Thanks to the uncles who work on our land, we have ample supply of bird eye chili. The above was picked from 6 trees. I think all together there are 30 trees. When I was picking the chilies, I was wishing that they are Cherries instead of Chilies.
These uncles arh, plant the bird eye chili for fun one. They sold them only once and then lazy to pick them!
This was what found in the maid’s bag beside the Buah Salak; Buah Gajus / Cashew Nut Fruit. However they are not edible. Well, you can eat the fruit if you don’t mind the bitter taste. This Cashew Nut Fruit, she did not buy because they grew around her house. She brought them back upon my request because I want my children to take a look at this special fruit where the seed grows outside of the fruit. This is only my 2nd time touching this Cashew Nut Fruit! Never see the actual plant before. So, the maid planted the seed behind our house. I hope they will grow and we will have our own Cashew Nut Plant.
At the very beginning, the seed is bigger than the fruit!
The Cashew Nut is inside the seed and it was not easy to remove the nut from the seed.
I may be a Kampong Girl but I never catch any fish with a fishing rod till last Sunday! The reason is, I am very impatience when it comes to fishing. And most fish does not bite the bait within 5 minutes unlike the Tilapia in our ponds. This is because we seldom fish there so they are easily fooled.
Seeing my 6yo girl fishing and caught a few fishes, tempted me to give it a try last Sunday. If my 6yo daughter can catch fish, I’m sure I can do it too.
I am so happy that in less than 5 minutes standing with my 5mo baby in the sling, I caught a fish!!!
Sad to know that the SunMelon project did not turn out as expected. I like the sight of the farm; filled with yellow and juicy Sunmelons. The smell is very nice too but did you notice that the leaves are dying? Due to it, those smaller Sunmelons growth are stunted.
There are a few possibilities to why the plants are dying and some dead already. The weather, insects, insufficient water, too much fertilizers etc. Since this is their first experience planting Sunmelon, they took it quite well. They will salvage whatever they can and learn from their mistakes. They are going to plant another round of it and won’t give up until they succeed. Hmmm…this bunch of retirees got lots of money to splurge eh. If my dad, he already switch to planting sweet potato or corn.
This is one of the bigger Sunmelon. The inside is orangy and crunchy.
How I wish under those green leaves are BIG, SWEET & JUICY STRAWBERRIES! If only I can bring my farm to Cameron Highland, then it will be possible to have my own strawberry farm.
As it is, I have to be contented with this fruit under the leaves. I think in a month time or less, I can enjoy these first fruits.
The air around and in my house is sticky! Each time I inhale, chicken dung smell contaminates my nostril. We have 2 lorries load of chicken dung outside my house now. Thank God I only have to bear the smell for today only; provided the workers do their job speedily. “They are mixing it with the soil to make the soil healthy so that the vegetable can have more vitamins to grow.” That is how I explain to my girls. And they went “eeeeeuuuu, I don’t want to eat that vegetables.”
Anyway, I hope that this project will work out and we can gain lots of profit from it and maybe hubby could finally buy the LCD TV that he is eyeing for.
We have durians that just started to drop. We also have Rambutan that started to ripen. And kids started having cough and flu due to the hot weather.
Durian and Rambutan season and the hot weather is not a good match because Durian and Rambutan are heaty fruits. Heaty plus Hot Weather equals to Coughing.
This year, I have not eaten any Durian yet. I am not a Durian lover but since living in this house, I have to get use to the smell and eating them. If given the preference, I will always say NO to durians.
The spot that the JCB is clearing used to be our Organic Farm 6 years ago. The project was abandoned because we do not have the manpower to manage it. The 2 coconut trees used to be where we hang our Organic Farm signboard; we even have a name for the farm. It was called Pristine Farm.
Today, the spot is clear again making way for yet another farm. What type of farm this time around? I shall surprise you with it when the plant has grown.
This time around, the project is bigger. Even our Starfruit trees are all gone now; all 30 over trees has been put to death.
We are left with only one tree beside our chicken barn; enough for our household consumption.
You know what, I felt so transparent without the bushes covering the surrounding of my house.