znUc8ISmov95TmBp7CLeJlPCaQVjlJHkuAVkmvqT4GVzuOfujeUJp6vaI/s400/rambutan2.jpg" />
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<br /><div align="center">comparing those of <em>pulasan</em> these are the <em>rambutans</em>
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<br />Both fruits are in season now and you can get them by the roadsides in make-shift stalls set up to sell them to passing motorists along with the King of Fruit, the Durian! On the way back, I loaded my small car boot with 30 <em>durians</em>, bags of <em>rambutans</em> from my friend Asiah's orchard and <em>pulasans</em> from Som's! They are my favourite fruits and was craving for them when I was pregnant with my first son!
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<br /><div align="center">Next Tuesday the Muslims here and all over the world, will be celebrating the end of the fasting month, Ramadhan, with the festival <em>Hari Raya Aidil Fitri</em>. There will be cooking, eating, visiting and be merry for the whole month with our local open houses. So enjoy everybody.....watch your weight!</div>
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<br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI TO BLOGGERS AND ALL MUSLIMS!</strong></span></div>
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<br /><div align="center"></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-78743651988311412122011-08-20T19:13:00.000-07:002011-08-20T19:47:21.903-07:00Today's Flowers - My all time favourite<div align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>WATER HYACINTH</strong>
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<br />Go to <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#6633ff;">Today's Flowers</span></a> and <a href="http://macroflower-saturday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#6633ff;">Macro Flowers Saturday</span></a> to see some gorgeous blooms displayed.</div>
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<br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">ENJOY!</span></strong></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-16544564677924147502011-08-16T19:37:00.000-07:002011-08-16T19:43:21.517-07:00Wordless Wednesday - Homegrown spinach and instant noodles- Slurp!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641649776815292882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAqyLbjgNHE5PlaX3hFQ5ZsnGxA7ePfa85hBUX-OaWfYEjI3H2oqB1Ab9eCmJx4dP64Lw2Xp_N6CCr1nxSxNpX3y1BR8OZ1QwE4-pA9ytfiBy9H0VkqOaz2Ok1t102B0D18wqh3i-Sps/s400/muar+070.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ9gEhqAkpopTkgcyll44nPZP-UT08RwiE8JKFs-AzCjNPvpDshAK-lvQfXP5FdPUb4riySc6kJIILb1MkiRNYAot9vc5YbGfbU0az9QtVJmL4GAc4YNu6zbS9ONsvEauJCf1lPHPBzg/s1600/tomatillo+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641649783222880562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ9gEhqAkpopTkgcyll44nPZP-UT08RwiE8JKFs-AzCjNPvpDshAK-lvQfXP5FdPUb4riySc6kJIILb1MkiRNYAot9vc5YbGfbU0az9QtVJmL4GAc4YNu6zbS9ONsvEauJCf1lPHPBzg/s400/tomatillo+008.jpg" /></a>
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<br />p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-25612637436743066982011-08-11T09:39:00.001-07:002011-08-14T08:08:05.959-07:00First blooms<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639647933507399314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmws-f5Qf1oc5sEwVg7qZfqMPFkkWZ-r6k3IIYI6ZZ9XJf4LW-QxcEBWljheN37jejA8gnIjoia69Pl3aWLwgbkIyUBVV8pUhL0Ukl_7TsQ_s_Yfxh9wFtLCy3BAwKRXk3Ki5MPDB1u-M/s400/tomatillo+010.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639639619377397714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3P9oDqNc_eqTV9MucNGXV6FLZuR9BAJan55LDb8xiLnYxVrmgUgJljCI5iyKmn1FipcULet_DerkOf5-Wca6d6y66EhY-hKC5k9gaNu5efLvaT1E7pYFDdQJdDwMqsKql9hTgFFh_OY/s400/tomatillo+009.jpg" />
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<br />The orange and yellow blooms are very attractive and catch your eyes immediately. They are climbers and will make good decorative plants on your fence or a pergola. I bought this plant seedling last year and placed it behind the mulberry bushes outside the fence. If you stand in front of the fence you cant see them. Finally it has shown its bright and lovely blooms. The blooms are showing their lovely faces to the garden inside facing my small pond, gracing just above the fence.</div>
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<br /><div align="center">Well...since then, Stephanie of <a href="http://stephgreenspace.blogspot.com/">Steph's Green Space </a>had provided the name of this vine, its called Bauhinia kockiana. Thank you again Steph!</div>
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<br /><div align="center">Linking this to Tootsie's <a href="http://www.tootsietime.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Fertiliser Friday/Flaunt your flowers</span></a>.</div>
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<br />p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-25566643701511858232011-08-08T19:42:00.000-07:002011-08-08T20:32:17.429-07:00Tomatillo in my garden?<div align="center">I thought at first they were some new weeds, so was looking forward to some pretty tiny flowers I havent seen before. Then as they grew bigger, they resembled a lot like chilli plants, they even have blooms just like chillies but only tinier and yellow in colour. Completely forgotten about them much later until one day I saw small dangling fruits looking just like our local Chinese lanterns! They are paper thin and some have turned yellowish. I remembered seeing these in a few blogs and googled to find out more about them. Lol...they are called TOMATILLO! Pronouced as 'toe-mah-TEE-yo'. I was surprised but delighted indeed they can grow here and in my garden!</div>
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<br /><div>green tomatillos dangling like lanterns</div>
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<br /><div>I was curious when I felt that inside the paper thin outside covering called husk, is a small lump, so to see whats inside I tear the husk and...a small tiny fruit!</div>
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<br />The tomatillo is called the husk tomato or green tomato by the Mexican and a staple ingredient in Mexican cuisine in making their green salsa sauce. It gives a tarty flavour to the sauce. Though called green tomato, it shouldnt be confused with the unripe normal tomato which is of the same family but of different genus. I dont know what to do with my harvest of these new fascinating vegetables in my garden. Should I cook them in my curry and stew or just toss them in my salad?
<br />I guess you can never trust whats in the seed packets you sow!
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<br /></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-63329199666868684562011-08-04T20:44:00.001-07:002011-08-05T10:07:10.266-07:00Flaunting them but not mine!<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div align="center">Got 2 days break from babysitting last Thursday and Friday, so my friend Noni and I went visiting our friends in Muar, a small town in the southern state of Johore. The main purpose was actually to savour the local food there before the fasting month of Ramadhan, the gluttons we are! </div><br /><br /><div align="center">I couldn't help myself, snapping away when we went over to our friend Som's small garden especially her orchids and euphorbia millis.</div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637213859463251810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLSWMV5PTS52BdAvQ4dJ2NCeRE4-bPxG4ENSoxuxqkN7F-wjAHnvm67RD-bhErLRPLsp8AClviQzdNjZhMy_GIky1SQSOmlb4t0a6ThOmaa1Fy3Ike01FxvFyVl6XL8zuNWk3oKBVsMg/s400/muar+015.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637225588150690450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOJi9L_tcVnSytGVaTyrnr5zYaC_wdrsmAxMmVdEZnRNJVVB6FU6f_WPZqYDAlmxcYq2mD_ATj2A3SIJQY2lXVDwjd6UZz5xIw6Rc0JKzzKFGbTwkaoFE-51qhhmHNSVQK_PHedvTM-A/s400/muar+014.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637218320656319058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTtkGpZotguPGIsad9SqJ9l3QZahCGnzpFO7aN0pxWSamQ2SFeZ2I2vkYlNoXV8e_SJAfuou35qgwmURfw2Zv6zIhVTQ4Lol2OF1XC_UhIi1Ph6gjV48wMI6Df6_IdjSvZvmk5uvBqwPI/s400/muar+018.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637213871523124338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVDSMIx0E6rmo8cvCf2IFD56siA2Heii0ubFsfeo8MA1rXAx6tSK-k-rIyO6ELuIIjzzk6ybepkb1s9e-XOYP6lK6qJJImFuMgbxGnxk4Q9M7fKoZvysi3qOCDTlq9F3KDERq-sBox58/s400/muar+019.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637213869456874898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgup2jahGRHVDiFfIYkkS2RwEVq2D0rYEEY04OJ5tXBviTMwDjCBnH0xI6WSv1fbJ9K4KyPtUwfWRrOaGYc6Aehn5Xh1LEiUjtW5z3NP3jiVNr_I2Z_bKOaHHEUKcWM2FJH5HYqLZRe2Io/s400/muar+022.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637243524024245682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUqH0SLy-mBcoGXdvWI0NVo8ZjyuQsfnBNibv8aGmH9zfBt4k9cbNNr_DlT6bvyZlKICA6V6PRgrX1AEJ30p4I-pEjxIBa4Z5yaOvLW3cTWBhc4mrS9iPnMKvxg7q6W87sbmXtqN8b4A/s400/muar+057.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637219463053304994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfdERJLgctk9cg8TGJeaK4AEN1qQyoVv8BeJbKU_4DGkU-4T7uS1Xolj4NnoE0f8e0NVMIP4w7dVHsnbEbsRMJNzcJ6yYxoBGwAbI1ghZKKuejyxT0ko6HKuEygEUpAeCLE4egymaGS4/s400/muar+026.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">some striking colours of foliage</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637218329292295666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYPIuh2Fmub7e6zo5dU-dAtK4IE6F3n71nNUL-LNe2KUN2p2b_6YtCv3j8n1H0BEoaqf4OKsnuuHSTfCkGvbu1ly7YsgKiHlTJdvptZv6Bi5bbrXSnS8_wlSJ5UtkzF8KSFFxf-8rWgE/s400/muar+009.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637219453942483586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFjcUWpBqAenQEiAOHy8VxlN9sMP31pvwEGkK2Ix8eektbejt4y-X8nj-GrmNX4IlT2H73GEPxRXBak73O6IFCz11aHI7XF3l0cDXI0RB-Tj4wpQ129xUotF6P_kPuSRvYHhQ6h601ok/s400/muar+013.jpg" />Then last but not least, blooming at the R&R stop at Seremban along the highway were the lovely plumbago....<br /><br />Linking this to Tootsie's <a href="http://www.tootsietime.com/2011/08/fertilizer-friday-flaunt-your-flowers.html"><span style="color:#6633ff;">Fertiliser Friday/Flaunting your Flowers</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy Weekend!<br /></div></span></strong></span></div></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-84377315698703004522011-08-02T06:13:00.000-07:002011-08-05T10:06:22.220-07:00Floral arrangement from my garden<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FL-AZxz80CUmbDD7va5XipoM2uyXtJgCLdUfVG1zhSjV7Jlj70XfsrJ-naetYkpYi-ed4Qx_ISfak8GPbuUM0C05jAQQ6IELd9yzTuC4U13mu1NkqQZ_GsWF5iqNIf-Dm41GdNsJe2c/s1600/floral+022.jpg"></a>I love to have floral arrangement made from whatever blooms I have in my garden at that moment. It may be just a single flower or a few bunched up together for my dining or coffee table. And its so happen, Amy from <a href="http://www.getbusygardening.com/2011/08/weekly-flower-arrangement_02.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Get Busy Gardening</span> </a>is also showing off her weekly<br />floral arrangement too!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636249343069751458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyXiLDEAux7grSKPvKkVJX5ESRtCJemNIw0sCyYEvRwv1QK5jfpAzNPrZ9BG6RwH9XbMsV105udTcdBQB9n3Smy7xFxKu9X11zUBBbY5Htw226zaGkhqQjMUP3PkXTuUiS1GB-jo__I8/s400/vegie+001.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Its a simple one, starting off with a single bunch of water hyacinth which is blooming in my pond, let it stand in a bowl of water</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636249346980370754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN98XxZhjGmNikGQRWmbKbi9Bfv2pp-BJYLqboEsHSYf7wAf_zW67Yrw9e9BwDxIdHdf9dDTfTPwc4aft0HVNPyxOCHWbvKH3wdzybuRfpWwPUYZa-bEsPnf3UZw5tST6-h1ulqByq4VY/s400/floral+035.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">then I fill in the gaps with some blue hydrangeas and pink impatiens.....</p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636246901523750674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbcTHkwAGmjv9AElpg_L7gj8v09ieKhreSoAaaf4-u97VdObAGiYimXy423YoSmdTzgWuBevhjBWgEQOIDA6X5PBVJlUapOfsc1eNuqzCdXcPm6jeuF6ZqUOnOjqCtaq4Lye_XMG-VCA/s400/floral+036.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">there!...a bowl of low flower arrangement for my dining table<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Do you have enough flowers in your garden now to make one flower arrangement? Go to <a href="http://www.getbusygardening.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Amy's garden</span></a> and see her beautiful and colourful floral arrangement!</p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-58536333688632834972011-07-18T19:56:00.001-07:002011-07-19T09:25:47.232-07:00Crouching tiger under the mulberry bushes<div align="center"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>Time for mulberry picking! Again...</strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Every two months, the 7 mulberry bushes in front of my house is heavy with sweet berries to be picked. Armed with a red strainer, I went crouching under the bushes to pick as many as I can before my grandson woke up from his nap.</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 402px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630895221190677426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5d1s-OjMn3IzSvKJvr9B_qK4703S9Iuv_aETCe98DmY_C5Nb8dKGUrVPMTtIfX_CcW2hrdRzFScLiun6T5tN0nsr4VYvd0HXzQ4A__bnVVNSj7GZ00EHHZk6pH4ar-JuxqO4OwDd23bA/s400/aymans+018.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">7 mulberry trees outside the fence</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630895216569814226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5Z67tQ26IvgDnEhFasPj4j7KVIR9ajmx371p4xlp0R7g-TUtXKVv6aGpYpSDZGgElbgoQCge5k6TlnNVdTUgNidGgl-8AXP49nnai3RZz6eh2aUBkx3qtFjBsbtIZrjbtToI4qt6FHE/s400/aymans+017.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">after two months without pruning, they shoot out almost covering the front of the house, higher than the fence and covered completely my <em>pondok</em> on the right</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630892654238863042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93rlgEnuRg_usc4bFdMmbuN8s6_CatrDxajd6w89BUdzr3abJfjSLp0OzyKqtd0MiT8Ce8z24tamsCdI35qJ0JNWgyxNBgIHNlzhFecMmD52UQ-dKIpgmrx9TqoNIp_P6LSbq0p9AmvE/s400/aymans+010.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">crouching like a tiger under the bushes laden with fat juicy berries, my hand, one holding the strainer, while another busy picking the berries and popping some in my mouth...well, they are safe, no pesticides were ever used on the plants</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630892666601237618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HTnfXK7pFUrcvFqwwcCgI43qSvmALoEvr3heb5XvD1SlR5mnqcOR-YKB81TMEz95z0t8KJj3f3zPiWZRO73-cLWV5S25KHd0S3KPcsW5J6Z25g4vI2uT9Os8uXhtMwFNBzXtN9PGSjk/s400/aymans+016.jpg" /><br />the mulberry bushes are pruned every 2 months...well, actually they are hacked roughly by the Bangladeshi I hired to cut the grass around my house...</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630892661895417554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiQP9mdckDyQBgrscBlqBSYWVQ85gdWOMw-8MnAFbZ2vkSPArG-wHEf8BTN9UW6CsTSSwc9-05J7JZg2LShueMiIq4i9-FpRDWAWGYcGr8Wzt-3KFbfebOqF1YVyojhU1i0uuhaURyoM/s400/aymans+008.jpg" /><br />anyway, the pruning will automatically trigger the bushes to flower and bear fruits....I think there must be thousands of those berries!