Friday 16 December 2011

Another garden update (tak laraaattttt…. :-))

It is quite good sebenarnya when The Little Misses tak payah pergi sekolah ni sebab I can also take leave from tugas pagi2 of getting them ready for school and jadi Mak Supir.

So, boleh lah I spent that time in the garden instead.

But I wasn’t doing anything exciting in the garden pun, only those fiddly chores that you have to do whether you like it or not like weeding, watering and deadheading the roses.

Every time we all water and fertilise the vegetables, I rasa all the weeds pun bersorak gumbira ria jugak kan sebab diaorang pun dapat tempias the water and the food. Luckily lah the weeds bukan jenis yang deep rooted so senang lah nak pull them out tadi. Kalau nak the plants hidup subur, kenalah rajin buat weeding kan, heeee….

Watering pun satu kerja yang I tak berapa suka. Sebabnya we all guna rain tank water which is at the side of the house. Kalau nak water the garden and the pots, I kena hook up the long hose to the raink water tank tap and then tadah the water from the hose into watering cans to avoid water wastage. Then I kena carry the watering cans around the house to water the plants. Penat weh nak tunggu the cans penuh and then nak hangkut the cans! Each watering can boleh isi 9 litres so kadang2 it takes 10 cans to water all the plants so bayang kan lah betapa muscly nya my biceps and triceps after that! hehehehe.

People slalu tanya how come our sayur gumuk2 belaka and semua menjadi.

Actually, banyak jugak yang we all tanam tak berapa menjadi especially yang direct from seeds. I guess we didn’t use the right seed growing soil kot, tu yang semua tak kuasa nak bercambah.

But since we all guna the greenhouse and The Other Half started using coir + really good potting mix as his seed raising soil base, the result is unbelievable. All the seeds dah bercambah and tengah galak bercambah. We are so happy.

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The cress, the mustard and the snow pea sprouts. Lepas ni boleh makan salad hari2 Smile.

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The marigolds, carnations and sunflowers.

(Entah bila dia jadi Mat Bunga, muahahaha.).

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The bok choys and the pak choys.

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My most prized possesion (apart from all of the chilli plants Winking smile) are these 2 tini bean plants. They are not the usual common garden beans, they are kacang botol. The Other Half pernah cuba tanam them dulu but tak berjaya hidup. These beans I yg tanam and Alhamdulillah, dah bercambah. Happy sangat2!

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The Other Half is so happy bila every morning dia pergi jenguk his green house, more seeds have sprouted!

(Now, I yang pening kepala nak fikir nak tanam kat mana lah all those seedlings! We haven’t got any more rooms in the garden for them.)

And another thing, The Other Half ni rajin membaja, he will do it every fortnightly. And this is the baja yang we all guna sejak dari dulu lagi, Seasol concetrate which is 100% seaweed based and Australian made and is really good. Kalau you all nak tau more about it, just go to this link. 

(He bought the 10l bottle and then bila nak guna, he’ll mix it with water to dilute it and then siram. Because it’s a concentrate, you dont need to use much.)

But since it’s seaweed based, every time lepas dia habis membaja, I akan rasa nak termuntah sebab bau hanyir laut+ikan! Urgh!

The good thing with this Seasol, you don’t have to wait to eat your vegetables after fertilising, straight away boleh guna the sayur (but still kena basuh dulu, hehehe).

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Lihat lah dunia, my hoa lat chilli finally dah berbuah…

(Kaya lah I lepas ni, hahahaha…..)

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The round purple chilli pun dah menunjukkan hasil.

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The joi choy. (I rasa macam sama aje dengan all the other choys… heeeee).

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Our strawberries are fruiting a bit late this year but I guess better late than never kan.

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One of the apple hybrids have started to fruit but I tak tau jenis apa yg ini. Nampak mcm granny smith aje kan.

Now…can anyone guess what flower this is?

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First time I tengok bunga ni keluar, so pretty but so tiny!

21 comments:

JieJ said...

