I can’t believe how quickly the bananas have grown. Since the last update, all the fruits have made their debut – I’m excluding the male flowers since they’re not going to become food for us. The fruits are already curling … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2014
There will be no dancing around the mulberry tree in our garden. Well there could be, but you’d be trampling the pumpkin vines if you did. As you can see, our mulberry plant from Novice Gardener has taken firm root … Continue reading
We’ve just had a couple of impressive mini bittergourd harvests. Between the pair of vines, on the best day, we harvested over 20 fruits. What dampened the happiness was that some of those sneaky fruits had hidden themselves so well … Continue reading
Aussies call it the banana bell, but locally, we refer to the bud on the flowering stalk of the banana plant as the heart, or “jantung” in Malay. Calling it the heart of the plant makes sense, because it is … Continue reading