</div><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630892651371957090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrtvM8toB5WTA8FZkStX0pPK8O-o1Y2rNjSxgYYBqDlMwO2ztRlrv00K1A3GTZS1RQHjUNniF7t7N06Lz2Uim24Mqynehkd8q45yi4E_A-X2fpmbRQAY03X-wM6Unyttw2HaqZUmEXic/s400/aymans+007.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">the berries had actually started to ripen a few days before I picked them, so lots of those 'black' berries (actually they were dark purple) were on the branches and some on the ground</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630892671148520386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2z7KINsG7T950ce8ESa2HSmun779EyzrOELxNpgl_zXyCZ2A1NjMVW1PQ6WKdCZ-3avD2_jtXoK8qQ0jTwhJ9toj3j5C22uv5TAbhZ6YOICK6rhyphenhyphenaHFIkwD3TmvJnin8xjcd3rK7C_zQ/s400/aymans+013.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">each tree trunk is this thick after 3 years of planting them and many had since being propagated and given to family, friends, and neighbours </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630895219579308066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVDPOkZENaw3jBNRralby-Eo0BjsXXjjHios6Olp3-K7HOkjopMuxhdMNuWxBh5ZaQ4NWDgW2Il11_ju-a46yNZ4P_n7tVyXIvpAkAexsFsUAYQTt4i8_xKOAHGUuraKCmOIEo7ch1Tg/s400/aymans+019.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">one strainer laden with mulberries from 3/4 of one tree was picked....too many of them and my back was killing me!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630895223443125138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5TvgGP0v7sTEPAznqIerF4kKxA0oponxDhZ24wFsym6fQXfXwEn6o7VXeoFS_nSfb2yegRV_T9-CvyRV208bBqgELRVgMp9KLr6Muj8uHumMQX_K2DLdV-EAtayFPy5x3Gq69foa-EA/s400/aymans+020.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the next day I went crounching and picking again and got another strainer full! So far only 2 trees were picked....</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630895212693366354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUFAcekbuDlAl6ZaFXB4Ler2TlWqfSqAJYik7cOYbyoUUSiXh4SI5bHSSbFOFjh881mW4FCUaVorBGi8dOEpyg1wTcpEH80Yg0y_rDx0PqSDggwJVCqpJR10s3qrFEAhsFx4GmW9kreE/s400/aymans+015.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">....and many more fell on the ground because they were too ripe, and with the slightest shake of the branches will see those berries dropping like bombs!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630898237540736242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9rd0Rk07qXqdQoKBG6MsdWEzHLBgMcjEGXMB4_rTf12RHk6LBaM0FhdONft9Y3koKJTqSafnQ1XpS3-3imgxXpRmRUuoNO8jmp77yQJQbG6dJdfR3jIYwg8secc3jy9h5qzXDx7Q-RE/s400/aymans+021.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">one strainer full of those sweet berries resulted in a 2 litre bottle mulberry juice....I have 5 more bushes to harvest with many more unripe berries on those already picked!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">Im making bottles of mulberry juice and also roselle juice in time for the coming fasting month of Ramadhan in August. They are so refreshing!<br /><br /><br /></p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-62966199883464456952011-07-14T12:17:00.001-07:002011-07-18T23:04:08.347-07:00Blooming for GBBD July 2011 and FF<div align="center">The dry, hot and humid weather we have been experiencing here is ideal for some of my garden flowers who are showing their beautiful and colourful flowers and foliage, just in time for the monthly and weekly flaunting of flowers hosted by two of the garden bloggers, Carol and Tootsie.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629438024800752226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kAqqzIbGovNUtVAtAROuocDWaVPSUectKx3SYWmGiz2ae6Sj99QApkshehbkIXJACfXk5PVBalD_uOkHIJe9U5iDrbJ3lto-gIDsxYHcibyWyc3jG8y_bCdtEOwT3GEghcpk3fXWcoA/s400/cosmos+016.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">first bloom of cosmos caudatus (<em>ulam raja</em>)</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629438027230366226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxl6T2FFPTkxZsRktgiiPbmCH6B59rFKjB_VpSI-eBcB9AASUFrsBsvDCRnd5DXFmvzWUDiGZJ0cwG0bfu6_rtpKypRPitxRMiaLC266mezwBl9AMBtyrqo_9k3MsjKEqieynRMTGoTM/s400/cosmos+018.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">wild ruellia tuberosa</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629438032961249778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5CNOiwzZ0UZ1PCUEEG6D2vzRLCKMSXY5jTyJBcmm855WL_GRM9ZuymbboWGCy-xz7YctVmV30ReBXYgaAyoUis3PnJLOIg3dck_btdKvWLyNpgk5jtsBZ8QORpCBzDZHHXaZsUOlqog/s400/cosmos+015.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">desert rose<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629438020097782354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNDSTvl5SkODQ6RbCr7VFKy_upspoCDfEvhzjXb8LKLUwv0IktyVYjtSd2dcI6PFXGKuo7QMMswt2_v5RqQmab-YlGtHFfkH_RQD8-Ux9BL6utq6UfaI5eub_83jA4fTxOQ1Sg_moReY/s400/cosmos+007.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Autumn Belle had so kind enough to let me know the name of this flower which looks like angelonia but much bigger and no fragrance. Its called Otacanthus caeruleus or Brazilian snapdragon or Amazon blue. Thank you Autumn Belle!<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629438017958036114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3VtIYS-a6YC3TF_sFjituodrBnWUo80ooaCnwi8sGsk14LFJVlD3CMzD5kAxJi2SacuNOeKddUJV6-0N049SyGIv9ciDpFQGBmzQrT7nV6Jfl_3jIAu_Pl4EH2wkf0qdYrNU_PD27OU/s400/butterflypea+006.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">red malvaviscus arboreus (a miniature type of hibiscus)<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629291143647492386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aZsfF0SxOt8u8egyqUnsi0ZwZ2mr3HE8AeCz2gNfiFHruYM1_HTADp5ehPN-KkJL9vtIS1TOXiyJoJvGFx3c781bt2mTru5h01VeyP4zJamhisoNbO85iKhIwt-QjRk1TrcJraAWz4c/s400/butterflypea+007.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">tibourchina urvilleana<br /><br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629291139079021282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hv-BCUiDSJGpd7WbuX1vFtWgZJqeKa3Ji25YwIFrxyGhRhieYIQHM-pfiOInvNAoZI88E5CMQ2uksKRtZC4hOqCIJ1louz5YhWCAiN5UBCLz9r0U9kmNYeZleS4j1tNP9tl_kan86bw/s400/blooming+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">peach hibiscus<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629291132361163586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1P0ovHwuZbzS5JPd3JnnyJraZ-BZNRdDLCGAXURXguvNHCaJIoJOpFb7vPyClvEm6ByXoWcgI0mfHZpEsOtH_H7QcDuJnVw_0gM3_Y4ttffjn1sByDFHQVVD5I77K-ivApzKnfcuMVLo/s400/beanflower+008.jpg" /> pink impatiens balsamina<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629291117671803714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXEvCJJ2cklxKyRkxjZ819eEFmZFQwljgtyeUwYzI37Ck7f2T83pIwe6ffdoa3vP2TPcr4Mfmox48QPuOOOqFxuWIvyF2p87MEcn9J02gZhGk555_07iqnJM95vbAmZfsI7e5zlNgW5U/s400/bananaleaf+008.jpg" /> pink ruellia brittoniana/ruellia tweediana or Mexican petunia or Mexican blue bell<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629446968642009282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGcPFsuUkTY9hD7TzjlbAnEGm8f6bTOoYE1ORFtgbTHAsfWo54tCb6bVlh2G4QP8msbLBCT5n8eyU4WjESHi82xxQ0l7FxBqYeOWtZWUH4UNyrKmD3TA_6XA1S3u_LSgJ60XQMg6qIKk/s400/cosmos+005.jpg" /> blue flowers of one type of coleus<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629446985120481794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0PdnEZUFDDdWFAf2_Dy2dboNjFW-VM1wSTm0a8sDmBqKdk6kfwuhG44WcExMJm8JEWeWfLZVtgFw5s2Ub00evpWVtuPw0WhghFniwoCaPcgHyfWVTrTP5n72bl1nU_0DgzPvkcM6Cas/s400/cosmos+008.jpg" /> attractive colours of foliage of another<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629446972058040882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4DLyiRzspEuSXR1RRhO-WrYbThUlUq-kb5QoT4HtHZuFYj5kq58w-5QEFjosXJrWmavcKuIcyrUUayYvKLyFpyrxM-zjmaR4AvnTprbED7UuaDSTkPkeFPW_1Yd4Y3He_ZF2qZIjy-8/s400/cosmos+004.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 124px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629442127355312146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsRS_XWR8phU3maE6dliPz9bOyJcfTU1N5g_KVRm2V2KeLMHHhTW8_2zTQZECTGH4akx8ZfQ07hevO6x3BG0B4lQITTN4o-XNsBnj6Lvdix9eOnxVKoksdNdoSH0JSAkIQLwY62qFxZI/s400/GBBD.jpg" /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Carol's <span style="color:#3366ff;">May Dream Garden</span> is hosting Garden Bloggers' Blooming Day</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 131px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 163px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629442116498749842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_SsidHmB_rOsa0BTEtdzRggQZpc8f4etcPO-ZQq5Vxe8jHd_0fPQFDMmQqUgb4YSSPbPi9cDd1zU2FQrRqSBhYo7Gh2sPQwFGqVY94yFX4CbKKIuhVXjm5Qme52iv-ROBTSDdOJSCFw/s400/fertilizerfriday.png" /> <a href="http://www.tootsietime.com/2011/07/fertilizer-friday-flaunt-your-flowers_14.html"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Tootsie's Time</span></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">is hosting Fertiliser Friday/Flaunt Your Flowers</span> </p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-54844677551692853582011-07-12T20:13:00.000-07:002011-07-12T20:51:53.794-07:00Wordless/Outdoor Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBd8vriNg8eeuW8vhPgC7Za1OS17olEMjGRQ_yLVFMqTMlrg4Iehg-rdRLUIuEKwpW6vcjgii9OJ4Eei6u6kPewh4GcQaNLrXFk78J5qQjF3a_sa3_JAmknR9ZVy-pTxozF0U7E9Jikc4/s1600/bananaleaf+052.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Cherry blossoms decorated tree <br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628673386092956850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyYByxTZokJ7valorGiy23mTwLzur2Wwhk7xzBow3MBBhfZfacx1i1BTKpJ8H1URWudY0CSYqIwY5qrpBbto0aGj3_v-gyjm6opM0c3OagCUnY4RiEbPR6-QSUzQQ5d99eRPeaThBRmI/s400/bananaleaf+049.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628673382272523666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0IkFFI5j4naFj_jJPfiKc16x4Dv5E_NXxkA0bhuIBVyuZOeP5qs5vePE5p2r68jSSpT_7Kk-7nml6j65cFNfGkreYkxVrhqAq_vysMLtbDYk1qpWIwSzaDtrTIkcEwnhWkXT40hvtGo/s400/bananaleaf+047.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628676398008185522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BX-OcVLYl_ykcxEnCaRxgmLH0246oLJyk0vvNtI7fwDj8QsQYdbhXAUD3DX7VkQgatSJg5okmnc_VUIgjs-Wl2vEmc9HpWUsNc7SHKwfpsHJOhqYIfmaHI5d2q-Mb7ypYyVTEnuMJeU/s400/bananaleaf+046.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628672097429177314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ2OMwsgZBd0FWxUvAmAj_o_q8lObED5gSbmqazKBxYzRwa7kGZsGsBUQYbTYJkWXgkl5W2ji9c33UddQ0gXrOrn8IB7EuDY2n8TedP5aNa6WF21ifTjUGJS7Lf2xaKNTKJsm8okaStk/s400/bananaleaf+044.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">A tree is a tree by any other name...</div><br /><div></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-77159952091962032742011-07-08T11:05:00.001-07:002011-07-08T11:43:25.322-07:00Soup and curry<div align="center">My first calabash (<em>labu air</em>) picked for my pot today. I can see another 2 calabash coming out with my help in their pollination!<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627045570097783250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiFdaK198FHkGjcLWQ4Ta2Bh6mbPW9yTBfXwh5dgNEQp9bRZ38y09q78NLoVnF14EPCB35mWMi3JhrILM0ahzRCSfNlcaBejGpEo6KwmQsKD4En9Qc1CGnsLM6JKdTjkUYnQL8T6w8K4/s400/butterflypea+001.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">Its bigger and longer than the one I usually bought from the market, almost 2 feet long! So I cut it into half to be used today.</p><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627045574368414930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsQSEBLO8Qhy7LkdxA5Xchyphenhyphenk23DGqFVKB_HqrElVY-kNombu115Fy2pkhEwfb4qkRFh_EsTkWc_ryN0BVpGWNh0ZC3CTjyxsUeOIVSIMREWWrZv6tX_fkmw9TTG6zjCo6mjr_zxImX-g/s400/butterflypea+002.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627045577582736882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlnxJSqUIussAu2MGVuaHucRqjwXsBDAu_tTCOXsL2_bwpQWw9prDuS0VvKqZgTUYAvkAQ96uJNT463GT-PtpK57yqChyphenhyphenfm55xoyAirfMRen0WZC5Az9GyEy1X2snUWVoGhxcwDTZook/s400/butterflypea+004.jpg" />Calabash soup with prawns and slices of carrot and tomato<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627045577271434466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODP5ddWTHBjre7vEQfoeucpHJwsUYAabVeqVnNJbvWxAfYKlga_V7v-9N1rm2tyRvQPZ6VVoq3kzI-aGG7kPoR_dRLatETbiE6ecPZgsN3zEMaRU5GWz8Jt2eP6Z-mz08rdDk_mHwVbE/s400/butterflypea+003.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">Then I tried the Chicken and Lemon Grass Curry recipe from Joyce of <a href="http://mycookinggallery.blogspot.com/2011/06/chicken-and-lemon-grass-curry.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Kitchen Flavours</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">, </span><span style="color:#000000;">she has a lot of easy to follow recipes and are delicious for your taste buds! T</span>hough this time with some modifications on my part. I used beef instead of chicken (since I had chicken 2 days in a row), prawn stock instead of chicken stock (I think it complimented the fish sauce well), and a dash of curry powder to make it more spicy! Walla! It tasted so delicious especially with the coriander (<em>daun ketumbar</em>) and <em>kaffir</em> lime leaves from my garden (<em>daun limau purut</em>) and of course, thumbs up from my three sons! Next time I will try with chicken. Thanks Joyce for sharing the recipe!</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em><strong>Happy Weekend!</strong></em></span></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></em></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-55589043180861398942011-07-05T10:02:00.000-07:002011-07-05T11:52:03.666-07:00Sweet butterfly peas<p align="center">Locally we call it <em>Bunga Talang/Telang.</em> Otherwise its called butterfly pea or blue pea vine (Clitoria ternatea). Mine was given by a blogger friend and was grown in a flower bed near a chain fence for easy climbing. Its such an unassuming little plants until they bloom with the violet/blue flowers. Usually the flower petals are single with white or yellow markings in the centre but mine is a doubled-layered.<br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4kq3DnxTQpwvvphBFR7NWl715fUx4tAGX6tFWwV0Ins7k0ehapo5ekEjH_HTGLZW-HwkALL6FYnAjw3JFf2bGyA4x3UqUUVQt5936yq25KFUOsRCD9b_hj3pX9mgCq0p6axV_PCE5HU/s1600/aiman+006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625922981092780962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4kq3DnxTQpwvvphBFR7NWl715fUx4tAGX6tFWwV0Ins7k0ehapo5ekEjH_HTGLZW-HwkALL6FYnAjw3JFf2bGyA4x3UqUUVQt5936yq25KFUOsRCD9b_hj3pX9mgCq0p6axV_PCE5HU/s400/aiman+006.jpg" /></a>pretty violet/blue flowers<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625915798964461282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMIX-YDvHqbJ913PPZVSTcEhAFvrOYfir-7azxRw2bM3LYIAmeH5eTfg5aqiYDurJz1XsAGLQF5Kl6k5AtNVtNsVtavG3BnqdTAMNrA_SNtAaIy6_wyF3v5LyCjt09TCZV-WoCmZOFOA/s400/butterflypea+021.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">though I wish I could have the white flower variety which is seldom seen or maybe the soil composition that produces the white flowers instead of blue?<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625919194224462530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghgbFUAOfl1S7iEHi9rkLgDe5AnHfup14NiaUOP3j9czcRiiORRIFL2zrFZ5xjccgGmLxBoNOiNl_u86bwkwCw0XH7uBZIej3HwtqyNhzUQXeRwycCHC70IjEucEfjEHdZYVUkJGbytRM/s400/talang+115.jpg" /><br />very petite vines with small but showy blooms, self-seeded but will grow lanky, so have to trim the vines to make them bushy<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625919189621385042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdEkW3TyIF0ihYuDkcQII1VARuZQGNS5psMx1Zo3n7HvS1gmZ2WbxLt75uVIvSYiFA5R8xTtj_SnAFTf_IyTJG3FVbKnndZxNzKz2gpkXSnBx3pkaJjWxga4coLSwCvS6sIbNV7yZHtw/s400/butterflypea+020.