Garlic Vines

My garlic vine is flowering for a second time since i planted it a year ago. It flowers 3 months ago but i only realise it when it was already wilted. It is a gift from my friend whom gave me 2 cutting.  I love seeing it progress from flower bud to its full bloom.

Today my curiosity gets the better of me; i smell the flower. Surprisingly it is sweet smelling with occasional garlic accent. Hmm, interesting!

This is the most attractive stage ; purple tipped bud

a day later: petals partially unfolded

in full bloom

close-up view

                                            

Herb's flower

Now is a rainy season in the east coast of west Malaysia. On a cloudy day, the daytime temperature is between 24 to 28 degree Celsius, it is almost like late spring. I think this is the reason why my rosemary is flowering for past 2 weeks.

 And Parsnip flower

Today harvest

I harvest shallot shoot and amaranth today. I forgot to take the photo of the amaranth, i only realise about it after it was cooked.   So i take the photo of the plant instead.

after the cut

 In the afternoon i pulled out the young shallot shoot.

 
 This is what happened to it

in fried rice vermicelli

But i don't have a heart  to eat this one: it is too beautiful .

good contrast, red round chili surrounded by purple leaves

Pineapple.... Finally

I wish a belated happy new year to visitor of my blog. This pineapple plant surprises me usually it takes about 14 to 16 months before it start to fruit. This pineapple is only 12 months old.

attractive purple pineapple flower surrounded by red leaves

Brocolli and salad seedlings

 I usher in a first month of 2013 with crop  failures. (Talking like a  farmer who has acres of farms:-))). For 6 weeks it was raining non- stop in my state, as a result thousands of people had to be evacuated due to flood. Luckily my village is not involves. This is the first time the weather is so unpredictable and the downpour is very heavy. ( Blame it on global warming). My plant were not as lucky as my village, some of them died because of  mildew,  some because of overwatering (nature too generous) and last but not  least : it becomes a sheep lunch courtesy of a neighbour from hell. ( He let loose of his sheep so that he did not have to feed it.)

This photo was taken 4 weeks ago

2 weeks old Packman brocolli,cardinale summer crisp lettuce and onion

2 weeks old Packman brocolli, red oakleaf lettuce and onion

 3 weeks old, the brocolli has outgrown the lettuce

This is what photo is taken after the devastation by the sheeps (i know it sound dramatic!)  

An empty pot 

 The reason for the empty pot

 

leafleess red amaranth

 my once lush  blooming dahlia

 long bean eaten by ants

On the happier note, my mum manage to save a box of  packman brocolli (1 st photo)

  5 weeks old, not much growth for last 2 weeks

All 11 pots of my pineapple is fruiting