Three rows of vegetable bed

Kangkung, kale, sweet peas, and peanuts are lining up in the raised vegetable bed. Peanuts had been here for months, seems to stop flowering for a while but busy sending roots right from the stem straight into the ground for the eventual peanuts. Kangkung (water spinach), kale and sweet peas are of the same age, sown together and transplanted on the same day. Kangkung don't seem to pose any problem..., they just keep on growing. Some of the kale are adding the third leaves, some simply wilt and fall flat. Lucky that I have so many extras, which is so handy to replace them.

Sweet peas are real teasers. Their game had been hide and seek. I have been trying again and again, but somehow they are not up to it. They simply dry up and die young..... not even with the first bloom. I guess they hate too much sunlight. Now there is netting for the three rows......

 

 three rows of vegetable bed with netting.

 

three rows of  kangkung

sweetpeas at both ends, 

and three rows of little kale in the middle

peanuts / groundnuts / kacang tanah
far left.

bangchik and kakdah

Tanah Merah, Kelantan

Sweet peas, a re-run.

I really want to see sweet peas setting in and  produce beautiful flowers. Earlier attempts failed along the way They  germinated, but eight inches was about the highest the plants would grow before they wilted and died ... Now, they are persuaded to grow in a container. Six plants are growing  now. Lets see. what will happen to them...  I thought they failed in the earlier attempts because they were directly under the hot sun. Sunny in Sweden is mild to Putrajaya.  The container is kept at a little corner in Kakdah's dry yard. Every time she get out to hang cloths she will check on the progress. The seed packet displays beautiful and colourful flowers, definitely Kakdah is very enthusiastic to see the first sign of buds appearing....

I am sure gittan wants to see too ...

sweet peas
with 4 stakes

such tiny stems

they do have tendrils,
but not as energetic as bitter gourds.

hopefully our plants will survive and produce flowers as beautiful as these

bangchik

sweet peas

1. sweet pea

2. sweet pea

3. sweet pea

Another attempt at growing sweet peas. The earlier ones died early.

Sweet peas: a failed attempt.

The story of sweet peas is a sad one in here. That's about as far as it can go. Then it wilts and dies the next morning. Gardening is not all about bucketful bounty, pretty flowers and juicy fruits. A sad one will come in intermittently to complete the flavor of gardening. Seeds are still available, and I do have the responsibility to complete the test that  seeds from Sweden can really see the light of the day here in Putrajaya.

~bangchik