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">I just noticed that my butterfly peas (<em>bunga talang)</em> plant has lots of small flat pod fruits</div><br /><div align="center">on it<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625917984013825378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48Rcx6ox_2TytY3E6YV_p9wKwwtHe9ySwzEsahUT2Z9rjjYvH-vKitDfz4Y9aOclFOp3vEA47xiMi1al8e24u2oJEr9a7SKp_Xk2DYIjMFJBAVox2lmOvi_MMYA_UlNzGrII-FmshDRQ/s400/butterflypea+027.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">So this morning, I picked all the bigger peas - maybe will cook them in a stir-fry mixed veggie? Usually they are grown for their blue flowers to make dye or food colouring but havent heard of eating those peas but I guess they must be edible since their flowers are edible too. You can dry the flowers and make blue tea just like the Thais with added sugar or honey or make blue jelly or blue ice-cream! The Thais grow the butterfly pea flowers commercially. But more familiar locally are the blue rice (<em>nasi kerabu</em>).<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625915790553081074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizik-kEtAsI0zsfVrI2ou-RNkMJW9YKMppvpHRH-ZzkBiV4zy2EDcDcO-RCFaMSG8ISZvSAfoJgnez9ZX9n5yEldUow8wZtRxAVK8PMcNhCvPbYZb-l2XZfLtjM70PZjGZQe_QDwjYB4g/s400/aiman+030.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625917972241621746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgB_saGFbIYtFkQcsDoIysTNqd0Scl1Db_TyG_EhOf-erlK2oSQEzGKgpTjk608j_hWZGd_NlqdM6nPCr_7zrSigcXLWhnEcgGjaEGCp4pLSCdh1nlo9wbbv9HiA4yN6FvhrSO5wOkWE/s400/peria+039.jpg" /> <br /><div align="center">the lovely flowers are a food source which attract butterflies, thats why they are called butterfly peas</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625917978517448354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGso7nHzgfi0ic_K5Cg6m0oAMrp6XXnzkCmDYlfSoPUghXejWofX2IloaLWpOJUGEJ1ZTluw7nbQcnFIWYoc45JORaZI2_qIcL6EnZ1jUl_lrv4OBgtAi8-ihdN8v3LFpXwmTpMRzkE3A/s400/butterflypea+028.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">their peas reminded me of the sweet peas I usually bought in packets at the supermarket though sweet peas are broader</div><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625917990661618370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj37rOtOKKw-JuErBuFIFM2WjZbROZ7fnRrxw1FDzFbsZUaZdGFoEPQXTjKCNnz801R-vRRdKGW_xTaRAQWug_Gc4C2hqdUgil5cOTWRQkqHBvTJ6t-8t2PpA2tAe7c8F1GEUY5bf2gzk/s400/butterflypea+029.jpg" /><br />today's harvest - butterfly peas and okras</p><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625921348554695922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpotznPyY5KhRumhvKw86k4cQs_8IOuw76ivUzy0asa295X3SHmItKNM6tSyxy91Z2KKz0lJAq3ej3KPf8L9sJ54SHlBH2MYpbvRACyMBzkCt3NBmBmI5nr3a4hMIqJlMsWK-wdBuAXg4/s400/butterflypod.jpg" /><br />the seed pods dried on the plant and kept for future planting - I dont have to worry about running out of seeds because Ive seen a few new seedlings already sprouting nearby the parent plant, since they are also self-seeded<br /><br /></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-76538383727001576292011-07-02T02:02:00.001-07:002011-07-02T05:55:28.892-07:00Its a calabash!<div align="center">Remember all those hype about my guessing games on the vines with the delicate lacy light pink/peach blooms, I have on my vegetable patch? Well...finally it showed itself last weekend. It was not snake gourd, not Kakdi (a type of Indian cucumber),....its a <span style="color:#ff0000;">CALABASH!</span> A cucurbit family, scientifically its called Lagenaria siceraria or Lagenaria vulgaris or commonly known as water gourd (<em>labu air</em>), bottle gourd or long melon. I guess we can never trust what the packet of seeds stated - though I remember they were not calabash I planted!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624678220875373330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrJi1as7F6L0uJLHZTf1-lymHbEtpEOzsHjA2UoBdh8MgF2f4SNPAz3uKAk1yt3hCNKSS6ROzo_lFZUPq8gxV7gIdj8yyYCPt2KbWTleSuUP05JNjEboDvfPWf7s1WFLQUoRKOKAPdNs/s400/ptgjambul+061.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Imagine....the surprise I got when I saw this dangling on the vines! Its one of my favourite vegetables which usually will be made into soup with anchovies or shrimps</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624679158217199490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4dSFjjdToTqDeFv37iv27eGc4AU0Ws6yDCQ1mw0bP5K7jEWZoe0yY7vhaaMzYmIv2BHwRgsclWPXWibONdQMKmcFp8i9h4XRGIrdM6WyBeJWCxD2hRRU341rdKEdY89BrDe-eLL_ZUTs/s400/aiman+016.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">......but I remembered I did a hand-polination on one female flower which later on looked like this...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">From my observations, usually there were so many male flowers at one time and the female and male flowers very seldom bloom together. When the female flowers start appearing, the male ones already past their prime and started to close and whither away...So it was a lucky day indeed when I found a female and male flowers blooming at the same time and gave them a helping hand to get better acqainted!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624678492611131330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2ucPquY_UnhWetbHbO_xFenwcxAOe7jXObu_0UIF7IJ3QBASOSIXESnE5ef5OyAthUZVKJxxEF8aSxkrYr_71imC8k_IXQ9Xra05H4GkrxMRlO0IQH21hB5GUcr-YnC0TwZLeCPZoSc/s400/ptgjambul+062.jpg" />so the mystery of the delicate lacy blooms finally solved!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Now Im paying closer attention to their blooming habits so that more calabash can be produced. Happy weekend gardening! </div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-81734391217790649512011-06-28T20:06:00.001-07:002011-06-29T00:00:35.849-07:00Outdoor Wednesday - Enjoying morning walk with fauna and flora<div align="center">Before it rains this morning, I had my usual morning walk after a week break. Morning walk is now a luxury since Im babysitting my grandson. The sky was a bit cloudy which made the air on the slopes cool and crisp. The monkeys were out and about looking for food or just sitting around enjoying each other's company. </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623474568146558978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT223heyEbNo_KJ3ZO0S5_HdtZWieMfnkQj4mtoAvnrUf18Ge17ULoyxKV4gCyZsH9blRNR89UlH8_C5Aa2kBYxgGczNBwEbKnOXWw4fYa-VgtJvuJiXUn6jJSHpVJTg0CKmkp72xj8Uw/s400/peria+067.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623475955117259778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkiyc-IQAl8XoWeM12Pon9o2yn5k-NRbVGVUoLSRU__B3UsEiPelZt5V0p8bW8iJ4-SNzWX-i44lN4Wn4CDzs06s7y3nWyHlUomrhAa9Mg22Y1Wk1BkkrG3qJrxCznIO_jyf_-3obZ78/s400/peria+069.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">spotted theses two couples grooming and looking for lice on each other's back..<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623522939440299602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVAsvxgyVAbWxXP0duy7f3LZnz0Ob80-skDbY14aSmDnhhQepmjcusHzHhU9QnZWdr8n7JKfLiHOGKJZnTvVaAEgeIg4DNlqekYS2BCuyAzrCNw8oYAau_IFy-Z-qqbABLJyO_AJJDsY/s400/peria+063.jpg" /><br />a mother with its baby clinging for dear life under the belly, running away when I came near<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623474572795718146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhOha4AJanR1Om1CJXVkUCJPbbuWFibNHr7RjDFa_8ZheYmsSFpTZyKkgfsRysQ0hwYy94zcTi90nw65GYfKnakZyBFLyhTnHAzR4YJaUpNtIKrojGib5FvUB8q5mztMfSYFSpTSeOiw/s400/peria+071.jpg" /> another 2 young ones foraging the area for food left by walkers every evening<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623477953108898018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9Qq7g-VemjS_LC_dlaY2GqqZNFHcSmPat0DT-Nm8po3XoBCyOTg5BZFcRlJo0dq441eL72-dPXYNKVG07WeP1yzSz-Ocif_p6VJ2BNzMQWOSPtUhOz0nVOFD-56G4RQJHN6OvDJcYP4/s400/peria+062.jpg" />the gently sloping greens of a Golf Club nearby<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623475953121735074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XLRwt90iV5LHjNRGKqwxkYs6tUubr-hb1-CPxvi57cC2RLOmRmS6dKl1s1kJYCqEapddDMzrHGKusObbpp8mMFoHJDw7rtgOS9FqiauleZlVEaO1mnBabRewa26zybF0WL9InfHRfiU/s400/peria+070.jpg" />early morning golfers</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623481081447307650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Qj41G8BcK_I5njOtJVeW3aVbgO5EXnjfg_Q21DXRxu5Nm44lxPBAZ0TuyxZG42aEYFL6ccBmzmHTdepQf-FxQDdRCi4GkzW99xtuF3MXKmPBUGo-y-0ZSZPB6sPy1fgCby2EF9bnq4E/s400/midah+021.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">ferns in abundance on the hill slopes by the roadside binding and holding on to the soil which ultimately will prevent erosion </p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623474579240807618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUqya7vNm-ubTmbLnBkdz70z8vRYi1lEWH6DcFznLuiUptBjDhwwbXLLbYEJD3C2n-0G420QfgmAHEWimaj9Oj90z4bQpgM-Y094vwTmrFpUJeawGD5Aaf2HjREwfephBMnSu0CYR-j0/s400/peria+064.jpg" /> a small man-made pond on the ground of the club with lots of pink blooms of lotus covering it<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623481082940614514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEU9C8iVEZ9OWChdkOlam2hiKlNds16i81CFjdA1KhAmk2evPfhUO86Tir7Ic0vtgcsiSl3f2h68-QsxgBfKHmGZHNgO05bc9-SDmnJ35R3xCKGBplvoqnrM_LIlmUblnoJ6o1dlqtmY/s400/midah+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">On the way back, spotted these geeses near some houses there, nearly got chased away when I went too near to get their photos!</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623481072385931586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78jXPPSJNxS3vIaSQt7JohRgSMm71JNhtPg2hyphenhyphena7DiZFva6uKczSWzi5y0SFWLg_OVh0nmMUSIoiWNLh3cDHTI2ZVRf8mFMy2SUv0kEihDJUzZpcB3hBMGSkoGvOELgxZaNEIOY5S0aY/s400/peria+076.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Along the way, couldnt help be fascinated by the trailing Thunbergia Lauriflora on the polycarbonate roof of a porch...they looked so pretty<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623481089617004850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIWurNs4MI5mBV6Ftjbawq2EoXvvJDTCEsnS8GIbtASc9kWzfyFkzNxpt-EsXYoHJpnB7zSugbDc0c5AMcIXHmssmElfr5wEzE1fNGzr_RwQDkManHTtMimdLj_6MjyfA-k-9_bWuGiU/s400/peria+061.jpg" /><br />Thunbergia Lauriflora were also spotted on some trees by the roadside near the slopes, Im not sure whether these were growing wild there or were planted by the Golf Club </p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623481068178711682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91HjsesQnPZaGpqG99RjcLYA9R9e3fwMzzmCB3gY4zOjrRePhDLAKgAeKt8bioe4cmnsfpOqtkLJWcTifYT5l7HildmpCDqWNnanC4R2lcm0Nq_5KHkCeBeCRyiU5NxyAnBuJ51v2YvM/s400/bananaleaf+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">a dragonfly on my aloevera plant (<em>lidah buaya</em>)<br /><br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623477944869439234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5T4VXaHvipqgJmtyI_46mRG9EeRW2KvesWkvG_e5eZXXGCmqfQfKEm0MHriwgdieTc9mMryipPixGdtd6gaZqOXgiuZrY0zHFZgTT9EuYcnQY80U2hlBCx-VH9TEMjdHJm1_f3qkjIc/s400/aiman+010.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">another red one perching on one of the water plants on my pond</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623529513196080018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOHZKRwyE505juPYyqYl_vDR85eY973pxNIs0Q0BeyKncRiSWavXnDK29Q9IteWAhemrJ5S8lMh94wR4thhTF1MiqlqHFHnAejy81iUBXJWULdadyxwaOJLWF77Un67XVhVFXB6xUGuw/s400/talang+102.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">a whitish looking caterpillar on my water spinach <em>(kangkung)</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623477939494347794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T4kYDsUwXqpaTAhyBjKw48WD2tp18b50QxBfU33a_roGjdHr6p8xROScvNE1R_NJoa-feYTAUiMEu1AY7pWuG84Zr6OlfwmvOlQO2F3_LNK1smUUH_IIQRz7YhgziubP66J_ciPqz00/s400/bah+009.jpg" />one of the common yellow butterflies seen in my garden having a rest on a periwinkle <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623513329213324914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_PljDsL7p-N-6k5PvHlV-GGJGFM2QjzP4vQTDH7C_4RTANK_bPIN2lo2H9bA6tbzfdSrsBuB9fu0l0oawDL1AaF4-N56tqeT_jmg95UiLYF3g6UQyyQwoRkSHi38qXdd90upEXt4ca0/s400/beds+033.jpg" />one on the tomato plant</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623516809141905986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OS0E96VIVnC8wcZToKXLG-HTblu6BK-zjkuvvwBySoxEqcBY0EYniHIKlMDhZz-rFFs5L9I3tyqrUuM24xi1AeE-WSPaopMZrCfmJMpvfXYZ7vMXkJ2O52z8Tv9e4VD3Tg2Z7aEFG1w/s400/peas+004.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623477938117917906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lnl7QUNoVZJS2ygNUOfga5OS4q9QCpz9KhfHC5z3SNkScM21SbYGYPPBS5jxSRlZERy9EM91EDwcq0xvyeyJrmtJ_R3b5ORJZ9bpxs5sT0RgXpgHdBXCI1dJ0s7CaDjN9B0Ukia8ruk/s400/bah+004.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623513340607802098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2riBfctuXmAI_4FVpuUXDp2BH4xA8V10DQsFt46tmdVRVR1cdTebeu1RdX21LETD3vQi1ltV9rOorACcUErskskmVWf4lL4pgZNH4ngSGkkPZwN_Q-9oi619jfqBvKCETi4sJDfyNM3c/s400/cattty+059.jpg" /> </p><br /><p align="center">are these the dreaded red bugs which invaded <a href="http://mylittlevegetablegarden.blogspot.com/2011/06/roselle-surrendering-to-red-bugs.html">Bangchik's</a> garden...though not that many near my pumpkin patch but still they did some damage to the leaves </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623516813001666738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE67iCa-B86DX8Fsg9ACtu6RaeucyjNbdrLOOPdCkTlHTJpf4Gu62dD0lnheUF3tTN0JT058BdFF_SUz3TurhBfQYXn786vt-iD59yQBxzhSja9n1FbXQ0IYbj8hOn9bUktBqyylBrT1k/s400/Outdoor_Wednesday%255B2%255D.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Im linking this to <span style="color:#3333ff;">Susan's A Southern Daydreamer</span> for hosting an <a href="http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/2011/06/629-outdoor-wednesday-129.html">Outdoor Wednesday</a>. Lets see whats her story today.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-51266479658423964952011-06-22T05:55:00.000-07:002011-06-22T07:36:16.253-07:00Wildflower Wednesday - Pretty Wild Things<div align="center">Not sure whether these are called Native Plants but to my sometimes blur eyes, they are really pretty wild things! Here we called them <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>WEEDS!</strong> </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#006600;"><br /></div></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621032370401461042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIgt1oUZ-g9nOWLZoAt_F9zhtBwUMTKNHHBQDyNEEOdzqUQdeAQFpIsEG0c0zzBv_yBvx73t4spJON_M894hahyphenhyphenHifPxG4zEPOhUsTT05o9PpwKFZaw_wjitdHl7yrLRjCqxaHSktx3A/s400/wildy+027.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030665211739938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmCBikJmnYtC6ikus_eU0lrVDLQkrPHuSOTIES56d3kx1HfPOSvfnzHFvoPTGbQTSddz30banJXTTzozfQ-pVlHJK7keZjmHCIVxamKfaeA-dN-eeNhXNOsbH6zZquxnjhfo4VuKgRNA/s400/raining+005.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621035943752204162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwxDHZbrKpKDlnAW6bq0w3qU_AxHjq6t-rj8NWSDYud_1zn2-sE2Ep3-jYQKvlGjetx3PC4IqJtVSHAcxHuMRiTBWsg0IFH6h-h3lgBm2R-TzKcjvEqfqKG7Sckc9SGchDFR9XJtCOAV8/s400/blue+020.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030675034649154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_gasy2d89BxCOTnOUZks-la45dNQxX_nJpNUytpwS-ll0ciSkpPt9wP2xQATcmS2PvZASQsaJXjrRtyhiTra8U-FCQGF1go9DR_7uDPqPEzKRSPYYXPAKde3UaUeC9_HrSck56zbss0/s400/raining+009.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030666918277266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcL1yAW1UQwEIJ6PFTQE-0T4ttNcybvjn4uNyZsz80HRbLL1aZgHYt9c6f3JrOFXX8XQ3fpjlft51bt3VTwNq_S2ViiYSwyCWhhlLP-8Teux5Eu354XK8gpdyeDdSBsSoOZVegBBE7ZJY/s400/raining+008.