Kak LG, tak pe..saya masih larat baca pasal garden kak LG tu..hehe..peminat setia no 1 kak LG tau..dan masih berdoa agar dapat tangan yang berbakat mcm kak LG tu..amin..:)

kasihredha said...

cantik cili purple tu
nanti bila dah kaya...belanja makan ye...hihi

bila akak tengok epal LG...ingat epal akak...berbuah sebijik je...kami dah happy sakan...tiap hari duk belek..epal malaysia :)

Jai said...

LG, selama ni i silent reader je... update la lg ttg kebun i x jemu nye... bca yr blog tlh menaikkan semula meter jarum i utk berkebun tau... TQ so much...

CT Delima said...

As'salam LG

Wahh..tangan yang berbakti pada tanah lihatlah hasilnya. Lepas ni kalau kaya bolehlah bukak kedai depan rumah LG..hehehe

K.ct ni suka juga bercucuk tanam,duk KL ni jer yang tak ada tempat nak menanam kan. Tanak dalam pasu jer tapi bila dah tubuh tunas tu esok tengok mesti hilang sebab dimakan dengan cik T or siput..grrrr

blu4sky said...

salam LG,
reading through your post, i pun ikut excited.. bila tgk semaian tu.. rasa x sabar plak nak tgk sayur mayur tu membesar and ready to be harvested.
congrats to you both..mg boleh dapat gelaran petani modern yg berjaya..hehehe..

aliaaroslan said...

gambar last tu bunga lavender kan kak?

AbbotCottage said...

Assalamualaikum, Kak Min, i ni selalu sgt teruja yg teramat2 bila tgk you all punya tanaman. I tertanya-tanya, tanah jebis apa yg Kak Min gunakan utk garden bed? I nak try kat sini, lagipun tanah kat Malaysia ni especially kalau kawasan perumahan, eventhough tanahnya dapatlah sekangkang kera, tapi bila digali penuh dengan sisa batu buangan, maklumlah kontraktor Malaysian ni lebih suap dari ikhlas buat kerja. So terpaksa la i berfikir nak buat garden bed, ada la sket2 yg usahakan, tapi tak berapa memberangsangkan. Tu yg nak tanya Kak Min kalau tak keberatan tanha jenis apa, then cemana nak menjayakan seedlings and seeds dgn jayanya....i ni mmg gila gardening. So peaceful....tima kasih.

mazlin jamal said...

i luv gardening.. my hubby n i ade jgk tanam herbs n veges kat rmh. ur strawberry tu, seronoknye tgk. jgn lupe buat pavlova nanti yer?? hik hik hik

Shiela said...

salam.. u have such a beautiful life and family.. :)

Zulfadly said...

yg apple tu nampk mcm granny smith, sebelum balik cuti, sempat gak kerja apple thinning,heheh

indahhouse said...
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indahhouse said...

Salam kak LG,
apa khabar kak?
Seronok dgar cerita brkebun. Paling suka bila lihat tanaman bercambah... sooo pretty, rasa macam anak sendiri utk dijaga-jaga. hehe..
Rasa nak tiru cara kak, Insya Allah tak lama lagi kami akan pindah rumah yg ada tanah di dpan rumah. Harap2 saya boleh manfaatkan tanah tu. Tengok kawan2 yg ada laman luas, semua buat landskap. Depan rumah baru tu, sekangkang kera saja. hehe, tapi saya nak brkebun pula. Tak tau cara nak jadikan ia nampak cantik dan kemas. Anyway kak, Go green! hehe..

Cat-from-Sydney said...

Aunty LG,
Can't you attach drip lines to your rain water tank? I've seen it done at some friend's homes in Sydney. Save you the back-aching trips. Oh yes....we love Seasol. purrr....meow!

L25 said...

lin rasa pokok misai kucing lah, kak LG.

Zaitun said...

Tak jemu kak Zai tengok garden lg,sihat dan subur. Suka tengok cili purple dan strawberry tu.

Rasanya pokok misai kucing sebab kak Zai ada pokok tu.

whitecappuccino said...

Akak tak puas2 tengok plants ni..cantik sangat2..itulah..tak rugi berbudi pada tanahkan? selain dapat hasil yang lumayan, hati kita puas dan terhibur dengan apa yang kita usahakan..

