Nature Taking Its Course

February, the shortest month of the year and also one of the busiest for those of us who celebrate the Chinese New Year.

For 3 weeks, we left our vegetables to grow on their own and they did very well, and so did the weeds, we must add.. Thankful, that the weather was kind, as the plants had enough water to survive and they were also mature enough to withstand unfavourable conditions. In fact after 3 weeks, we came back to see the plants fruiting well and we were able to harvest the four-angled beans, one brinjal (we were extremely proud of this fella!), the roselles and the pandanus leaves.

Our mint started to expand their territory to places forbidden, like the path and we had to start trimming and also re-planting them. We decided to tackle the pineapple patch as well. The patch, overgrown with weeds that when the people came to trim the weeds before the Chinese New Year, they could not see the pineapple plants and therefore, their leaves were trimmed along with the weeds.

So we started work on 2 rows of pineapple last Saturday, further trimming the weeds which have since grown taller, searching for the pineapple plants and needless to say, we had scratches all over our arms due to our surroundings. Finally we were able to place the black plastic sheets over these 2 rows, making openings in the sheets for our pineapple plants and the rest of the ground covered to suffocate the weeds. May they never see daylight ever again!

Waiting to harvest this bunch. The flower or bell was removed to allow the plant to put more energy into producing bigger bananas. :)

It's amazing how a  plant that is about 45cm in height can produce a fruit that is about 18cm long.

The growth of a Luffa .

From flowers to beans. One of us greenies, thought the baby beans were caterpillars from afar!

Our lone-ranger sugar cane. 5 were planted but only one survived...

Should you want to pre-order any fruits or vegetables from our garden, you can do so by leaving a comment on this blog. We only use organic fertilizers and sprays on our plants. We cannot say that no animal died in the process of our gardening though...