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030660892852946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpRvFFzgZYNPEwERkauqLDhqNxq4S7ioLDDcljs16jO_vBDQkXj8RCI86EHTIXm56IlZqi2oooaJnfCUzocGYklLWC2JTbFGu9dVje-tdGvi3Gm_wT5J1OipEelTM2Bsi3WgWplJ-xOQ/s400/meanluk+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">Fountain grass - in great abundance near the river bank behind my backyard</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030655447764818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3sG7PRKbbvU3ok2lvtXcoSaVvPH3spXKDDF5HBHGVhNaCdVKqDVCTObgDspzIbEsdKfSceLovL7CoVdGcRFqGzU2o2OXbzlNp78t50QXOU5Y6gv2Ma5yAow6tnAXyYZrVn9hCR8fIao/s400/crane+002.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">tiny wild morning glory</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621028631790640786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIwXPi6zoV_iY0v7BZtCpI6rwxipuNHT58ce267z8SH9Wen8apX6XI8jTntLu8-3wTy2bxnMD6eDUTHwKH-uB7yBMCv2csSkHMlaia_aLLct9RzvV3Bqv_xYhyYen9TH5oNCOz2Xv7pI/s400/aiman+021.jpg" /> Asystasia sp. - a very common weed</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621048723848620130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VuM96jUu42ZOEBan0xeKkWYl5tYqLJ5eLztIV838moy_KZko_bCqpaOa5M-FVQDpKidpm8QakNI8ZghXr12W3hrg_orEhyMMp-i5rdYtO-TgNC11L5Z8l0GkHyKg0hgbNMy3BW13foQ/s400/aiman+008.jpg" /> Star of Bethelham also shown on my last post</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621032374302785618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvM5hvyRxOOdRjtUTBV3iHQC7D7ofDC5QFNJ8eUBDoqgXLrXuCvaD96LUS7M1VjrZdTXibE3NzIodO0F5lJYLHEke68fSEGqmHNvY2BsOpbxC_wpzE2luMPCcN5hsQAA0lsDi2MXeFiIk/s400/blooming+003.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">tiny daisy-like bloom or looking like miniature sunflower is called Singapore daisy</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621035955993358194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXr_aHhK8T0KAv2V7e6PwelLh4wTGKc3AQ1gjh0pLPD1ZRT46Grq1r2LhVkk-M33J69LAZwPC7me7LPHx1E8z6SKTm0i5Qy404ZRFTZdg2kG-EvNr0jAFrgSB2ctZVpEYCMB6tKabGvAk/s400/talang+111.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Ruellia tuberosa (wild petunia)</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><br />Those wild things grace corners of my garden and backyard which definitely dont go unnoticed and Im taking a very keen interest of their presence.<br />Im sure you agree with me, those sweet tiny blooms are pretty. Even if they are just <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>WEEDS</strong></span>, which will be yanked by me later on or are cut mercilessly by a Bangladeshi I hired once a month. </p><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Im linking this to Gail's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2011/06/wildflower-wednesday-pollinators-and.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Clay and Limestone - Wildflower Wednesday Celebration</span>.</a> Hop over there to see some spectacular wildflowers in her garden!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">ENJOY!</span></strong> </span></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-44455848886431314632011-06-20T05:38:00.000-07:002011-06-22T05:42:33.466-07:00Another round of roselles and greens<div align="center">The 3 roselles plants I had in my veggie patch have been very productive indeed with more fruits after every harvest. This time I got 50 or so of the red fruits and I managed to make 1.5 litre of roselle juice! So refreshing in these hot weather! The same goes for the new 4 okra plants which give 3 or 4 okras every other day!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620282057635734386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLFqVtX8Zn8fan2XVe2b5xQy2viPspQFKQ0frFHEZoBk9v0iqwKnzzHFOn3hUmLiRUq0n9TVhuzL1XnobwheppCKTRL1dJRXtSRRYUOufQBOSFJSeeNhSXOZx-HnCGpinW1lIKIKHmS0/s400/aiman+027.jpg" />freshly picked okras, roselles fruits and 2 sprigs of Thai basils for my Hot Basil Squids </div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620282058930346066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ2tbElFHFiZHnE5F02FVI9Whulo0ovN5w7Iiv611vk4kGDD3nNgS1oSrHFflDEMgj3PctdvkD3MplEhDkvB0wcOBhPi0NIaDjYCY_YSrUJigkx6cRhreJqO5a2Xxoln3K76in_oqipU/s400/aiman+028.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p align="center">The extra okras I gave to Noni and my son's MIL when they came for a visit. The rest were blanched and with Ulam Raja (cosmos caudatus shoots) were eaten with <em>sambal belacan</em> for lunch with the Hot Basil squids and a grilled fish...</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620285088490117858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqR9hDAjXWv7qguKwlTU5S5-AjWZxLkizewJkQPPIde84U801W-8-5DmHsB4OBmRocJMXDpYVWGW2G09xUaMQkLpYImpPBREj5hZEfrwYrRTmGUPgh0eTGvCiJQLiXb9l4y60WzYnYXqg/s400/hariz+005.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Today's harvest of the last pak choy (white stem), some <em>kangkungs</em> (water spinach), <em>kacang renek (</em>they seemed to look like long beans but they dont climb like them though) and long beans, more okras and <em>sayur manis/cekur manis</em>....for tomorrow's or next day's lunch! The <em>cekur manis</em> I will mix with pumpkin and its shoots to cook sayur lemak (veggies in coconut milk) - its one of my favourite dish.</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620301396606905410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX1bNyaxRYAv4-JG3aYaEIISIDOfOAKCjo7VibZANnfcNNLscrC8_D7B-OXARYRakgJ-_PVKe7boTiWjJXbQfS_8SvIGuLAq4IZELWaTZKvwXTfTGjzHejuE3GtmZMEdwD7QKxEBlGuw/s400/aiman+019.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620301416201733714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0Kc12dIiYD_QBBnY45Bk2G3D3GqyDQt_8Vv6K7RECJcJQjkOnGDfV_qC3yS_xZdmVLTcRPK8fLubudxYZ5gjjwKJWMwQBL5k7P7KWEHviFvNjTTXzHj3hmHc2obbAH-ij89idfJWtwU/s400/aiman+020.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">2 pots of newly planted beans were attacked by swarms of aphids...looking at them makes my hair stands. Manually squeezed them everyday, though the next day they will be there again, it was so frustrating! But then when I put some eggshells in the pots, they seemed to dissappear althogether! Well...they didnt dissappear forever, but came back after a few days though this time, it was less than before.</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620285074376894978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7177ccZvWqapnSQkaHNp6uRdrDTlBzpMw1dHhZApCpHzXlktx-6NM8mnxTcpX5FXjjMFS0YY5FlPlig-e2wCu9TLe_jliP1mTM3h7k4SQAVZNmJ6xR7spvdOX0MwiWYD4zPvfwFF-e_E/s400/hariz+004.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><div align="center">Ulam Raja shoots (cosmos caudatus) tastes and smell a bit like mint and green apple.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">I was introduced to them by my Grandma when I was a kid. The picture of a small field of green leaves and sweet pink blooms besides her house in Sitiawan were one of my happy childhood memories. When I introduced Ulam Raja to my youngest son to eat as herbal salad with <em>sambal belacan</em>, he loved it and have been asking for the shoots everyday to eat with his lunch or dinner!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620285064299544402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b7_HVoXgkszHgs3Oenn0NIuXMmrU_WlLoDNr7djvkmmiIamT8JB_zRKe6BEiMv7rKuYtRvTAyW6I6DtmTOjfOX_vHaYr1w-a57vhdevHR703KOOZzaWFdqCyUh6kFYui-4RNLmmSViQ/s400/hariz+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">sayur manis/cekur manis before harvesting</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620298328664161538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGXiABRYG61Qky-MMRGAYjkwr3QWmyHbep0931_ogo0-ENPwSWVgNPRxJ7TuPhQIYk5RdmHnUpfUoBTVaN_S2O1POPJ3eqCRYQcDTNXrx0F-QvgFUsjEMEfew8E9Xmzu4nWw6m7ZCVso/s400/peas+005.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">A lush bush of Thai basil given 3 sprigs originally by my friend Noni, though now hers has since perished - are my source of fresh herbs in some simple Thai cuisines like Hot Basil squids/prawns or Manggo/Papaya salads....love their fresh fragrance!</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620285083199281810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gHJVm_9Lw6ORpPfIFDFBQBNkQ7kOulO7XgTBy1mKqTOwxC6yq97L2-XGn1h0pU_yCHUiRN9z1Y6WNyV1W9lg8U-GqiZxppYM9lp_M7awQRlknGXJANAh_MVoCYHKV5-M0GJNyV5616A/s400/hariz+003.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><div align="center">next harvest of spinachs/amaranthus<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"><em>So happy gardening to all!</em></span></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-1593113125651203822011-06-14T20:51:00.000-07:002011-06-16T05:45:16.780-07:00June 2011 GBBD - Blooming Snake Gourds<div align="center">Its been a while since I joined in the monthly <span style="color:#3366ff;">Garden Bloggers' Blooming Day</span> hosted by Carol of <a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/2011/06/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-june-2011.html"><span style="color:#ff6600;">MayDreamsGarden.</span></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;">I was pretty busy with so many things besides gardening...being a first time Grandma and all! So today Im posting some photos of whats blooming in my garden though not all the flowers since I have shown them before in previous posts.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Im fascinated with the delicate blooms of snake gourds (Trichosanthes cucumerina) , their white lacy flowers are nature's work of art. At the moment they are blooming profusely in my veggie patch which I hope will be able to see at least one fruit in my pot soon!</span><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618306949552890434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLNJY0UTrJ4Y1hli3GuFxvPoFy5UMjGhA4ZuVS2nVtEkjJRtGpel0Deel7lvdZsG-aJlwIwv_kY83-R0rkbA6i0bwkrnUiPyt35be1v7sD7TlJ5J3Q9G02F_C_8_x33dWwVFi7doPrB8/s400/aiman+032.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618307957530553570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMDxbh8mwe8vIDlDj-HS9_FxIcRbhFn8NslK_p-gGGCRLrbvo15JZJi7yPx2ZJACI0ozHgFlsE1X_6k_7BYX-D0ofKekStDaNfnpuaacoT5QN2Fdmm5o0k3FL-2XIeRpyNDThs8JJwug/s400/bananaleaf+007.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the delicate lacy white petals reminded me of a ballerina's tutu...<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618313973423970242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7w3Ua6ZjwN1SJnvD-M2vKO0pvih3PdqhegOm8yKYGBY4nz7plwk7GcP9KOPJjGE7Zbv9DZserbjeVm0_0nLfLiXCQzigBmvAvTzBHi5UBQEbo_4alztgDTnMTbwJQGumwcGV44VfuaMY/s400/aiman+033.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the new bud is white but slowly will turn very pale pink/peach as it opens up...</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618304091069831234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojt8mfMlQQ_n3uEaEgoQsK-y1RxXcmnCa5RDessM5nWb_ABZ610EM2DX7ZWwVURe1ow2VhgGP-0QBI4wxkjiq_u02g8fC2MBWiZPVGRB2wFz3ixLIE-6shfLynFq95Vlo3tWGjNh3FT0/s400/peria+084.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">male flowers of the snake gourd<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618305750924550658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBaerqKcjSygbqzpJIYJ04gk-TeZxIl2H3aRKermCdwUVJcAsljRyqP_IkgzRYSpo-t3Z_cfr5ewEi3PFpT_jw_8-t-uFCIi_7Wk1wwDE5afgZsfhUoHY-Pld7Lni780qZvfB0anJ9HE/s400/peria+085.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618307965993179458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pP-aMJSGj4fGct-Ncy-xJr-eEmy8U-qMg2SrD34GkPd-e1oevLfGhKnkE1pwLQ08gYWOk-r8I3GLnq6-Woef8BkDVjhmK_-0Fzkc-tkf8lptLt3LXjH54Oua6ByiHGZVuXe9M6WUDa0/s400/bananaleaf+006.jpg" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618305761299257986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvcXV9m72bsubOoVtuznq_siGPJo581BqR2_vv2gx3YCsptvU8BHfzn-NQXL2Tj5qijZkpnqiRj5ZGV1jpXAioR6a_vpt5zhgGCg8jPmQRK0jAaLJVjmyXXoyzae1kAMEAKzJ7rmKDsI/s400/aiman+016.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the female flower which will grow as gourd later if its polinated or else it will just drop off<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618307021795310754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGt_51ow0n6PNWtk1X7-9nkjNd55oszEFUhGYhNkQ6bq0dokgaFQjB87irrN-1idY85cpRcDoHIMyhFubl_3l3UgyU6B6ZNyXTuYPXxyqK2x82kh19Mnl0ebF54m-lCnQxaxrCTiwouDI/s400/aiman+018.jpg" />more female blooms<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618305749267837122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTssYzXe1APk4XI9_wgT55UI8SP7P88kbBEv3fqyC4w3fGZL3vqWQxHURQreyyva1uW-EDgpmBB4_UBtHBjvrCxbskDHpH9gyyH46KPipefyY5Lf7wAy3vGz7upLEE6ReIOmrtsOJAqw/s400/kakdis+005.jpg" /> new flower buds coming up<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618300145592879746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvMgbW51jxy_DIKJx8NOYQE0UPTncQHgGVks48C4miA_4fg774HLv8nYMG_EnUdy_bJI3kp4qdepTl9oNTVPNjgi9qao9ZooWC-YX5fHG8XvypX3ybg5ldGCR22dGZYXY4NBUodpLGhU/s400/kakdis+001.jpg" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618300155554733762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj304NKI8iGmyup-RuurG6xItEAqNaOm-5bje-X4lvleii30zjXtaRlfQCArMHYo6KF-ad5fZplQWnsHECHFMfQkLQogg7TMGNVqr14FvuPVcZrQQfp5l5ennBYZsxGffTYAYmVo8PNeXU/s400/kakdis+002.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 351px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 394px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618313973381621362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pa_-qumMb1_8_tp0xreikp1Phz0ZHff_gh5saMRyiTzI3DCRd64_jtI64hXsXtI6a342XC9KMZuDDfurq0BXmC2HjNG-A_ThcE-sWZywTaYzOWBvbsgB16F2ZMDaW7WifxsgjrofQVM/s400/snakegourd.jpg" />snake gourds so called because of its shape - longish like a snake, here shown the plants are supported by trellis or poles<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618300166238233186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKEcxbXmH5O6_zvKRzJ1L3nmFkwhtf2DZqS-7tuRB4O4LESKgNLehW15nbTaorJptjW2VikL4YNYI_9FdBCeWdw_wtCqMNMv61iWkMrMPxL57m-c0BTpncUOeSHXBe3JnxPcW2sGtjmA/s400/fruity+019.jpg" /> I was sure I planted bitter gourds or angled luffa but then they turned out to be snake gourds when they started showing their delicate lacy flowers (thanks to <span style="color:#ff0000;">Antara</span> of <a href="http://antarasgarden.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Garden Jewels</span></a>)</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618440284005752482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVY8QyT7Z4otLCcPXcbs1xIqy0H1gMKq58sGzoNRLk3C1TF0ItQEmRoJWBxpcalYqe4fMLxM2PPtdSv7pnlNEKhbZbFXrNyO-6AX7ytrpk4F_6Th0F-8yXOqgwSd2MVuxpvIGQ4KIZECc/s400/aiman+005.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>a sweet frangrance is coming from my pink/white Plumeria Acuminata (pointed frangipani)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618426612995698754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59CG3rf_8InHB9SdtUG_xYEr5Z-oGpvbWFcxoxLDFiZc2r9WdFP_4rpvK5t29k4-BbA4eQo51gpbHH7Sy9pJzYBl-Ez9ApmW5h8vjEWyK07mwapEbxLa6eUHIAVGbdbODtQtrxPPbn8Q/s400/cattty+036.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>these tiny 'morning glory' are in fact the Jacquemontia Pentantha fighting for climbing space with their big momma the Morning glory on the chain fence</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618316670177364322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbk4t9Y9wiTWu25LFe3Jno38OF0iY_M6woUxyAsrrrldKpOXlAt2INHe-Bauaof_aqtjnBcxF1dfwgll1t9wuUxCEIBoENM38ouGNSu-ixjEIHHgfRs7rQrkkreoHiVvcPAAWQ_aD8WI/s400/blue+010.