IT'S AN EVENING GLORY

Another surprise on my terrace garden...

Look... I'm finding a beauty among the bitter gourd vine.
A pale purple flower is blooming this afternoon.

I think it's a kind of moon flower, but it's smaller than 'white moon' moon flower that I have ever planted.
You can see my white moon here.
I think it's a self sown plant, I have never sown this kind of seed.

The vine is really similar to moon flower.

Looks like thorny vine, but the 'thorn' is not sharp.

Some flower buds are bearing on the leaf axils.

I think it will be grow become a pod and produces some seeds.
And will lots of flower will be produced...
I hope...

CELEBRATING THE PLANTING DAY

Today, we are celebrating 'Planting Month' and also 'Planting Tree Day'.
December is our 'Planting Month', 
As an annual event, this moment is so important for our life.
Trees provide oxygen for our life, and supply water for our environment.
They also make the weather cooler.
As usual I'm one of the volunteers in this event.
There're not lots of pictures that I've taken.

Here a simple report of this event, lets check it up.

A group of students are playing 'Tek tek', a traditional orchestra made of bamboo.

The exhibition tent, display so many things about forestry.

A row of planting holes for planting trees simultaneously.

One of the planting hole, to plant a rare plant.

These are the little trees to be given for free for the citizens.

Hustle and bustle when peoples; children, young and old, all scrambling the trees to be planted on their garden.
So enthusiastic...

The party have over, and every one went home with some little trees on their hands.

This is our motto 'Lets work, plant and take care the trees for the better life'
'Tree is a legacy for our children and also grandchildren'.

GIFT OF THE WEEK : HOT CHILLI PLANTS

Last week my friend visited our house with his wife and son.

Such a lovely thing... he brought us two chili plants that full of fruits.
And also a handful of red hot chillies.

So colorful fruits are hanging on the plants.

I was so lucky with these gifts, cause I was failed on growing chilli peppers this season, lots of fruit flies, white flies and thrips that attacked my pepper plants.

Lots of stuffs for the hot spicy dishes...

I also shared him some seedlings such as celery, eggplant, tomato, mint and strawberry.
Thank you friend for the gifts...

ASPARAGUS : FIRST SEEDLING

This was a very nice surprise...
I found a asparagus seedling!
Actually I have hopeless every time I sowed asparagus seeds.
I don't know how many time I've sown the seeds and how many time I've failed.
My hopeless is treated...
It's an interesting experience for me.
I really want to grow asparagus in my home garden.
I've been looking for nurseries that sell asparagus crown, but I haven't found yet.
I think grow asparagus from crown is much easier than grow it from seed.
Last month I found an online nursery that sale asparagus seedlings.
Then I purchased five seedling, but again... purchasing plants online has too much risks.
I'm sure that the seedlings were on good quality when they're packed.
My seedling package came too late, it should need up to three days on shipping, but it needed seven days.
But long period on shipping made the seedling that I got were so poor.
I shared one of my seedling with my friend.
From four seedlings that I grow, there are two survivors.
I hope they all will grow well.

Sorry the weeds are bothering the view, I should do weeding soon.
A fact of a lazy gardener....

MORINGA : UPDATE

This is my Kelor or moringa, today.
A cutting that I got from my neighbor on October.
You can see the cutting here.
Growing so well on my eastern backyard.
I think the fresh green leaves are ready to be picked and cooked as soup.
I must be so delicious and nutritious too....

NEW COMER BEAN : KARA BENGUK

This is the new comer in our home garden this season Kara Benguk  or Velvet Bean (Mucuna pruriens).

I got the seeds from the seed community that following the River Congress on August.

There are three varieties of this bean that I grow

You can check the seeds here.

I sowed the seeds on my tiny garden for trial.

Most of them grow so well.

But all of them are climbers.

So they are really taking space in our garden.

One of seven varieties that I've grown, looks grow so lush.

It's making my grey wall turns green and so 'thick', so dense.

The leaves are so thrive, so green...

Look... this is my green wall!

It makes the bitter gourd vines are growing so poor.
So wildly...

Hey... look...!

I'm finding a bunch of flowers!

The color is cute....

I'm finding the young beans too...
The color and the shape are unusual.

I think, I should remove some of the leaves to stimulate the vine on producing both of flower and beans.
Thanks GOD for the blessing...

NEW MORNING GLORY ON THE FRONT YARD

Finding a beauty on the terrible weather is a lovely thing.

Look... I found a beautiful blossom in front of our garage this morning.

I don't know when I sowed the seed and also what its name.

I like the color combination and also white splashes on it.

I'm not sure it's the normal size.
It seem smaller than usual.

If the flower is bigger, maybe it will be more interesting.
Whatever, I'm so glad.
More colors on our tiny garden.
Thanks GOD!