AFTER THE WINDY AND ICY RAIN

After four days we left our house, and stayed on my parent house, finally we went home again yesterday afternoon.
The weather was very unpleasant.
We went home after the windy and icy rain.
I found something interesting on my front garden.
Yea... there were two mushrooms under the Phylodendron.

Actually I was really sad....
I had no idea about my garden at this time.
Poor garden....
There were two pots of chrysanthemum and pelargonium which fell onto the roof of the garage.
The pot which the  dewandaru tree on it were tumble.
And the soil were scattered on the floor at my balcony.

Leaves were torn and broken.

My pumpkin shoots look yellowish and became decayed.

So many roses look so poor..
Brownish, broken and became decayed.

Icy rain which fall after the dry and hot weather will damage the crops.
I hope the windy and icy rain will not come again.

TRICOLOR CHILLI PEPPER

Almost of Indonesian people like spicy dish.
So... Indonesian food usually have hot and spicy taste.
Hot and spicy taste usually come from chilli peppers.
In Indonesia, there are a lot of variety of chilli peppers. 

I planted some varieties on my garden.

 

This is my tricolor chilli pepper.
It have colorful fruits.

Young fruits have purple color, then it turns creamy purple color.Nearly mature fruit have orange color, and the mature fruits will turn to red.

 

It's so interesting when we can find fruits on every stage of their maturity at the same time, so colorful.

I plant this chilli as a vegetable plant also as an ornamental plant.
Their stem look purplish.

I really love this chilli... hot and beautiful.
How about you?

MY PASSION... TODAY.

This is my real passion.

Really edible passion.

Last month my passion fruit plants was showing me its first flower.

Right now... so many flowers... so many fruits are hanging on their vine.

Look my gate... full of flowers and fruits.

I can't wait to pick them.
But they aren't mature enough.
I have to wait for about one or two week forward.

This is my passion...
How about you?

MINI PUMPKIN

Helloween euphoria....

Maybe that's the most appropriate words to describe my back yard condition right now.
My little pumpkins was starting their fruiting stage.
I got their first fruit yesterday.

This is the first time I planted little variety of pumpkin 'eastern rise'.
I'm not sure about their maturity stage.

The skin is so unique.
I love the skin pattern... so beautiful!

Maybe you still remember about my older post 'Pumpkin progress'.
Here they are...

I planted pumpkins on two pots.
The vine climb on the trellis in front of my kitchen.

One pot was already give me its fruit, but another show me its young fruit.

This is mine... 
How about yours?

LEUNCA

Maybe you all still remember with my older post last week about ranti (Solanum nigrum).
Right now you can see another variety of  my Solanum nigrum.
This is leunca ...

We eat the young fruits
The young fruits are usually eaten raw with sambal or stir fried with tempe (Indonesian processed soya).

Shoot and flower buds

a cluster of young fruits

Young fruits

Leunca have so many efficacious contents.

There are solanine, solasonine, solasodine, dan solamargine.

That contents able to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
They also well known as natural analgetic, diuretic and antibacteria.

We  use that plant to treat high blood pressure, asthma, bronchitis, antitoxin, dysentery and reduce cough.

shoot and leaves

Look the differences of  the leaves between leunca (left) and ranti (right)

We only eat the fruits, not the leaves or shoots.

the fruits

Look the differences between leunca and ranti.
Leunca fruits are bigger and harder.
Leunca leaves are more flat and rounded.
Ranti leaves are wavy and rather taper.

Leunca are bigger and harder

We usually eat only the young fruits of leunca, but ranti only eaten if the fruits ripen.

edible stage

leunca (left) and ranti (right)

That's my Solanum nigrum yield for this week.
How about you on this weekend?