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Yellow Walking Iris<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618316660608344098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqZLsaNgTW6Dm5N3SsqkAmhGR5WSkig7wLYVzhekXQdP5ik3V_TBgsy3-5Ln1xa0HaUSxWboPjy8TzrSW_XjfO6v7-8XMx3Zf-tQr01vZnIQczLoFr3jDoV08BHHW-Tx7rkbzDZ42naA/s400/aiman+008.jpg" /></div>this tiny white flower is the star of Bethleham (Laurentia Longiflora) although considered as a minor weed, I love seeing these in my garden which at first I mistook it to be the herb rocket as the leaves are similar<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618315466092602818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVraDBCAwX0UldEu9Rz_eA4XWWxooVmSNiOO4HgGpidKPOoyHP-K6gUezP3GGxngveAfXU2y06boWndcCgibdYryRq9CAafiI6BBNRQ-WYNytNYVCn9TLbqntcLsAk3O9xcT01TbKYwU/s400/aiman+006.jpg" /> </div><br /><br /><br /><div>I just love the double layered <em>bunga talang</em> or the sweet peas looking like miniature blue roses, also competing for climbing space with the morning glory and the tiny Jacquemontia - all blue in colour!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618315459660872722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03juR-GHgNwnvO9WbS12kW3uST8GFycMWRFtpj4Y-bUv3Y-ytmuDMZZWsVZDt5WZOJihKsfmOKf0RCs5xkOtLi4PCVgmMYJ4GX245sFbLwwQrwhssmy3BahvVmzXaTkrEykMqJN5gaAs/s400/aiman+035.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>....and last but not least, the pink Rain Lily is blooming after the rain yesterday<br /><br /><br />Go over to Carol's blog to see whats blooming in her garden this June.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-44563492668533375292011-06-07T14:11:00.000-07:002011-06-11T12:30:52.355-07:00Meeting up<div align="center">This is simply gorgeous...the red frangipani given by One of <a href="http://onenezz.blogspot.com/">Onenezz</a>! Its worth waiting for and meeting her at IKEA last week for the plant after postponing it for so many times! So sorry One, you have to carry the heavy bulky plant to meet me there.Thank you so much, it really brightens up my garden with those lovely red hot blooms! Too bad cant show her photo here as she is camera-shy like me...<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615603010421858034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2TDXD6q3VGBmdlZDNe0YgF4fHpajn3mMI2y3Cu2KRmXt6h2u5Br4O3V-mmInrmf5YEdTny-HGuA2-Ipelvm4QPdb8pTc1tzkORwRFLdBjqUSAnW0TqWaQ0RNhCN4ADMJRH69MDfOtDc/s400/vkigg+076.jpg" /> Then here is another plant worth going all the way to Pusat Bandar Damansara to get it....the <em>Bunga Kantan</em> (torch ginger). After meeting One, my friend Noni and I made our way to see Keats of <a href="http://keatsthesunshinegirl.blogspot.com/">Keats The Sunshine Girl</a> at her lovely home.</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616532065501361186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XSAaCfEGEfkA_tQ5oDuNht0oUCO_1bjDECy_EU7ihowFV-M7rQPBSbPhiU_-teh0YU5UFaTDLWmUVmNgVqnb5uYvgk3Vxn20DxaC6AfY7IQw6kLugXo8iLPDQ-Z6weOCXhyphenhyphen1AiwESqg/s400/vkigg+043.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616533915751422914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkITvB_lxHLxt4B8h57TjwS9ASzakslYIagNzNde6lVT-ti-GUZzx_2YWuLqxmSV6zE2FMdD0obiJ5WZG8E2z0corsA3MhEECIAL34wX1Iz2jIC4-tHk5uGvtlg9qAJJzTzFpRmi2Jgns/s400/vkigg+044.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>bunga kantan</em> (torch gingers)<br /><br />Torch ginger has a strong spicy fragrance and used mainly in Malaysian and Thai cuisines especially in the Malaysian <em>laksa </em>dish (spicy rice noodles soup). Keats gave me not one but two pots of the plant and she threw in another pot of a type of hibiscus, the Malvaviscus arboreus for good measure! Offered one pot of <em>bunga kantan</em> to Noni but she said her garden is too small to have it! Thanks so much Keats for the <em>Bunga Kantan</em> and that particular plant which was actually in my wish list.</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615601761961409362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSO7ROFkwUM6TGudpI6YER1qYltGlwq04pozHGukag55B5oONWEu2W9Fwp9r2f-Pp7MNhdwnzYJ1WE2XJqZa-IALWna2FHxQ9R2ZOUInL5nUhM_IeircPnt7U7ItQLgbaio2nmxYHxf8/s400/vkigg+069.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">two pots of <em>bunga kantan</em><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616202343305324002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUkPvEOag4SKP_6f8EA3rNPjrbnm3EIT07EftfOKw2XDcvnsQKWqJzvehxpzuiXm5Sb-3qJxFHTJJvegLgnZyWew19yoB5sjuM6T-bP2idLsru5etjAXqknQOr6SATvRlFINp_81bHs6o/s400/vkigg+068.jpg" /> Malvaviscus arboreus<br /><br />We loved Keats' house with its well-kept beautiful spacious garden flanked by big shady<br />trees, ferns, plants with lovely blooms especially the different types of Heliconias, and those from the ginger and galangal families, in different colours. They looked so exotic!</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615591115538282130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDWtreno_DRoXzbtVN_nOMwXY9IBYLX0ySmoPe1GjTX325SgNBYS0_fqth_TaCKUiCdowIzUwnon8e-tQkeqASjaEHGizNyMIe6Mb3pdXB0aWltZghFXODUH3yWWLXXOrL-oIEeEIWJo/s400/vkigg+067.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">Keats' lovely home from my car parked outside the gate<br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615603016312675858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWoBbQhAjfNqMYBWFcNgnopPvNoa4TgSzjamw99SpV174wiaQJ4j8ceRZ2sKUDb1hM7xFYkUBFPb8JrzjJ-QlNaEPLXzckgM7Gfqt9zjbx4FTGFPv3JqNxLxdwaOhu2JQbuThZcNLv0U/s400/vkigg+057.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">the house from the left side of the garden</div><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616853502834768514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzff9KZh037i1M_9z_I2PfaqcHmEa9L-_vIS8xvvyaZuEnGE_tWhAmmSBb1YPWexJSZfLFlJq3ZKRRvYZGm58cTXt6JT7yG2_AYcjUQdVAAaLxfyf9xkd4Omt9j4ZOUz0qM0LQkbTXbI/s400/vkigg+054.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">I particularly loved this part of the garden with staghorns cascading down a big tree and mixtures of plants at the bottom....felt like Im in a rain forest, shady and cool even in the hot sun!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615591122361329314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5-IylOr75NxPE5idLBYYmp1aktkEUeEbIZssj3BgBCKLAYfcbuv_3OCVvA9ULs6Ma9KBP0MOLMzDNKmYE1Yu2-pw8aSECjkFkP7pkJZB1K3Pn7fWc1-YvNbNyblTXNnR-FzjWSHTmFc/s400/vkigg+048.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">there were green and lush plants like Impatiens, Kaempferia, Spathiphyllum like the above and others that thrived well under the shade of a big tree</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615600085879803282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAUDTNScSJ_EDrQN1rIlc6pj1oiQhLPG294zJfOrkqy45wkP5cFdNLly2l5XdbHZEqB0vCN4k2f72M43T52vphTKcKovtpaOo4YLJVHVQGAgtc3JkzbhCZ6Dbdl8R4Jhg_UzdLLSUnL8/s400/vkigg+060.jpg" /><br />the sunny part of the front of the house were planted with ferns and angelonias on the ground<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616860239092375586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rmOpSlS28Pcnf-VoEPviR_mKBqPiCfNdF6ubwSTP3IvEM_Zdk9iqXAO_BwCMdGPEyEeLhbHXTTuK6hGdByrlxn4mtiJzfIm1HC9k0h0mDGTbGjhyphenhyphenVY0j-fdUjbVWCgOisUG-UHkkwBU/s400/vkigg+037.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">Then there were these two spectacular bright red blooms from the ginger family, Zingiber Spectabile which were my favourites because of their unique and exotic looking blooms</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616858524104361730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkj63lVLSezFxUPsed4WVDYzcWqKSR16t0IUD-oCKm28RZtSb7alRWbylioBowv3o7c_rwucZvmzAy9cRBdTpuPb1WXG7f15hLf06R0THU-EOv3wySIoKkFYBs63P5_SjjiMVpY6Ht2Q/s400/vkigg+038.jpg" /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616529902532330578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ybrYuRm362rbYVTza9BrxfNZYb8bSWZAse0cjao13t_VsZ_fFdqhpxWQdL8Jp2Gg4dGkwNuIa7dkL_M_H5EYmaV975RGS6vIZ39JlsoPbp-8VZtge0UTOl-Ofr43FoE5dCHsEBBsWlA/s400/vkigg+058.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the galangal (l<em>engkuas</em>) family Alpinia purpurata - pink<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615607265963784850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ai0hj_6pJkPN6g2JKnUklkkA_zuQuUwUWcKG4PUGl4NCQUzIoknGjPS8YJVhZAMKYCkVT7cQ5raJaQMiKx-rU091EakLUK2u8k-1slc6oDFXffnBj2vXuxkNFlJ31xqPbts-uwb6hSw/s400/vkigg+056.jpg" />red Alpinia<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615607257690708210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LKUG5f6jgGh8BaF8BBD5V5VuTyK23FPJHc0SXbSBhDkOXykTa8F6c2rzQjlaPxBRpqD2M48GtWIU5vPdiU62f4E1Dv6cs18ixxvc-MhNYCFM63X8AOQsoZXffrO5zS9UaCre8SGKLvo/s400/vkigg+051.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">two colours of Heliconia psittacorum (<em>Sepit Udang</em>) - orange<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616575552346770754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRI7GLcb8XFow9bQvoFCeddYmF0TqydCOL7WqxR_mxZQ9OOWlxiLV46V1sakaoiP1k_jeihDrATp9AUWGQZfDaALWT9rgzrQAtiI3lYYvttVkRIgfJaozxjQH77MOoawutne0iZhdc-Y/s400/vkigg+052.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">yellow one</p><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615604109526263266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx2Rv9ML40SQhfag6M_oOijnATijKMQzMuYOOc5hyhP_L6aDXOtOt2q04zPI-zKIxyaOCBbU-V1863yhAAr4djYaQdU3jZqlK5skUrjG_Y0MJgTatjpTaWZ_nMH83mU_c3rfzuwVPz1E/s400/vkigg+064.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">another type - Heliconia mariae</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616573130753058642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRr6kaeEM5C7_K3JYlCADdvmXXYvzPQryxIDwLprs7UR0GwELAJQtObvA9xwGPjnyl7-67YvoDYpdHk5L_M8-IvoXs0TX9LMAbqm1-gWS6sESNwQkrb6V9UmLrrx_Dl3H6Zm-liMi_yAY/s400/vkigg+063.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">also these two attractive colours of Canna on the sunny side of her garden</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615605238325008098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SX2XIJBzhFLTlsm2ItLWjabUZ6m9Qe1BkVd_J3RZZz1NZmklBgwhdV9JJCfgKipzw3eXoxrYF4R8QZNryvO_giEQBrTAic-B2EDtcv6S6c-3J08tW_noTJBJivnu-ySO2odPgXLAOeI/s400/vkigg+061.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615600604210175602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-_9S0WhO1I3SnR4b0kdip799qO_72ExyLr6LzvBm86a5KXH28iyYuo0zPy7qjCL04zXm1AfeQBv4wYbPMxh-a73VzDP9w_Vx8CtjHZ64SvL80xU1NeZU1r4d3eHVbSlSD4cHEf8D0kA/s400/vkigg+062.jpg" /> Rangoon creeper</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616871327592856482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XqjbA95kyfSUgCgfyzKx02LMrjaCBoIGPz6eaVSOkiOeg-c7S70UfU_7R2polDLUYg5KdHL5U7VfUGwZ2ZJHpcUOLB2NV22N1XEGqAQhUOafIThsB3Id0H4JVg1fhkl2YbzmxUzuiX8/s400/vkigg+039.jpg" />Here is the ever friendly and cheerful Keats showing Noni a very tall tree in her backyard (sorry I forgot the name of that tree Keats)<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616576438196582658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFmhNVykWvt8FxIOOFZHjb6YDia5Kxmv-q7svc1MMqw222loIx7K_HbgHNvNeEB4ea2t9mTPMLM-_DhLbnDEqWe3uNNfpKxknOE6zgk0gINQA6YwCQW5XmCN_NLNwGTyDRMxya1K_aD0/s400/vkigg+040.jpg" />that tree has unedible berries looked like the <em>chiku </em>tree (Manilkara zapota)...Keats called it her 'Christmas' tree<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><br />My friend Noni and I enjoyed our meetings with both One and Keats that day and of course thank you so much for those plants. My small car was full to the brim with 4 pots of plants, so much so that, our prior plan to stop by the nurseries in Sg Buloh was abandoned! Thanks again Keats for your warm hospitality and welcoming us to your lovely home and garden. Hope to meet you both again some other time! Sorry to post this so late because this old pc of mine was having so much problem and still is (I didnt go for holidays Milka)......this post took 3 days to complete!<br /><br /></p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-38087370835640967632011-05-18T09:21:00.000-07:002011-05-19T16:43:07.760-07:00The ever useful banana leaf<div align="justify">After 10 days with my newborn grandson, I got a break yesterday, to go for lunch with my friend Noni. My DIL and baby have gone to her mother's house for the post-partum period until end of June when she starts work again. In the meantime, Im trying to catch up on my gardening, blogging and other activities which have been neglected since the birth of my grandson. For a long time, Noni has been pestering me to follow her to eat the Banana Leaf Rice in Bangsar and away we went yesterday!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608095719067179058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLtU4-ZTdMJB7m9SnvlP3FLLWP809r1BOncW2afwsNt-18FuMeKmDf9x6LAFqnt-ZkOlT2EOg_CO9RHmbqmTbQ2Lgm5sTQ1GpMLG6XyuqeVx-4KPg7OCH-vshnm9b-OgX6BFBMWcPs6Y/s400/bananaleaf+038.jpg" />The place was very crowded with the lunchtime crowd and had to queue up just to get a sit. There was a mix bunch of people from all walks of life and races enjoying the sumptious food there. We were sharing our table with 2 lovely young Chinese ladies.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608094150243300002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLW3DuzBic3OQm2a0MyrMN6FKJK4oni3GFXSd0DjL9N-h9ZhyqaDXjTbZzYoYLlWryszfVh3D6imYX17c9pkhSDR1gzp1arLqoemHyToG6spZzFa-On-9YYgjqsndGLbTBQ2NH42k5X1M/s400/bananaleaf+039.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">the laying of the banana leaves on the table... </div><br /><div align="center">- the Banana Leaf rice originated from South India, a generous helping of rice served on a banana leaf in place of a plate with curry, veggies, meat or fish of your choice! You can ask for second helping too...more rice, more curry or more veggies!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608094136299205106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5voSjT5AFcFoheCb0h3fJRreTOgKrsURHkX5-iYwePwK7ZDLab1sTAfoH7mG1jWfsVMiFxKoXdPveOvC1-rglEX6AmsDMrg26tlOaaduzeP2HqA9CpezuPqYGEo8eHMuIoGq24VkkYU/s400/bananaleaf+040.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">you can choose your curries - fish, chicken or dhal...all 4 of us had all three!<br /></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608094128777559618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqh3Facv_Gy3q3tpsseOfCymGmNTYv1PcK2zsoNvAB4G3PfeiHHdnIFWOBy-elSlFwIlt30F2GXkZM7zsyF-8dNcjrvdGsOUbESgcdbdzUvdyAdQlQXqmxu_z2v_VuAayIp879n4F7S8/s400/bananaleaf+041.jpg" /> the generous helping of rice with all 3 spicy curries 'flooding' my banana leaf! The smell of the curries have you salivate and anticipate what else is coming on your leaf!<br /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608094124983749842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZgsJFZojeKrmiAABD2jvdtFr7OFqW6v0FJ6OLMJ-vhTE1Gz5J1iPMXs3f5QdBTUnSObQzmHYjPLKE73UgQqIgDsYJluI0P0upL8Yr61ArETBs4RVQwLL5eEUNHnPrZyYiDF32-kmnO8/s400/bananaleaf+043.jpg" /> Walla! Just look at my 'plate' - we have 3 types of veggies - cucumber in coconut milk (salad), gourd in tumeric and crispy deep fried bitter gourds plus a plate of chicken masala and freshly fried <em>ikan tenggiri</em>. A mountain of a rice to savour and enjoy! After eating this, you will definitely fall asleep!</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608239114456850706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiR-wv4xtEb5Ze5eGwuytu399m5xZn-ao4elVMqwm2MhIxTOiuvDGQglgMGHeUAOTdR6ahviMsYCZiLfNqcHl6fOPSPoXh1pG-RI3QHxjLq9qbFke8BwiQsmVKwXm5afvANINIf9wJbo/s400/banana+001.jpg" /> my two banana plants - grown mainly for the useful leaves, to wrap sweet <em>kueh</em> (cakes) like l<em>epat</em> (ripe banana mixed with flour and grated young coconut as filling) or to grill fish or as a lovely background on a serving plate, as the leaf gives the food a subtle aroma and flavour to your food<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">In Malaysia we have many restaurants serving Banana Leaf Rice and they were favourites among all races. The banana leaf acts as a plate, so you can just throw it away after eating - no need to wash, though we presumed, they are cleaned before being served food on them. Most Malay or Indian household will have at least a banana plant grown in their compound.