Post hari ni taknak cerita pasal dinner, kita tukar angin sikit. hari ni kita cerita pasal my backyard garden. The house we are presently staying at is a rental property so tak bolehlah nak tanam apa2 on the ground unless we dont want to take the plants away with us when we move out. So, segala tanaman yg we all tanam, we planted them in pots, ranging from small ones to a really big one for the pokok limau purut. Ada yg tanam from the first summer we moved into this house and ada yg baru aje tanam about a month ago.

Pokok limau purut tu we all tanam masa baru pindah Perth, and masa beli pokok tu ada lah 10 helai daun aje and kurus sesgt pokok tu. Masa tu memang lah tak sangka yg pokok tu will survive but survived it did and skrg ni punyalah tinggi and lebat dgn daun. Sayangnya, masih belum ada buah lagi...But klu kat supermarket, they sell daun limau purut ni about $4 for about 10 leaves. The other half said that we should insure our pokok limau purut sbb it's worth around $700 skrg ni, hehehe....Bolehlah bukak gerai kat depan rumah jual daun limau purut, hahaha!

Anyway, mari kita berkenalan dgn tanaman2 in my backyard garden ok....

Starting on the left side yg cuma nampak kelibat nya saje is my pokok limau purut/kaffir lime tree/makrut tree. It says that pokok ni is native to Indonesia and used widely in South East Asian cooking. tapi memanglah klu masak rendang letak ni, rasa wangi aje...

Sebelah dia tu is daun kesum. Sejak summer ni and hari2 kena siram, daun dia tersangatlah hijau nya. Sebelumni taklah sehijau tu. It's called vietnamese mint or laksa leaf here in Oz. Sedap makan raw in salad or letak dlm asam laksa or mee kari.

Next to daun kesum tu is the feijoa tree. Buah feijoa ni is also known as pineapple guava or guavasteen. It came originally from South America but I think a lot of New Zealanders have embraced this tree as their own. That's why we have to grow this tree sbb it reminds the other half of his birthplace, hehe..

Then serai aka lemongrass (ehem,ehem), pastu in the small black pot is coriander and daun sup/ italian flat leaf parsley. Pastu next to it is my pride n joy, my chilli plant. Tak tau lah kenapa pokok chilli tu membesar sideways and tak meninggi. So, kenalah cacakkan bnyk2 stakes so dahan pokok tu tak patah dek kerana berat sgt buah nya. Tapi mmng dah bnyk lah guna chilli nya sampai tak termakan2 dah.

Infront of the chilli plant are terung/brinjal/japanese eggplants and also capsicum/lada benggala/bell pepper.
( the photo below it is just another view from the other end)

Right, the next photo pulak. Dah tak larat nak baca ke? Teruskan membaca, bnyk pengajaran dapat ni, kehkehkeh.

The climbing plants are sugar snap peas (tak ingatlah nama dia in BM) and snake beans/kacang panjang/yard beans. Tak taulah bila nak boleh di semai tu, hehehe. Next to it in the hanging pot are the cherry tomatoes. Behind the trellis is the rosemary shrub, we didn't plant this, it was already there when we moved in here. Rosemary goes really well with roast meat. And next to the rosemary shrub is the lemon tree. Ada banyak gak buah but none are yellow yet.

The last 2 photos are just of the silverbeets, ginger and turmeric plants.