PAPAYA : FIRST RIPEN FRUIT

My papaya tree gave me its first fruit this week.
Actually I'm not sure to keep the tree stand on longer in my garden.
The fruit quality of this variety usually is not good enough.
The taste is fairy sweet and the texture is less crisp.

At the first time, my husband wanted the tree was cut down.
Cause the fruit quality is fairy low, he wanted to grow the better variety.
This tree is self seeded, I think it's a part of my compost heap.
The tree is grown on the raised bed side by side with my Kara plot.

I think let the tree get fruiting is better for us.
Cause we could know the real taste.
Sometime  I pick the leaves as greens.

Now... the first ripen papaya is hanging on the tree.
Lets pick and taste it...

I DON'T LIKE THIS WHITE!

I have noticed my Dewandaru tree, I couldn't find both of its flower and fruit.
The flowers and fruits usually hang on the twigs almost all year round.
But I didn't find anything for about the last two months.

I have checked the whole parts of the plant.
Oh... no... I found so many mealybugs underside of leaves.

Look the greenish white butterfly...

Then, I made a soapy water (diluted soap solution) to spray the plant.
I want to keep my garden to be organic and chemical free.
Reader, do you have your own way to overcome mealybugs attack?
If you have experience about mealybugs, please share.

I'M TIRED, MOM...

'I should accompany you make this terrace garden keep beautiful and tidy.
Mom, I'm sure you can spruce this terrace garden well.
It's better I'm looking for another view.'

'Our next door's garden looks so messy Mom..., what should we do?'

'But I'm so tired Mom...'

'Let me take a nap for a moment...'

'Have you finish...?
Sorry, I have been keeping this terrace garden every night and day.'

'OK... I will check your work. I'm sure you have do everything well.'

RED OKRA : FIRST POD

This season, I have a project 'Try The New varieties'.
You know that I love to learn everything and try something new also unusual.
This is a part of my project; growing red okra or ladies finger (Abelmoschus esculentus var rubra).

I'm growing both of green and red varieties.
This is the red okra row.
I sowed on January 23, then the seedling were transplanted on middle of February.

Look their growth, so thrives...
The growth of red variety look better than the green one.

This is a little fruit or flower bud, I'm not sure.

I hope they will grow well and give me their best yield.
Have you ever grow okra?

STEFANOT UNGU : THIS IS THE FIRST...

You have known about the second blossom of my stefanot on 2014.
And now, I'm showing you the first...
The flowers were blooming on the middle of January.
The flowers were only bearing on the up side of my green gate.
The only branches which got more sunshine that appeared flower buds.
You could see the progress...
And please enjoy the beauty...

STEFANOT UNGU: SECOND BLOSSOM

I get more color from my green gate.
Look... my stefanot (Pseudocalymma alliaceum) are blooming.
This flower has garlic aroma, so sometime it's called garlic vine.

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The vine grow jostle with passion fruits and kembang telang (butterfly pea).

This is the second blossom in this year.

After I cut my Nusaindah tree and Chlerodendron, this vine looks grow better than before.
I think, this vine get more sunshine.
So, I can find the blossom more often.

Please enjoy the beauty...

RED OKRA : BLOSSOM

My red okra is getting blossom.
I think their growth isn't optimal, the papaya tree cast the okra patch get shaded.

The picture above is a flower bud a day before blossom.

This is the blossom...

A beautiful flowers...

I hope it will be a great pod...