kemunting

              As a kid i used to eat fruits from kemunting bush. It is sweet when it is ripe (colour purplish black) and has a little bit of crunch due to its small seeds. i think it taste better than supermarket bought blueberry. I grew it because i love the fruits, the never-ending pink flowers which turn to white after a few days and it provide nectar to my stingless bees.

              As a kid i used to eat fruits from kemunting bush. It is sweet when it is ripe (colour purplish black) and has a little bit of crunch due to its small seeds. i think it taste better than supermarket bought blueberry. I grew it because i love the fruits, the never-ending pink flowers which turn to white after a few days and it provide nectar to my stingless bees.

I have 5 plants growing along the fence to act as a screen for added privacy. Its start fruiting since Nov 2016 but until now i have not yet taste its fruits. I dream of making muffin using its berry but the birds beat me to it. Before this the creature in my garden are 4 varieties of butterflies. Grass hopper, a few species of bees, wasps and 2 species of birds but now i  have 5 species of birds. Apparently an ample supply of food is like a magnet enticing them to my garden.

new and old kemunting flower

loaded with berries

close up view

almost ripe  fruit

organza bag to cover ripe fruit

PVC pipe and coated chicken wire

enclosure to keep the birds away

 

 ripe berry