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608100902628115618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLhl8E3FUPhWVEJE-fq_xokhLlWJFVQwkslP65FAkMgM8_VT4CBNWq03l8i4Mzz06cZCrualof5HxtagPuIjBjvgOy78v2YtNCaLaiYprPwAsOaezuGVH9fJgrU417dAofVF9j3yhMbo/s400/Nasi_lemak.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">the most common use of the banana leaf in Malaysia is as a wrapper for our all-time favourite food - <em>Nasi Lemak</em>! When you open up a wrapped <em>nasi lemak</em>, the aroma of the banana leaf makes the rice not only fragrance but tasteful! Emmmmm.....<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOSUb5hzZzv4rutEu7ixVL2_eXecePEdUJgMhESJtqAFII8Z2Zd88vpva4pxDVarduMC_NZV8ewX8hW-hB-XVk5Oa0O6T1rPIeQyiVZx7isHDCLQh963alfS7ngCDDq6oQ18pUig51C0/s1600/ikanpangg.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608240236437633442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOSUb5hzZzv4rutEu7ixVL2_eXecePEdUJgMhESJtqAFII8Z2Zd88vpva4pxDVarduMC_NZV8ewX8hW-hB-XVk5Oa0O6T1rPIeQyiVZx7isHDCLQh963alfS7ngCDDq6oQ18pUig51C0/s400/ikanpangg.bmp" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">photo from viets world kitchen</span></div><br /><div align="center">also widely used when grilling fish<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssvDW7HUfSn5xXrMPYgZ7kQpSZ8LdxiWZcy42PjX4784ItVj34G3solhPIZ9M9iAhNEFIUP01IcVjzldZzP2EeONxRu62vNUiQVfHWco0SJaBDvJPYSeLywOU7p-frFmAXwzqTbDlz2Q/s1600/w26.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 419px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 203px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608106294597460018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssvDW7HUfSn5xXrMPYgZ7kQpSZ8LdxiWZcy42PjX4784ItVj34G3solhPIZ9M9iAhNEFIUP01IcVjzldZzP2EeONxRu62vNUiQVfHWco0SJaBDvJPYSeLywOU7p-frFmAXwzqTbDlz2Q/s400/w26.jpg" /></a><em> </em><span style="font-size:78%;">photo from wan's kitchen</span><br /><em>kueh kochi -</em> glutinuos rice flour wrapped in banana leaf with sweet young grated coconut filling<br />in the centre<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608106293473585762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAozoLuerJzYEnaAQcUB0JOiNBGJTHFY_y4dzFgeuF1AtsFb9IGyKt4S4Rf7sKuYxRmZTvh2XdKxdlL62N8xgGTTLoMOQrUn3dobaWh_6KdY94TwLpZPqoFllMykFsLqx3XoixWgs00K4/s400/w18.jpg" /> <span style="font-size:78%;">photo from wan's kitchen</span><br /><em>pulut panggang</em> - glutinuos rice wrapped in banana leaf with savoury filling, roasted on hot charcoal<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608103564337121986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJQy24MbpNfBlK6AJA-OF8nulq6LHTRz0V6AgnFUF8dnn_O6DdoIGBYfYdDPfkZ3GxI5DsfptXlspD_cuXlW_JKXR5LVFbA46PQIePIe0VyFJa4sT-83Hd3mLxJTLPhgAbchZ3kbDeOo/s400/Otak-otak.jpg" /><br /><em>otak-otak</em>, - spicy fish paste wrapped in banana leaf, roasted on hot charcoal, a very famous dish from the Southern state of Johore. Those are some of the uses of the banana leaf in cooking, there are plenty more kueh wrapped in them which are are not shown here.<br /><br /><br /><br />The banana tree is a very useful plant to grow in your backyard. You can eat the fruits, the flowers (<em>jantung pisang</em>), use the leaves in cooking, and make rope with the hemp from the trunk. Besides being used in cooking, the leaves are also used as a decorating element during weddings and religious ceremonies for the Hindus and Buddhists. They are nicely cut and patterned with strings attached to them, hanged on wedding tents, doors, temples or decorating the altar or on their gifts offering. </div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-14840821525493861502011-05-05T18:42:00.000-07:002011-05-06T05:26:55.646-07:00Blooming Flowers<div align="center">Flaunting my blooming flowers from the garden and vegetable beds.</div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ9yzsfs7QUHjxj0Vc-fmjTDbpjKHmEQhZ8OROyTpkdM5DBHY8Ms6shMk9E6cz6ZCWmDyk-oP_2s9BFHto9XuCIdCBVb3dIqJllm0nxUfHTNWzOvw2NZPR7YGECmNE7FdowAlHXYjIYQ/s1600/fruity+054.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603436767245102210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQ9yzsfs7QUHjxj0Vc-fmjTDbpjKHmEQhZ8OROyTpkdM5DBHY8Ms6shMk9E6cz6ZCWmDyk-oP_2s9BFHto9XuCIdCBVb3dIqJllm0nxUfHTNWzOvw2NZPR7YGECmNE7FdowAlHXYjIYQ/s400/fruity+054.jpg" /></a> our National flower the Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9l3X-csaurGHwcCEbFBAfwaVxl8JopgKzFd6IFXpvGB5y6p3VDiHTK6-AJo0VeFYyDBwcG30zjVJf3Oz1XK-FnzkQVYW9ZsQISt5g95Mi-Zldl6UV4jK-G679y920mzkS-EFN7MWAgs/s1600/fruity+030.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603436759850773442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9l3X-csaurGHwcCEbFBAfwaVxl8JopgKzFd6IFXpvGB5y6p3VDiHTK6-AJo0VeFYyDBwcG30zjVJf3Oz1XK-FnzkQVYW9ZsQISt5g95Mi-Zldl6UV4jK-G679y920mzkS-EFN7MWAgs/s400/fruity+030.jpg" /></a><br />Hippeastrum reticulatum sometimes called 'amaryllis' by nurseries or a variety of Dutch Hybrids</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603417393712242994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrEwE_j9MX3RPEZrhL9z2U8n9J13q6o7_uYHhfkW7IgMckoQCFuSpenFpDegWWHC4vIq1szpLCjn-6LTv1mItyy0HLX9ylECbAQrgbRHFdnaW7k3ha1-8P9IdaFQg6nhz3XKXrIIipmM/s400/beanflower+003.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603417390109582194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBL2RG7MIG_6_YdWfDRy36mbx-SwgUHfL_9w-julHF5YpEJ6PHQiKdm8FJSpMNOzIruZKjO0mIvs7F09vQTks6qao6A1rqEqoJNDF3igQBsLi9WBYOPu0gMuQ9QhnN-6Xz-_VcbThqE0/s400/beanflower+002.jpg" /><br /><br /><div align="center">a delicate tissue-like flower of a bean plant or something else I planted which I have forgotten to note down the name!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkexOY2iaycCd8pcvTR0yINmtiZ2MZDiXFwjABVBkYpPF_qU1xts_W16KP05cZ1P6MVDfSCht7XS0jnHMWEHgmQkKblL9f54NK99EhjDiqQTOoB5WvFACfePxEns_6Eawy8fzb_TbZ1Jg/s1600/peria+078.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603425081587782066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkexOY2iaycCd8pcvTR0yINmtiZ2MZDiXFwjABVBkYpPF_qU1xts_W16KP05cZ1P6MVDfSCht7XS0jnHMWEHgmQkKblL9f54NK99EhjDiqQTOoB5WvFACfePxEns_6Eawy8fzb_TbZ1Jg/s400/peria+078.jpg" /></a>Clerodendrum incisum (Musical Note Plant)<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhBxzW4SJT-bDpEt1v7JI-zo-2QkBq5cX5E8qkQpZZj3wfmaegjFImDXSSRkJPA5xnO1QCoM7YGN550ZXvWtkKAU0mPhuBhtziOUX9enq_NtTkebNvWYzy7d-zYTW9PRLgJt_YgqTXgM/s1600/peria+049.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603425077187303730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhBxzW4SJT-bDpEt1v7JI-zo-2QkBq5cX5E8qkQpZZj3wfmaegjFImDXSSRkJPA5xnO1QCoM7YGN550ZXvWtkKAU0mPhuBhtziOUX9enq_NtTkebNvWYzy7d-zYTW9PRLgJt_YgqTXgM/s400/peria+049.jpg" /></a> purple impatiens balsamina<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjhW4Ugx-sQdq9-cFSd7Dd6R0aRddjNuoR2LMCxeu3hDRc89KpnxoxYTYIzo-ARwZmJ54SjKhKs_RwjqdQ-txm1pFQMPTsa8epSyrpB5ClQzfCPtS5LyFXrSQEDLmyoNGgXhYNSc8llk/s1600/peria+019.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603425070845904258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjhW4Ugx-sQdq9-cFSd7Dd6R0aRddjNuoR2LMCxeu3hDRc89KpnxoxYTYIzo-ARwZmJ54SjKhKs_RwjqdQ-txm1pFQMPTsa8epSyrpB5ClQzfCPtS5LyFXrSQEDLmyoNGgXhYNSc8llk/s400/peria+019.jpg" /></a> Melastoma malabathricum (sendudok) white variety<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603422312917380818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9W-3_zuPQn2oYAf443XstydemXrbLG9R8_mFVxjjYDwuCnWbztB4Aigcu04Tt26T4mFkyXH7B-rmJBLGJOnAzN7E9-vnJe4ziBCInbw0eTJzhOphx9hc6OZL9fZOGdgAu1GVy6FhOnRM/s400/peria+018.jpg" /><br />Tibouchina urvilleana (sendudok) purple variety<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoABgHvzPh24bx0JWc733hyCGWbkcBCLVPSR-lrabeRjfWe6jndIicTOY0TIydSpIwvOQ7RI81bzNzmexsaoSINhLVFi5jTwwPZKJ-iJblQtmnPhCeKD2R_im78Cil4YGClD46CmXw6QU/s1600/peria+022.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603422321286306258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoABgHvzPh24bx0JWc733hyCGWbkcBCLVPSR-lrabeRjfWe6jndIicTOY0TIydSpIwvOQ7RI81bzNzmexsaoSINhLVFi5jTwwPZKJ-iJblQtmnPhCeKD2R_im78Cil4YGClD46CmXw6QU/s400/peria+022.jpg" /></a>Japannese honeysuckle or Lonicera japonica, the seedling was given by my friend Noni, it is a woody vine that has a sweet fragrance<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWNBzyOSEKjc9qdlQYweJ7bPWOVGD0GF1jpF8H-agubc8-p66qQsN5jTm8j-Xqmg1IIkNOFlbk2nupd8ZKhOvES27X79O0LlOdPv7YFhSlwOcpoXGiQoYIUIh97yvpNDc8kysx59PXZQ/s1600/merah+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603422301588952658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWNBzyOSEKjc9qdlQYweJ7bPWOVGD0GF1jpF8H-agubc8-p66qQsN5jTm8j-Xqmg1IIkNOFlbk2nupd8ZKhOvES27X79O0LlOdPv7YFhSlwOcpoXGiQoYIUIh97yvpNDc8kysx59PXZQ/s400/merah+008.jpg" /></a> Thevetia peruviana (peach)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKouIueYia7EWtRiNMPVEuIfshbH-TTYt6TxD12uPogVZEqsj2fg8wDhtW8LF9lspqM-D_86kqYZ5o58HnyDoCyHOKDqhC5Mg7kDfU0TnFZ-RPCxImGAMSewMshL7eo_BJXjpSB9f_OVM/s1600/merah+009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603422298115065970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKouIueYia7EWtRiNMPVEuIfshbH-TTYt6TxD12uPogVZEqsj2fg8wDhtW8LF9lspqM-D_86kqYZ5o58HnyDoCyHOKDqhC5Mg7kDfU0TnFZ-RPCxImGAMSewMshL7eo_BJXjpSB9f_OVM/s400/merah+009.jpg" /></a>Thevetia peruviana (yellow), this plant's white sap is poisonous or toxic, so must warn your small children when handling the flowers<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20hK1I4my_XQ1YfenLJdK3BB_u1t4j0bgqN8k3rO70cZJuF4C02NXUAucIfrKph7ujfUEFVXp-wv9V1K3SpDHD8vNCKaCZWpG0x52j2g9RigkvUrVQ8ly1ELO6WdxY3eODsh3pnedHFc/s1600/fruity+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603417402367476466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20hK1I4my_XQ1YfenLJdK3BB_u1t4j0bgqN8k3rO70cZJuF4C02NXUAucIfrKph7ujfUEFVXp-wv9V1K3SpDHD8vNCKaCZWpG0x52j2g9RigkvUrVQ8ly1ELO6WdxY3eODsh3pnedHFc/s400/fruity+007.jpg" /></a>Adenium obesum (desert rose), the first bloom since I cut the whole plant bald end of last year!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1prfCBNjJYCp9xXmy3J2zXSx6PDbizqCatEd2OS9wzqN9DZufK4Cd42xuyXek77FXpiic3HeKAvk2rHa4nZyfENkQRlAS3wboXhsxOXe2SHPggoVhxMEVDaFLv9zmnB7U0F5BADmSMRY/s1600/blue+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603417396631678098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1prfCBNjJYCp9xXmy3J2zXSx6PDbizqCatEd2OS9wzqN9DZufK4Cd42xuyXek77FXpiic3HeKAvk2rHa4nZyfENkQRlAS3wboXhsxOXe2SHPggoVhxMEVDaFLv9zmnB7U0F5BADmSMRY/s400/blue+004.jpg" /></a> Texas sage or Ash plant ( Leucophyllum frutescens)<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGpTMveleZSf7b1DpRMoq1J9EAw7QfxXQbXhYeuFdblJU-mGTRTAe7Ig0Pma974BtU-YUnAc_3Q5P0By_6VFnGYDiEPYBLPee6Oi7BlQeYW4AtbAiFu85F-TKmLKApNMspciHSsDESAk/s1600/beanflower+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603417379764799954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGpTMveleZSf7b1DpRMoq1J9EAw7QfxXQbXhYeuFdblJU-mGTRTAe7Ig0Pma974BtU-YUnAc_3Q5P0By_6VFnGYDiEPYBLPee6Oi7BlQeYW4AtbAiFu85F-TKmLKApNMspciHSsDESAk/s400/beanflower+001.jpg" /></a> my okra having a blooming time now<br /><br /><br />This is linking to Tootsie's <a href="http://www.tootsietime.com/2011/05/fertilizer-friday-flaunt-your-flowers.html"><span style="color:#009900;">Fertiliser Friday/Flaunting Your Flowers</span></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Im going to be very busy with the coming birth of a grandson probably today, going to be a first time Grandma! Yeay!<br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>HAPPY WEEKEND!<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-3772943139443595972011-05-03T20:54:00.001-07:002011-05-03T21:54:06.471-07:00Sinful Wednesday!!!<div align="center">Went out for an early lunch with son and daughter-in-law after the rain. What's with rain and your tummy making extra growling sound? Anyway, DIL wanted to eat a lot of things before she gave birth because she would be missing all those yummy food during her maternity confinement! </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">FOOD - GLORIOUS FOOD!!!</span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602715428790859922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq9va5k7NZtq0XWSquh9HcU5SAUSy_KMh3b_6LOIueizAnZq4a4SxZhkmfkAzytOLHaY1tSidMJaEuXWC0i6S5m9I-LeGJpbmr3O_0Ha9WV6_dM6fxx06To5Zp_GCTwZTkCEqdXHziyE/s400/bookshow+075.jpg" /><br /><br /><p align="center">but this very sweet sinful looking dessert is mine! hahaha..</p><br /><br /><p></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602714765416057842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HFCiX8BFPa3CvWi1qvG1akRU_ITuCjAPkE4cWM6ng7xO7Jdhm2OnIGNyxd2R9htQw-O7l4oIuW4TOX4Vcw9-3ZK32oDHqnbNvt87rhu1CNyCIXzfWWcH_Gq8Bv16MffoLw9fSZtPBzc/s400/bookshow+074.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">my son's Cantonese noodles</p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602707547699428098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKb1F1IYaIMfMOH2R6WKH0LboLgMDz7MMjz1Rt6Mco5emi-D0TBcoeOoaTmKuDUiorl6BorPW4Y7a5-_meN7tY0Kk6DmCzNz60U1e0-CKIvCUU7mopIgwSKCWfWFV91fGHW51wSUYfg_U/s400/peria+055.jpg" /></p><br /><p align="center">DIL's order - green noodles with chicken?</p><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602706758580901762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_6a8LBhpbLpPx7zMARDNTXQzJ2LZCHb2YeOLBVegovQ-C5pX6gmyhMmDG4EjSR-G-Bpt-n9Qd1ZKPc1lbB1oPzDzBIQV-nXTnIZjqri4SJEADD-uAIbcY4I5dCvnar8SpJeoCmwyBiw/s400/peria+056.jpg" />....and some other dishes to be shared between 3 of us - fried Enokitake mushrooms<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602706754642961794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Yorzi6jtADMxWzOpAB17AP1Wu16K4Tq7EcOTLJz0NFk3CCRWiOoYX4MIDKN0Q8lHBgFtgDXcK4JyJ1Dw1KWmri9FJcGzJ-bPbZ2NgWsZZIZUqAu7kLwXt5jQzFiQ2s_EFuv8s5XZI0Y/s400/peria+054.jpg" /></div><br /><div align="center">kailan with garlic oyster sauce<br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602706734906678914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaE9RrRZUxStA3kWkAVy8vj8pP8TsWsrGqeZS13FIq8bQBmDN_KXjJsfW-jp8XBgb-ax6o4rGPNVojRdokzBIF0Y39oDJrlWrnL0jof_1alJdh7xF3T1CM__bAkYSPQnFGl2bQAKa-sZw/s400/peria+053.jpg" /></p><br /><p align="center">grilled chicken</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602706738864443538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCj7v776qNsT3VhURJl-9EVqeDWpuElpn1WHVtrdQoDHNCL7_ECYGKx81_TnLfWXehSVgy9fpATgNuObiIBhITKOLlQQ6kh-pbKRun_EuiuxqHtic-TMcWZNXCJwzE1Q7Y48waEVxBSs/s400/peria+052.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">my order - fried rice with Enokitake mushrooms</p><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 319px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602709206180289938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86cvqZ19jdNppstrDpCf0JxHg9TAkr2NO3TYlH0oQOJBqYaSzO4uG87jbYHj-LB4eyDx0bEhbXnudGpwCf8_fJjzKyaaGJqJTqonT33eQ1_nCG1amtnGvFyVjPP2GwMC6zXI3wii-YhY/s400/bananasplits.jpg" /></p><br /><p align="center">and last but not least....the banana split! </p><br /><p align="center">Its fine for DIL to eat all those...but Im slowly gaining whatever weight I have lost for the past one month!</p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-19333909853362594672011-05-01T20:51:00.000-07:002011-05-03T08:07:45.687-07:00Harvesting roselles and kitchen greensThe first 3 roselles (Hibiscus sabdariffa) I planted have been harvested twice for their fruits. Though still not enough to make roselle jam like Bangchik, they are a source of sweet sourish roselle juice for a hot day. To make the juice, just peel the calyx which are red in colour and boil in water, then strain to get the juice. You can either add a bit of sugar or just drink it like that. The plants are almost the same height as me and still growing. I love their lovely pink blooms with dark red centre.