Endah Murniyati's Journey

Friday, June 19, 2015

FLOWERING GATE

This is the view of our home garden gate from the balcony at the current time.

Looks so bright and bare, after I removed the passion fruit vine that climbed and full filled this arch.

Right now, we can see the stefanot ungu or garlic vine is climbing on the arch.
The purple flowers bear almost everyday cheering my front yard.

Actually it's an existing plant on this part, but the growth didn't good enough when the passion fruit was still growing here.
After I remove the passion fruit vine, the garlic vine grows so lush and produce lots of flowers almost every day.

They love sunshine, and now they are getting the sunshine more.
This vine grows rapidly, hope the leaves and flowers will cover the arch soon, and I will get green gate again.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

TERRACE GARDEN UPDATE : JUNE 2015

Ahh... I couldn't remember when the latest time I made a posting about progress of my terrace garden.

It must be so long...

Here they are the appearance right now...

The eastern side is looked so bare.
There are only green mustard, Thai basil, and kale.
The vertical rack is still stand on with some empty pots on it.
Oh ya... there's a pot of Tapak Dara or periwinkle that cheering this part.
During this dry season, the flowers bloom here and there.

On the western side, the gutters are full of veggies.

Only a gutter that looked 'empty', but actually there are lot of Chinese cabbage seedling on it.
The gutter below is full of green mustard and colorful amaranths that grow itself by self-seedling.

The green amaranths are ready to be harvesting.
They are so fresh and healthy, free from bugs.

There are three variety that grow so healthy like as weed.

On the southern side, there are lot of empty pots ready for new growing season that full of weed.
The cabbages grow so healthy.
Lot of green amaranth here.

The worst part is northern side.
Weed is covering every pot there.
Look... the tomatoes are collapsed, they need support and I should move them into a brighter place that has more sunshine.

The only one survivor from the eggplant patch.
I have to compete with the weed to survive.
But I'm so happy that there's a first flower is hanging on the end of the stem.

I have to do weeding soon, before the veggies become worse and worse.

Readers, Are your garden doing well right now?

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

LITTLE - TUBBY GREEN MONSTER

Oh please....

What's going on with my garden ...

So many bugs make 'disaster'.

Look ... this little Jeruk Nipis (Citrus hystrix) tree is loose-leaf now.

Several days ago I found a green tubby caterpillar on the twig, and the only five healthy leaves remain.

I thought that there was only one caterpillar there, but yesterday morning I found a caterpillar again.

And there was no leaf remain.

They're real little monsters...

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

SUN BATHING TIME WITH THE MINTY SCENT

Sunday, June 14, 2015

PLUMERIA

This dry season is time to get blooming.

Yes... Plumeria needs dry and hot weather to stimulate the blooming.

Look... I find a bunch of pink plumeria!

The leaves are so dense, so many plants on this part.

So... I didn't know that my Kamboja or Plumeria is blooming.

Then I go to eastern balcony, and I can see the Plumeria tree better from the up side.

Looks so beautiful!

From the other side there are three bunches of plumeria.

I found lots of fallen Plumeria but didn't see the flower bunches.
Very dense leaves, and I think the flower want to reach the sky to touch the sun

Just take the 'fallen beauty'...

Saturday, June 13, 2015

FRESH MINT GLOXINIA IS BLOOMING

My Gloxinia 'clump' is starting the flowering period right now.

Fresh mint fragrance spreads around the flowers.

I think it's a summer plant.
This plant blooms on the early of the dry season and will 'die' in the peak of dry season.
The dormancy period will break in the beginning of rainy season.
New shoots pop up from the ground when the rain comes.