Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Keledek Jepun / Japanese Sweet Potatoes after 2 months

Making good progress!
Suffice amount for us to use the leaves in cooking.
Will try this stir fry sweet potato leaves recipe from:




Bunga Jarum / IXORA PINK / Ixora Coccinea

After almost one year! Yes, one year, believe it or not, our ixora is here.
Bright pink tiny petals definitely add colors to our green garden.




More info from:



Daun Kucai/Chinese Chives


The Chinese Chives (Allium Tuberosum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_tuberosum ) have pretty white flowers. We use in final touching fried noodles, mixed-veges, and prawn fritters.
Looks very similar to scallion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallion).








From Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia:
Kucai, Bawang Kucai, Daun Kucai

Monday, October 21, 2013

Serai the Lemongrass

Serai is a must in any Malaysian kitchen garden.
Used a lot in preparing dishes like rendang and tomyam.



 But in our home, Mr. Keeper must have his daily dose of fresh serai.



Cymbopogon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbopogon)

Jasmine in season (Jasminum Polyanthum)

Sweet fragrance is in the air.
Our jasmines are in bloom.
Oh! How wonderful.
Wish you were here.







We call them Jasmine.
Scientifically correct as Jasminum Polyanthum, according to:
http://www.gardensandplants.com/uk/plant.aspx?plant_id=1814

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Catnip

Catnip?
Yes! Something special for the farm keeper grows in the garden.






Just watch him!


O My Hippie Cat!!!!




Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Keledek Jepun / Japanese Sweet Potatoes

We love the Japanese Sweet Potatoes. Normally bought them from the supermarket. Decided to try and grow some. Voila! After 2 weeks, we saw this:





Not sure how much longer till we can harvest this:

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Riverpark Farm Inspired

I couldn't find milk crates like the Riverpark Farm's. Ended up using plastic laundry baskets instead.
Too anxious to start farming.Too ambitious maybe. Bought packets of seeds, carrots, chinese parsley, tomatoes, egg plants. Bought bags of black soils from the local hardware store. Put them in the backyard.  Water them everyday (almost). Shower them with love.I guess that wasn't enough. None of them grew up like to even 1 inch height.Well, most of them didn't even show up.


 Tomatoes to be




 Carrots wannabe


Chinese parsley


Riverpark Farm inspired!


Watch the video! That's how they use the milk crates.




Monday, September 23, 2013

Kacang Panjang Merah / Red Long Beans


The long beans are finally here and they are in red!
We bought the seeds from Sandakan, Sabah.







Saturday, September 21, 2013

Indian Borage, Cuban Oregano, French Oregano, Bangun-Bangun, or Omavalli?


It sure smells like oregano but we still are not sure how to use it in cooking. Found some interesting information from the link below.



"This 'oregano' is actually Indian borage (Plectranthus barbatus), a fuzzy, fleshy-leafed herb thought to be native to India that's also found in Australia....."  
(source: http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2008/12/medicinal-orega.html)


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