<br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601976563448671298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwYPZUv7gBTF-WFes6J7bYlQvGs5MY2xefHbQXHzLI-P3OEP6wcPYHUV7VindfwEbQD7bpf5Cr-jbgPUW6F3hSSzRG5zr_kEaKoQQRZYSOYAZrCZRTkcO9YF-FLAJN0cnun9VizT2MpU/s400/peria+011.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">today's harvest of roselle fruits and okras</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602033050927697234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6QaHcJzCp04WNvav8avfkJkIKUNvFrhJfjcCUJVicvZQfOHH0S1V6c4VWBurJ0z_DrG0zLP9MFofwiC0fmr7fBj6_blU6FEBVgqFHZ9jl9zToV3sTJ6UyVK7yiuneJlr_Et_PJXM_Sc/s400/peria+048.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602033058745255042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5ETVatgFe_SyaGqOUdnKNGjev_JhU0RFETyTHfXR03Uzt0jYMTNmqsaIIIN7fLBfYoXMoOOFRibjZWZHJmgbPH0f-7JvjM_8OEFnb_WROUgWhyphenhyphenTuj1xXyVSTCdBd2TD9Ijco7_6jmgQ/s400/talang+098.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">roselle blooms (Hibiscus sabdariffa)<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601980137549119330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVP8Y_fTcpjhRBZDB2FgG18lzrHlNWHTW1RYXyL01v8vTLGwjtm8SflqC85th-vyyBtlMVqnkwCHAeF7ybGgUppoAfBjYQc1KghBKnYpEHlVyuaRWqgZ1SxbqrJEXpRsNXFQD0sK3Dfck/s400/rosell+004.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">the red roselle fruits on the plants<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601980129133257090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyhExgTtN7j2A56ADYz6v9unTMalFL8afWQv_hROIBtjKrYPfv_yI_lhurYN5KQm6PNISSD59tSIYTdm_vhJWd_8xjonAj94XOPO0S3PxsFOukeRAytUMBhfV6NmbJZWiF0vt5xBK9tc/s400/rosell+003.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">their fruits are as big my big toe<br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601980148051890418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaKsQA1aqei9U1MyEUaeNtTe2ONEFMqQy_Fol-ap34SdCWk0JQa-jktU1XljSs1OiibTPGB7bPCZ1ojoXh7eCn5yVvhlQ0gHoPkLDlimfVfz21UiDLLzueD621GkOwDX4CKtZhTj10-w/s400/rosell+001.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the first 3 roselle plants bought cheap from a nursery which I nursed them to health after a bout of disease and mealy bugs..now almost reaching my head!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601980132959333250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMrPbae3MCjmJpfeDPsT80xNaZLnix6ZkfZaIfwV0zcn7v0mnZH6j2t6fj3HTi7dakMcHixGPVfEOOvYlAoBpEey7UVGlGs-FL2eh2cFhf85ThyphenhyphenI8fi0cB1gTemGq26iwEummrgEDLX4/s400/rosell+002.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">after the first roselle fruits, I got plenty of seeds to sow...here are a few of those new seedlings</p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><br /><p align="center">Greens harvested today</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601967316517311986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oEIlBC9S-WNxIyl_GMc5vrX6BmOBTB-GGC9ROrAFMLlc5bANOswdyYXw4nSEPDG3PDK85oCYN_Se8TEnQr6GwzQ2eDlVltj6pMfvinNAY3CJ-FAb8_6i_-Gw-jo4jqtTXbj1KFESUo8/s400/peas+006.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">spinach and <em>kangkung</em> (water spinach) with okras from new plants</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601967299306019586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWhgUR6mLL4fv-XuYHq3GxowJOBLjW4psJGHBTWS4pLbOFEEjr6C7bNPik3rDqENLRtpCeoRSMgGI6KBgWbfMTNG_RlF7Dgq4ofoXJJypT0iOfshG8zs9ZgPQ0_-CtMM_Z97KyM-pbus/s400/pecai+005.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">spinach (<em>bayam</em>)</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601971243067502370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0zBqJiKcXcaYMyQeVX7AkqztaMwO70GUda3h1AA0sTjFNGCsu-jPKHvNKTIG_V4j683uunEJSi2ziRAEUUeRZE4oFOO9NVFXAEeD4gbEDk2RoqeG6K6GuHXbSMOxjYU04-kQiq5zO8U/s400/pecai+004.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">new okra plants on the new vegetable beds are growing well reaching my height now but the leaves are all perforated by grasshoppers I think...on the right is a<em> belimbing</em> tree I bought at last MAHA 2010</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601985288726711954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpAsS78EZ8tUipCD6cGW80uNhA_bKg7L85WvISi35AAb4YUmf0oLwxyyUcbwDr1UcV4u6vkUABys_zQoRAfsPSt5mb0u_Q79FEPALG4vAs0HxAByKZQpHgQWhyaLXZAqAaYGDLTGR6GM/s400/talang+106.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">I cant remember what bean I sowed but these are climbing high now competing with the pumpkins next to it</p><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601976562068401874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnu-CnnTzH7jdD99qG0oiVPFxJgdWVCiDTJ9GSwAIlUfpNxn4Bj7GNgs5edf8o2f4MjWiTyvoFNSG3g1tsap7bX8wWV6VnHPXSOveYDxCGUFFyM0-Jyy8QrbVzpuzClOETOhriv80td4/s400/fruity+019.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601967307679579330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneSc1G7PrkhSbe5eliKC_Nbp3BV0xElpWKv9F5crB93TXCmiGMB8MQlfXslb4xw7ZUol_TwiacyULLrdotArxFQBaDhCKqZo5V5vkFS61iPr1l8z4xtxhXMG0UH_MScE5_j9EYzm21b4/s400/peria+085.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center">their delicate light pinkish blooms</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601971252771095746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5M-4lQBRpGCJW-mrce2ps-wiX8jPmN7HMdh5HKAgNssRlETgkqOCf3sNNvE54TpqepSLHw-XDfMQuOJeugkRzHbYPtMjqgOvJvHXnLkNGE0Gd_nD-h_KGNrR-nf1T72HFpbVQSD7fSM/s400/peria+084.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601985292671274930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTw16vPnMQoc_v-iUud4Lz8ajHKl5jjezA4PGOOU3hUECMl-ZNyxHAWO3keLiW57hVOFoaI3H-STxdJ9QNc-ZX-mc0NulKE3pZAuMclfuNS9Msob6XMt5cKzJtWc36bJSsdIOHd-xkuo/s400/talang+105.jpg" /> pak choys growing again after last harvest</p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601976558949895778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoEvPOqcM-xE_lPXicjW9lAN0FX8Z-rQnmdv8PhZeKJu6qA4YdxbMZZbRVVj8bXAFcPG6EobSX8-MRz-KT0juj53Wpvm-CKC4oE9seecF-bpDVgdigC_zLXDb-osHPzBhy6ebOWM7k4U/s400/blue+021.jpg" /> </p><br /><br /><p align="center">one of my two tumeric plants...Im using the leaves to add flavour to <em>rendang</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601971239315644402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1dPsIgKfuKh3vP6vl3Rk5glKmLsAM2kDnT-JRKdu_AfMIikgXe2UKyXryo3e1g5BOYYS7xygdmJXm2lkhC7EGzVhP-JGqi4id8BO4rP1ewL5btISonR4KSHnQNUfi2Z0M8KkHlS0dmo/s400/peas+001.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div align="center">Chinese chives, seedlings given by my friend Noni, to add to stir-fry bean sprouts<br />with tofu or fried bee hoon (rice noodles)<br /></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601967326575767602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizMd8-X072D3FZNB5_9yvtgZ8bSsZV0_fegPRIxEX0RiHLw9wPrKf7P29Ld0ZVMqU9ABNCsDq9iSQUC_FWCPLJrP4X_NDoWpHfjThg_3HN7gPscpoHYtIPEnCbgAgTBWd2I6Moni8Q000/s400/peas+002.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">new addition to the vegetable beds - <em>ulam raja</em> (Cosmos caudatus) the young shoots are eaten as salad by the Malays<br /></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601967313231119746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRROxlPVxWThM0AAuFo3O2OE5tCeef_V3hRImUw-rvQA56LlKHazXEZPTgHuX_XfACh1bQWtu91qgFheBFW2CWAWmJghCZLgYFsrQFnch32SupD-92ChbxNXrionw8DN-AfsjNxNBoOuk/s400/peas+005.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">very healthy and bushy Thai basils...no holes on their leaves! caterpillars and grasshoppers are really avoiding these aromatic herbs...</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601963853408784434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTZ8atjvI0vWK2H9UY7UfBlcoA8s-ivhNwfsB6GNjr6tEeuTYWqID2cjPG1a-iImYWQHczhA4MSFN-qxN_7k-3nXQa0_FVumK53FwBxWMoAZ_yT0nCuEjOkeHWUZCos0HYuntHw-4dr8/s400/ulamr+025.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div align="center">newly sown beans (not sure what) since the packet of seeds I bought also in MAHA didnt say what type of beans they are...</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601971259958984146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjX1qvZGahTrOV8A4KThum20SoLRdCOgcbhTAuSY0PIf2fRj3aqkXBE6BHfui8ItnYIr_Kb_y_YHTlmGTjKMRfMeaBYYL3UPLIg6_Eajg4jf7jiFrP1Lo7rtMuznPLDbduM40vzB9HOiM/s400/peria+059.jpg" /> </div><br /><br /><div align="center">finally to quench our thirst in this really hot scorching sun.....lets sip on a very cold roselle juice! See how red the juice is from those calyx..</div><br /><br /><div></div></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-39878424667733304092011-04-25T20:46:00.000-07:002011-04-26T23:01:27.551-07:00Wildflower Wednesday - Simpoh Air<div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGU6sah-lpOYwEU3hQprye8QBj0TTYgrZRubkEn9bRg7b4p6-7huA0ya66IHHByxcLjQcjwSEm6IQ333viojz-cMcJfGPyfxsFK5voWJEoJXM-nmz9nx4d60THjbZ_JP_89DmrsNyxDw/s1600/talang+060.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599754577755041522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGU6sah-lpOYwEU3hQprye8QBj0TTYgrZRubkEn9bRg7b4p6-7huA0ya66IHHByxcLjQcjwSEm6IQ333viojz-cMcJfGPyfxsFK5voWJEoJXM-nmz9nx4d60THjbZ_JP_89DmrsNyxDw/s400/talang+060.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Simpoh Air</em> scientifically known as Dillenia Suffruiticosa as illustrated in David T. Jones book <span style="color:#009900;"><em>Flora of Malaysia Illustrated</em> </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify">Malaysian wild flowers are really wild. Usually they are found in dense secondary vegetation (<em>belukar</em>), along the margins of forests and swamps in the lowlands and hills. As new highways are built across the country, cutting across mountains and forests, these can easily seen by the roadside as we pass up and down the highways. They are not found in the meadows or lawns of gardens and not as pretty like those from the temperate countries. Though some of these wild flowers are now being cultivated as ornamental plants to grace our home and gardens for example: Melastoma Malabathricum (Sendudok) with its many varieties (I have white and vivid blue/purple varieties in my garden) and Cassia Alata or Candlestick Cassia (<em>Gelenggang</em>), to name the two common ones.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#6633ff;">Today Im featuring one those wild flowers called locally as <span style="color:#ff6600;">Simpoh Air</span> or the <span style="color:#ff6600;">Dillenia Suffruiticosa</span>. 'Suf' meaning under and 'fruiticosa' as shrubby which characterise the bushy growth habit of the plant.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599738583272168354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UxPSbmjNheihx95I8IeG3_SaT2Glz09qageB2VkL9ft6-69JybwhQJo-L3y8P17F-qP7MkwOegLP5GUCjO06wCUWmubQZ6mKO-Vdy6ic7agwr2spr8GWvYNHwylMVrcLHIySdahHZyU/s400/midah+020.jpg" /> its bright and broad yellow bloom </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599753584261103714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DakkNP0yqRRiTJC5vAmtYVLgT9jPrikrFzfiROLn7vEI-fY7EmRkTho9kU1UTkjhNfSz1jOJDb9K9Y7vKgFz4pEbn4toaAAeK4kFgVWPw2MtFp90kJIu2UXG-w2_94hnUeHwX3L6avw/s400/midah+018.jpg" /> black ants love these yellow flowers for their sweet nectar...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599752477613332802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOQAHa_c00HXKKUyDQNJWHr9xYq_zo_yONtKMEsVItSAfD_XiawyXHCyl8Dnx8_t2Oyu7JcsURvp094vosRVB1aSalqVrgo4wz1rmfuPrlMbyXS4AbKi2uIuG1SzgT8eTsIa_jEVFpnM/s400/midah+024.jpg" /> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">the bushy plant are easily distinguished from other <em>belukar </em>vegetation by their everflowering yellow blooms (photos were taken by the roadside in Sepang)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599738572073121730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIeNgew-douzcZrWFWrMWdN5Xn6iubYDq3J0Dj5ivJs8HHVKTR09QPK96Qig5iZlgEvcnYFuq1-jiDITrpvalndjf3DtVogRFHqfIGBd_j6eE4GarIUI2Th6QvHEOtAWSJJNm2TWFlFE/s400/midah+019.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">flower buds covered by red sepals</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 326px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599741133769692098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHmIxX0dR9gPpwC7lwLvJugSTwxV9CXsjIzYEvji8Vsb84nB4skfo8qU448DDu4PxbtcQ2TOV08nw0OSWslX0oezFhpsx3RNzQsHvTcbrEn7CaIHUpGZgdp8EM8aVr8y0RKpZo3JfC0M/s400/flower_dillenia2.jpg" /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center">the star-like pink fruits contain seeds enveloped by a fleshy red-coloured arils which are very attractive to birds which help to disperse the seeds across the landscape</p><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><br />The woods are good for making tools or fuel like in India. In some countries, the tannin is used as animal hide tanning and it is sold commercially. <em>Simpoh Air</em> is used to staunch bleeding wounds in those days where hospital and medical facilities were scarce and the fruit pulp was used for washing hair. I remember when I was a kid, their big broad leaves were used as wrappers of meat and vegetables in the wet market. And if Im not mistaken locally, they were also used to wrap fermented soya bean to make t<em>empe</em> but nowadays, I see the <em>tempe</em> are wrapped in banana leaves which are more readily available.<em> </em><br /></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSWfl3ukjbKF87JpqLPL12eITNYTlbQxRFHLXD0yrMP41xm8pTIVZbK49LnROFnbRgV-r8XQBA4LzCt0VazvuSGoWQumi3kyxig6kh-IZHZkVJdNiJ6RkEIeo5lgcbecmhiXzq4AxZos/s1600/wildflowerwednesday"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 115px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 119px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599735637670208322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSWfl3ukjbKF87JpqLPL12eITNYTlbQxRFHLXD0yrMP41xm8pTIVZbK49LnROFnbRgV-r8XQBA4LzCt0VazvuSGoWQumi3kyxig6kh-IZHZkVJdNiJ6RkEIeo5lgcbecmhiXzq4AxZos/s400/wildflowerwednesday" /></a><br />Im linking this to Gail's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2011/04/wildflower-and-bee.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Wildflower Wednesday</span> </a>(<a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/">Clay and Limestone</a>) to see her pretty wild flowers! </div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-24750448222503841992011-04-19T20:13:00.000-07:002011-04-23T07:27:13.347-07:00Outdoor Wednesday - Lovely morning!<div align="center">It rained early in the morning but by 7 am it stopped. Time for my morning walk. But today to another direction since my walking partner Noni, is still recuperating at home. So Im walking from my house to a nearby residential area just 10 mins away, called Taman Kosas. The air felt so fresh after the rain though the road coming out of the residential area was starting to get busy, people rushing to work or sending children to school. How wonderful life is without having to join in the rat race!<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597500925090551602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPg-at4ctCT2J4ppoL4A0ZdmtZSMdRSfd-BD-cUPsOCFp2LImq9onmD7BY9aVWtsqcRZ0nwr81kxD9pO1JLByv0I9sccuzaYpjZp7ImLsOfIQg0GUaHXpkqbcGq4nCSGMC3WuYq5ERMPc/s400/fruity+011.