JaSSNaNi said...

kak min, yang apple last skali tu ingatkan kiwi.. oooooo apple ek..

SufatihaNur said...

salam kak LG, terkagum sebentar...dah la pandai masak....pandai bercucuk tanam....untungnya ade wife camniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...........

♥♥azatiesayang ♥♥ said...

salam Min.apa kabar?.sok2 kuar paper'penanam sayur yg berjaya dr Malaysia'..hihi.Glamour gitu
Tp mmg tangan min ni sejok kot sbb tanam apapon semua menjadi.
Terima kasih atas wish besday tuk atie ya.Aminnnnn

lemongrass said...

JieJ,
Bila I malas masak, I tayang gambar kebun. Bila I malas berkebun n masak, I tayang gamabr the girls, hehehe...
Nasib baik orang still suka tengok all the photos kan ;-).

kak Kasih,
muahaha...kalau dah kaya, bolehlah slalu2 I balik Msia and belanja you all makan kan, hehehe.
Apple Kak Kasih cantik walaupun sebijik aje :-)

Jai,
I am glad sebab kebun we all, ramai yg mula naik semangat nak menanam ni :-)

Kak CT,
wassalam. Kat sini pun sama jugak, cik siput suka sgt makan tunas2 pokok so memang slalu kena letak snail baits kalau nak merasa hasil tanaman, hehehe.

blu4sky,
Salam.memang seronok tengok the seeds dah bercambah but I really have no idea nak tanam all those seedlings kat mana. Hubby I kata tanam aje kat mana2, pandai lah dia tu, hehehe.

Alia,
oh bukan lavender, dia one of the herbs yg I tanam :-).

Abbott,
nanti I buat 1 special entry utk you ye macam mana nak buat garden bed and mcm mana nak raise seedlings.
Kalau tanah keliling rumah tak brapa bagus, memang bagus nak buat garden beds ni sebab lagi senang sayur nak hidup.
I pun rasa sangat peaceful kan bila tengok hijau aje semua and bila semua tanaman dah mengeluarkan hasil.

mazlin,
sure seronok bila the veges n herbs your hubby tanam dah boleh dipetik kan :-).

Shiela,
Salam. thanks for the compliment. Alhamdulillah...

Zul,
I pun rasa granny smith jugak lah. Bolehlah masak apple pie once dia dah ripe :-)

Indah,
Salam. Alhamdulillah you nak pindah rumah bertanah :-).Kalau nak buat landscape ok jugak kan tapi memang kena betul2 fikir and cari idea nak manfaatkan segala ceruk laman tu so boleh dpt tanam bnyk benda kan :-).

Angelina,
we can but we have quite a lot of garden beds and so knowing my hubby, sure akan berlengkar keliling rumah the drip system. He said it helps him to bulk up his arm muscles, hahahah.

Lin,
bunga sejenis herba jugak but not misai kucing :-)

Kak Zai,
chilli purple kalau sebelah red strawberry sure cantik kan :-).
Bukan misai kucing though :-)

Whitecappucino,
I kena ambik gambar different parts of the gardens pastu different tanaman baru orang tak jemu tengok kan, hehehe

Nani,
I pun sekali nampak, mcm rupa kiwi kan but apple hijau :-)

Sufatiha,
Alhamdulillah :-). Pandai masak sbb family suka makan, pandai berkebun sbb hubby yg suka berkebun n I terikut sama minat :-)

Atie,
Salam. Kalau kat sini, ramai yg suka berkebun ni so susah lah kot nak dpt keluar paper peladang berjaya dari Msia tu, hehehe

penDragon said...

kalau kt rmh lama dulu byk pokok semalu. susah betul nk cabut, ada duri. I guna playar utk tarik keluar...akar dia pulak jenis kuat. wah, ada sunflower. I mula2 kawin dulu rajin tanam pokok bunga. salah satunya sunflower la. tapi skrg susah betul nk cari biji benih sunflower. kalau dekat2 ni, mau je I pergi risik2 anak pokok sunflower ni kt akak!