FRUITY FRIDAY : LEMON ON MY FRONT YARD

POOR CANNA...

I was so surprise when I found a bunch of peach flowers on the raised bed yesterday.

Actually, for several times I didn't check intensively my back yard, caused by the bad weather and limited time.

Down pour makes some beauties have broken...

Look my peach Canna...

It looked so beautiful before the rain, but after the rain...

The slim stalk doesn't strong enough to support the flower.

Oh... my poor Canna...

Should I support it with my fingers?

THE LITTLE COSMOS AFTER THE RAIN

Rain, rain, and rain

Give us the freshness.

Give us the water for our garden.

And give us the beauty.

Look my back yard after the rain...

We can find so many cosmos flowers are blooming.

My little cosmos plants (Cosmos caudatus) have collapsed.

The beauty that remains after the windy rain.

Please enjoy the beauty...

A HIDDEN ORCHID

During this terrible weather along this month, I only have a limited time to do outdoor activities, especially gardening.
My garden looks so messy.
So many plants grow so wildly, and the others broken, then rotten.
Today, we are having a sunny morning, so I'm checking all part on my back yard.

Several days ago, I found that some vine have covered the row of orchid clumps on the wall.
I put some Dendrobium clumps on my back yard wall.
So, this is the time to tidy up this part.
Oh, actually there are two stalks of orchid there.
I'm so lucky that the orchid clumps are safe during the terrible weather.

But I don't know why, maybe I pulled the vine to strong.
Oh no...
What a shame... a stalk have broken!
A stalk that there are three orchids have blooming.

Now the orchid clumps are free from the vine, I hope the the stalk remain will grow well and get blooming soon.
And of course the orchid will safe too.

A hidden orchid have exposed now...

FERN : FORGOTTEN BEAUTY

During this rainy season, the wet and warm weather make all plant grows so fast, especially the wild plants and weeds.

I have never payed attention to this wild one.
Yes, a wild fern grows on the edge of raised bed on my eastern back yard.

Time by time it looks bigger and bigger.
Now,  looks so lush, and beautiful... of course...

I let this fern grows wildly.
I think this fern is more than a year old. 
As I remember that the last time I pulled out the wild ferns was last year, and this one was 'safe' from my 'land clearing program'.

Now, I can see the beauty, a forgotten beauty...

MANGGIS : PART 6

During the harvest season, we can find lots of manggis on the markets or groceries.

On the 'manggis area', we can find lots of non permanent stall along the road side that sell fresh manggis from the garden nearby.

Here, manggis that sold on the road side stalls is usually arranged on a long arrangement that we call it 'karang'.
A 'karang' consist of ten fruits, that tied with a rope, that it's hanged on the stall.

The fruits are hanged not just for good display, but also to get better air circulation, so the fruit will keep fresh longer.
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MANGGIS : PART 5

Yesterday, I have shared about making manggis rind juice.
Now, I will share about making herbal tea from the manggis rind.
First, wash the rind on the flowing water, then drain it.
Break it into a small size
Put the clean rinds on the bamboo strainer, then it's sun dried for about 3-4 days.

To make sure the rind is well dried, we can put it in the oven for about 15 minutes.
Put the dry rinds on the airtight jar, to keep the rind have long storage period.
The herbal tea from the rind is ready to be used.

Put a table spoon of the dry rind  on the cup and pour the hot boiled water on it.
Let it for about 15 minutes, then strain it.

We can add  honey if we like the better taste.
The herbal tea is ready to be served.
A healthy drink...