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">the morning sun was just showing itself behind the cloud - the air was so fresh and crisp<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597500910660320770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDNny05S_ggcrFog5EUnWxXhfIW2_GfjVxH6DWYSV1DSUXxI-Zf-pWpy3rd9F4-p8maUJSI1lTTImHAZmTzzvAzHMHRvpa89ZjVytYKmQuVxNqS5buNSzijkXausvfk3wZedMICet6ew/s400/fruity+012.jpg" />water cascading leisurely over the boulders in the river nearby, which is the same river that flows behind my house - the Ampang River<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597500921730695602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQl7jun4K8qYYkTRi_cHkVp94ZTxV7uBin3kngEsYK7CeS46AnI0hOZayIqmUdCUKIRagMVlOcnmN43b2x7RHhXZLhXMsPebdCQ-YGldkS47gnFu-2I8gri8UqsF6BAatfdVX7bVnsbHs/s400/fruity+021.jpg" />although the skyline is changing fast, the track around the residential area is quite peaceful for a morning walk<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597503425593185202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhJ0T2iXtsqJN2EQj6VMy-3AAE5-tY16OfxvbsD6G1n-vzqDY9uvDE8sGMYDOMJ_1o93mZ8u0Awh4SJyYIYC9CM3r46dL0IeSXwWbI1Z0cEqzG7XkT_sGAEQzVVRF_TvRfy-Jlg8YBWw/s400/fruit5.jpg" /> majestic willow trees on one side of the river bank behind the Ampang Waterfront, the IN place to chill out (l<em>epak</em>) with rows of restaurants, cafes, furniture shops etc etc...just 15 mins walk from my house<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597505829843089890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcihRSVN2Fh9zVWEq5PjadVwzbCFZk-4l6VZJK_OCqX3krwA3bUNwyYR2A1qfO31naK60qVTTKXpswulc8Jp8INdlzgmXT3OC_J_ZJXLfcjPs09cmIF1whUtgsChfyMgB8hUeeWuCeGeY/s400/fruit2.jpg" />on the other side, cascading bougainvilleas and palm trees are lining the river bank<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597508496466063410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyJ-Dl0WU2fnlfodUUb8ZraoghZRfR8f2BhmZcQ-DBvSYMug5RX5xb2dkmPpz7_FmSYLK8aLXfXzL1qYwDZr3LRZ69zFrg4rALKdodRcsu-I5wdEY7AG2qUI2OxdJ40CZWJxg5P_t5sg/s400/fruity+026.jpg" />while walking near the houses, I saw some plants and flowers in their front yards...this is <em>buah kedondong</em> (Spondia dulcis or Ambarella or Malay Apple), sourish fruit which can be eaten fresh with a hot spicy sauce or salt, or it can be pickled in brine and sugar<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597508492243143218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV0fi-Wu6RWkDPoxL6f-lHf7GqQYuhLzMqWfLH3lG1FWWFenA0FqizvNjldnLlpPo5WrXfG5hHgnwketd9tpcqtoshmcEIxV5bAd1keXi-xNAiABSJslmGv7GNUOmuMN99MWi9zQ2ouc/s400/fruity+022.jpg" />this <em>petai belalang</em> (Leucaena leucocephala) is found near some secondary jungle or bushes.... the last of a green lung near the houses<br /></p><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597505846626708898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrpdxaM6HrZCWLvOEh9sOgBq0IPdHZtQ_LsFGxAcrxg6QszExdSssub-GXSRJXe84DtKoAHgZHD4YvkQx0kIj7xCbEprU-cnru47FMfEkfInVyp6O8PLslevY0PhxVrYIyPYwfcqk9Fs/s400/fruity+023.jpg" />betelnut tree bearing a bunch of little fruits<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597508481591443890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEIOALh8dwVd-OXYBZGhnGMw9VM7bvJfn5isBRIU7BNQnopdFZSfARQ_kp3JiMHaP_4VEx4GpPbfxrzZUzM90_bVe2Hw0G4dmmVQYCbz69HmBpqjCstlWIlxVO2iwQYuwsCac_W1x7FQ/s400/fruity+025.jpg" />close-up of the betelnuts<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597508475427553730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ijXzje6NhtUpyv7Vy5V6rhl8TBj8syNXgnsSRYwM61MGTbPJv00VTc17NINPxCD-y_C13hm91UokAd_Lsmv1oLBRDwLCcsH8CrL8WEltejp5mNuM1KjBpqcrPfpOX9kNuNzj8dnQvfI/s400/fruity+033.jpg" />spider orchids...one of the oldest known species of orchid, blooming profusely in front of one house<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597503446557050866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bfimlkSCqn02xGgGIomm6WR7hix0cz5zbHsPQ4eA-8ZjI2jevGFSqGuNWfmJN6SPyZdp6-9QdPunZHwGTLian2nOThYmjcDPRfhWQzZwhvB96ZmLsiCG-XQiF2Ud0K1IMlnyvUqJUXo/s400/fruity+037.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597508489927580050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCY2jDer7J2bjDCY3nS0d9FoTpZmIYq3d3hyphenhyphensFv0b9YgrNaZ-EOCkRgpxgy8OghlOKJSuODvLAsph_yiT2sudNvSIVgTZKrzmco_3eYA651FVMR4kdX1jYlxtPOD87wLcFQsezw_UL7U/s400/fruity+038.jpg" /> a shrub of little white flowers found near the roadside, known as Asian rosebay or Tabernaemontana divaricata, a double layered variety, usually these are stringed to make a garland to be worn by Indian ladies on their hair, though it has no sweet fragrance like the jasmine<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597503442225702466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw2reebHvF9aPj9Uuy5zTXgJyyLXzzIhBLHIJ2ap4THA8mJ8WiUXY_49yqxUBAVxxJlwvYIn3IAscEl8tyNaSpzxngSIjrBQUlitzvFNzakZXcsZFycajH4Y4KxEH1T292KiDA92jTcw/s400/fruity+046.jpg" /> I saw lots of big bright orange flowers littered under their tree on the sidewalk on my way back<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597516552254602850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_OkrPhL7KkNfXvKXDCyVg75ik1j22MXwoVk7FOIv2t_JfjbZiRI0JQj3eWLvRhL51ZYsLPrgSz67yu-gYsqSBYNlhzKGYohDmzDsMr2oFhkN_NuQisxCn-b03oE6g_PsSRmRMX50sus/s400/fruity+047.jpg" />such lovely colour...African Tulip or Spathodea campanulata (thanks Arati for letting me know the name of this lovely flower)<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597516554140779138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8CPK9wbgmW075Tpc0SPV212lUDVTTEX3tIcbV_oYrB8_9W-8-bfPM8DINRujoLRM-XI83k9PUZRY6__32S5KLcojwbXUshhj42lOdfMTR1mJy4Ci689X9u6awNStkRxxYcd7P2CLdKo/s400/fruity+048.jpg" />near a modern apartment, lovely <em>sepit udang</em> are flowering, part of a beautiful landscape there<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597505833726324402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuhiw1cYBt96rDqQF9V3EXjFoaDOU9_YmDG523Co25i7Tm_J2JZS2P7z9ZeuZpaV2QHxeWLt_3kmXJW_fP1piAsunMaaKNSm_FNmmE3xSUvLjOye8bD1GdFC10kIaBxH-G9CbQkGM2_s/s400/fruity+049.jpg" /> </p><br /><p align="center">their bright colours are very attractive from far</p><br /><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597503437580959906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlvoN6NuGO20Gkp47EQRYQO8-AcF9HLrg9R61wwFuG0LocYzB_1XuilAwM8uNJU3qHA7SbOD3Y4TPEkWI9j5REzJvSGlRAeEgPhawLvCM98Tra_Dz_nH1LYWGIa-3gKzTvkupCDrd8Xw/s400/fruity+050.jpg" /> just next to the apartment which is close by the river bank, I saw these polystyrene containers perched precariously on the narrow ledge, with okra, chilli and some other vegetables being grown by a garden enthusiast, probably one of the residents of that apartment!</p><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597503429554977026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h51zsvJK2JiQdZgg2BOc-XCJFlhEr8sk8W1CN7oSTUsv6zKyqmWj_EEHDQv7If8tzE-60G8UyedjCV9sYDUqt0tSrU9eEIsfDDNcYB1I9OR1IlvYByUi5mhVOIB_akRiFfKSZzHp9pE/s400/fruity+051.jpg" /> this placid river, the Ampang River, is flowing down towards my house...how nice if I can have a small <em>sampan </em>(boat) tied near hear and I can row back to my house!<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 147px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 111px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597500904644722130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5210jUyRP6bOxKe2sZOyvCqZy5SQMoaRUS81h7EMfq3yJEDn8KCqJgd81abdJm-X5VTZowlT5GUx3Ay4sM_nBhS30INaIx3wQMuYAPoQrdAVEgZF-F79nGvdYbanXQM8wO_4Ilx2yKvg/s400/Outdoor_Wednesday%255B2%255D.jpg" /> <br /><p align="center">Lets visit Susan of <a href="http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">A Southern Daydreamer</span> </a>for more outdoor Wednesday postings!</p>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251415379188394270.post-48729634022145142182011-04-17T20:19:00.000-07:002011-04-18T05:24:57.311-07:00Monday's Harvests<div align="center">This morning I harvested my green vegetables and young sweetcorns. The hot and wet season we are experiencing now has done a lot of good to my vegetables. They are thriving but because of my busy schedule since last week, I have no time to harvest them. A few of them are showing some flowers!</div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R8cZEecPQD4sxRg3dbRpHH-v7AoL2XjDOGzhHNwLpQ7aphzPmm8hevX1jb_RRDNkd8hTXcLcSE-7PXzOJtm5XLN5_U5FR-TEWAklFbqiO34YlZPZ1ZjBmdKJm9oY91MstYKP3V86Tok/s1600/pecai+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596799955568851442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R8cZEecPQD4sxRg3dbRpHH-v7AoL2XjDOGzhHNwLpQ7aphzPmm8hevX1jb_RRDNkd8hTXcLcSE-7PXzOJtm5XLN5_U5FR-TEWAklFbqiO34YlZPZ1ZjBmdKJm9oY91MstYKP3V86Tok/s400/pecai+007.jpg" /></a>from left: white and green pak choys (the stems), first time green and red spinachs (<em>bayam</em>), second time <em>kangkung </em>(water spinach) and eggplants</div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq_EixMtG9PVWbB2ieaGTpZv4tuJHKfatszDlYGjEkw9hMdTlXwjYV4Fl2IdVxNcU0xSAvpKsniKW3HRVVzouvYW-LR4qzoATx4urU3_hWiauHwdp7bvkVoPq0VWOxxNwGzabS7xHzcc/s1600/talang+076.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 303px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596796554743665314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHq_EixMtG9PVWbB2ieaGTpZv4tuJHKfatszDlYGjEkw9hMdTlXwjYV4Fl2IdVxNcU0xSAvpKsniKW3HRVVzouvYW-LR4qzoATx4urU3_hWiauHwdp7bvkVoPq0VWOxxNwGzabS7xHzcc/s400/talang+076.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfXKvh9J4lyjls5Cev2uoCE_i8f7PT4YOmLqKZYf5KoawUUt-uppwsJrU42bdKPUa6bqJeLCZ6FraFvr2XvQGF29NO6bUYtwbzjLj0OIccm9Z_1j-919alToe5tcqXTi-1VSVfy1dghI/s1600/merah+025.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 324px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596797409136142866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfXKvh9J4lyjls5Cev2uoCE_i8f7PT4YOmLqKZYf5KoawUUt-uppwsJrU42bdKPUa6bqJeLCZ6FraFvr2XvQGF29NO6bUYtwbzjLj0OIccm9Z_1j-919alToe5tcqXTi-1VSVfy1dghI/s400/merah+025.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfXKvh9J4lyjls5Cev2uoCE_i8f7PT4YOmLqKZYf5KoawUUt-uppwsJrU42bdKPUa6bqJeLCZ6FraFvr2XvQGF29NO6bUYtwbzjLj0OIccm9Z_1j-919alToe5tcqXTi-1VSVfy1dghI/s1600/merah+025.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfXKvh9J4lyjls5Cev2uoCE_i8f7PT4YOmLqKZYf5KoawUUt-uppwsJrU42bdKPUa6bqJeLCZ6FraFvr2XvQGF29NO6bUYtwbzjLj0OIccm9Z_1j-919alToe5tcqXTi-1VSVfy1dghI/s1600/merah+025.jpg"></a></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">young sweetcorns and cute little capsicums for stir-fry mixed veggies </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUla6cyokpKmKm_rImZn1wsxrkt0fWg7ZiVyXDefJKzPW30lOx-HtesZMtNdjK_fo2D-Nq1mYQ8s02aoqI2tLj6DKs99l4ctLK_Bb07Z9kgH9lOLgZ_F2lE4thyphenhyphenuFrvS48oLpMWD5tXg/s1600/fruity+014.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; 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Here are some photos showing those little fruits. I tried hand pollinations to help them, not sure these will be successful in forming pumpkins. Hope they dont drop off please.... </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtmAsjRbQguODc3cJf3VuPZfwcQ6cakZOnFDrLpYVpJTaZ_2vT9jAdfeDBCE4J6oZpJX1tZXx7RZ24njQ6l_7iptxboF_Fy0ngul-9bl9oRFxutyPaFnov5ERuOPC8mBBLbGx3bXOqFw/s1600/talang+110.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 328px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596792992391840994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtmAsjRbQguODc3cJf3VuPZfwcQ6cakZOnFDrLpYVpJTaZ_2vT9jAdfeDBCE4J6oZpJX1tZXx7RZ24njQ6l_7iptxboF_Fy0ngul-9bl9oRFxutyPaFnov5ERuOPC8mBBLbGx3bXOqFw/s400/talang+110.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPdapIbpdt1bWMC5gel4xl839MmCLTmMdRFaKvX5OUnRxSV7WDx4uK6ptGJoi5MXk_5nm5EGvF4aeM-KAK66n5G2xRjDIfTw1ws3tyfVRPnwMy8qIkYlSBlR30YKGcslI7aFFTDr1CYM/s1600/fruity+017.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 253px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596791862894289202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPdapIbpdt1bWMC5gel4xl839MmCLTmMdRFaKvX5OUnRxSV7WDx4uK6ptGJoi5MXk_5nm5EGvF4aeM-KAK66n5G2xRjDIfTw1ws3tyfVRPnwMy8qIkYlSBlR30YKGcslI7aFFTDr1CYM/s400/fruity+017.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPdapIbpdt1bWMC5gel4xl839MmCLTmMdRFaKvX5OUnRxSV7WDx4uK6ptGJoi5MXk_5nm5EGvF4aeM-KAK66n5G2xRjDIfTw1ws3tyfVRPnwMy8qIkYlSBlR30YKGcslI7aFFTDr1CYM/s1600/fruity+017.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtmAsjRbQguODc3cJf3VuPZfwcQ6cakZOnFDrLpYVpJTaZ_2vT9jAdfeDBCE4J6oZpJX1tZXx7RZ24njQ6l_7iptxboF_Fy0ngul-9bl9oRFxutyPaFnov5ERuOPC8mBBLbGx3bXOqFw/s1600/talang+110.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtmAsjRbQguODc3cJf3VuPZfwcQ6cakZOnFDrLpYVpJTaZ_2vT9jAdfeDBCE4J6oZpJX1tZXx7RZ24njQ6l_7iptxboF_Fy0ngul-9bl9oRFxutyPaFnov5ERuOPC8mBBLbGx3bXOqFw/s1600/talang+110.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtmAsjRbQguODc3cJf3VuPZfwcQ6cakZOnFDrLpYVpJTaZ_2vT9jAdfeDBCE4J6oZpJX1tZXx7RZ24njQ6l_7iptxboF_Fy0ngul-9bl9oRFxutyPaFnov5ERuOPC8mBBLbGx3bXOqFw/s1600/talang+110.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPdapIbpdt1bWMC5gel4xl839MmCLTmMdRFaKvX5OUnRxSV7WDx4uK6ptGJoi5MXk_5nm5EGvF4aeM-KAK66n5G2xRjDIfTw1ws3tyfVRPnwMy8qIkYlSBlR30YKGcslI7aFFTDr1CYM/s1600/fruity+017.jpg"></a></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQPdapIbpdt1bWMC5gel4xl839MmCLTmMdRFaKvX5OUnRxSV7WDx4uK6ptGJoi5MXk_5nm5EGvF4aeM-KAK66n5G2xRjDIfTw1ws3tyfVRPnwMy8qIkYlSBlR30YKGcslI7aFFTDr1CYM/s1600/fruity+017.jpg"></a></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLLIPQ0B0qkkDKZ2mXS78ueKYhgff4oSH28EWOF6sekdgRg0O75dRfBdMBT65B0-8Ss-oiJJ133TbFAkyHQOyodBh6PjBCDLIz7S1gevoaUWUK6VP_v56v9KVRA_G8jCYtYQaNg7-wjo/s1600/talang+110.jpg"></a></p><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">So my lunch today consisted of those greens I harvested this morning. I blanched everything. The <em>kangkungs</em>, long beans and bean sprouts are made into <em>pecal,</em> a local salad eaten with a hot spicy peanut sauce.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7_dO7-OMJhC-fG8oJ4m8x1HaoSGCScY4qvfoalJZjrX5rGitsuDCUhnpyVbT28al2zQSloByDuITHei9Mp3FBJRV9ebrcM8me0nj-Cic28gTh-khAevViZPZ9hesHqHVK1C6j_i9l2M/s1600/pecai+008.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 296px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596776518563621250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7_dO7-OMJhC-fG8oJ4m8x1HaoSGCScY4qvfoalJZjrX5rGitsuDCUhnpyVbT28al2zQSloByDuITHei9Mp3FBJRV9ebrcM8me0nj-Cic28gTh-khAevViZPZ9hesHqHVK1C6j_i9l2M/s400/pecai+008.jpg" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"></a></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 289px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596777417017794322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s400/pecai+010.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"></a></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"></a></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuoHiJ1js-vN5iIe7i03vYtS2upcZUVgy9w4c47MEjfmXVPZ9Sv4avSR_D9aPKLA2wpzkEc_Y0pmY7su9G1pLy0Hi7Xbe9vjtv59dGRop1O0EIHhNFGwgr4kZgYagcLyBJDTBZRaXanU/s1600/pecai+010.jpg"></a></div><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">blanched <em>kangkungs</em>, long beans, bean sprouts and fried fermented soya bean (<em>tempe</em>) with the hot and spicy peanut sauce </div><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596761447217019250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdYzHHenBf7_foBu0LSvHyx4tJFOnnYrWm2qkq-zxygUUI-ujEkomKGcLlI20l5UGG4MKDxbS898pLBSk4IPbM7Dw44SZBxc6BTw-IpYkaOPhxuv1qK31MK8ejbcn1b-ybDo5Gifm-8U/s400/salads.jpg" /> </div><br /><div align="center">The rest of the veggies - pak choys, green and red spinachs are also blanched with cauliflower, brocolli, sweetcorns, cubed red apples, pear eaten with mayonaise. Emmmm...I can eat this everyday! </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Sorry, if my photos are haphazardly arranged...its just one of those things that is beyond my control..hehehe</span></em></div>p3chandanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.com20