Monday, September 17, 2012

Garden, random pictures

Some plants are designed to keep growing. That's our green spinach. We had to be back in Sitiawan and Pantaai Remis during Hari Raya celebrations, and other appointments over in KL, Putrajaya and Terengganu. Daily rainfalls helped plants very much, and they survived including green spinach or bayam hijau.  Kakdah did her usual sup bayam. Sup bayam is the simplest - bayam boiled in a few cups of water, adding shrimps, onions and red chili.

green spinach (bayam)


purple flower

flower of ornamental palm


I am back online after 2 weeks off.   I need to mention about delivery of 200 stevia seedlings to blogger friend in Ipoh during Raya days and the recent mail of 50 roselle seeds to autumn belle. We only grow roselle from the old world, the type I had seen since small.  I am currently getting quite serious with stevia, having 100 seedlings at the backyard under the shade of  netting, 40 percent light penetration.

bangchik and kakdah
my little vegetable garden
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16 comments:

  1. Sue GarrettSeptember 17, 2012 12:09 AM

    Love the colour of that purple flower

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  2. Victoria WilliamsSeptember 17, 2012 4:21 AM

    Sometimes simpler is better. Sup bayam sounds delicious.

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 4:55 PM

      Sup bayam will ease the journey along the digestive system which begins at the mouth, totaling 2o-23 feet long of narrow small intestine and 5 feet long of large intestine. haha.

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  3. Umm AASeptember 17, 2012 5:04 AM

    Bangcik..glad that u r back online...bayam look healthy..maybe kak dah can try to make some fry bayam also? heehhe...sedap jugak tuh..

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 4:56 PM

      ummuaidan, just a short break. she did fry bayam too. Bayam hijau is soft and delicious. sedap!

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  4. AndreaSeptember 17, 2012 11:24 AM

    Oh hi Bangchik, i can see you have a new header and a new face here. I've not seen your post, yes, for quite a while. I hope the roselle seeds you gave out to Autumn Belle will have lots of ripple effects, haha!

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 4:58 PM

      Andrea, just a normal facial treatment for the blog. haha..... Autumn Belle had not confirmed it's safe delivery yet.

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  5. Mama PongkeySeptember 17, 2012 4:25 PM

    Love the lush plants you have. I once had the purple flower, but I planted it in shade. I see from the above photo it should be in direct sun, my mistake.

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 5:01 PM

      mama pongkey, the purple flower is on the right side of the house enjoying full sunlight for half of the day.

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  6. Lrong LimSeptember 17, 2012 5:29 PM

    Stevia is a good herb to grow... sometimes I do enjoy a cup of that herb...

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  7. Janneke September 17, 2012 9:52 PM

    We also have green spinach over here, but I think it´s another cultivar as I see the leaves. I wonder what kind of flower the beautiful purple one is.

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 11:25 PM

      ~ Janneke ~ green spinach comes in many types, ours with long leaves. To be honest, I dont know the name of that plant with purple flowers.

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  8. RosemarySeptember 17, 2012 10:29 PM

    It's always nice when Mother Nature takes care of our garden when we are too busy :) Your spinach plant looks wonderfully healthy.

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    1. Bangchik and KakdahSeptember 17, 2012 11:28 PM

      Rosemary ~ Mother Nature handles plants better.... haha. We look after a few favourite plants, but mother nature cares for the whole plant kingdom!!

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