I’ve given up watching the winter melon vines like a hawk. Although there have been several fruit flowers, none have set fruit, and all we’ve seen were these: Last weekend, I was showing my 11-year-old niece around the garden, and … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
It appears to be caterpillar season here once again. All the usual suspects have shown up on the usual plants – those green caterpillars on the caladiums, the baby hairy caterpillar horde on my vining plants, and so on. My … Continue reading
Our Keng Hwa plants were in bloom in late July to early August, and as always, my mum the “Keng Hwa queen” and I eagerly watched the spent flowers to see if they would simply drop off after they bloomed, … Continue reading
It seems that our garden harvest consists of lots of cucurbitaceae at the moment – cucurbita plants being gourds and squashes. Our biggest producers right now are the cucumber vines. There are just two plants, but they seem to be … Continue reading