Flowers And Blooms
Morning At The Garden
I wonder how many calories I burned doing three hours of gardening this morning. Yes, I started early around 6 am and stopped by almost 9 am with only a cup of coffee to go and the company of our “makulit” dog Noki. I am not done yet trimming the carabao grass. And I have to cut some dried leaves of my prayer plants.
A passive pursuit but a good morning exercise….gardening, that is. Anyway, I want to see the garden at its best this coming Christmas. My Bougainvillea blooms are doing a crazy dance in the morning breeze. I just love those clustered pink flowers. Once it starts flowering, it does not stop. It is a perennial plant and just right for our sunny weather. Our neighbor gave me some cuttings of cherries. I wonder if they will grow in our climate here. I’ll just try to grow them…
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More Greens
I told you in a previous blog post about our Gardeners’ party yesterday. Here’s my loot. I don’t actually know its name but I love its variegated leaves and the way it is growing. Had to find a bigger pot for it.
I re-potted this white grass two weeks ago but our Shih Poo Oreo loves to play with its leaves.
Just trying to put more greens indoors.
More Veggies On The Table Please
My left ankle still hurts when I accidentally step on uneven surfaces at the garden. And here I thought it has healed well. Now I am afraid to use the ladder to trim the blue ternatea vine which is invading my kalamansi tree. I am thinking my kalamansi tree might die it it becomes covered by the vines. I could always plant new blue ternatea but it is hard to wait for kalamansi to bear fruits. It usually takes years.
The burgundy okra I planted a few months ago is now bearing flowers and fruiting too. I wonder what’s the difference between the green one this, are they more nutritious. Burgundy looks lovely though than the green. I took a photo this morning but the light was so bright, it came a little blurry. I don’t want t go back and take another shot again.
The three shrubs of pigeon…
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Blue Ternate, Anyone?
Every day I would harvest blue ternatea flowers and usually give them to our neighbor who air dries them. Her daughter wants to bring them back to the US. She said when she came here that dried blue ternatea flowers are so expensive in their area. Early this morning, I harvested more and gave them to our neighbor. Lucky me, I saw a dried ternatea fruit and gave it to her too. It’s hard to see if there are more fruits because the plant is so robust and healthy, you could see flowers every day. It rained yesterday so there were more.
Last Saturday, I gave some to my friend who came over for my birthday. She was so happy, made them into juice and mixed them with rice for that lovely blue rice look. And yes, it is an anti-oxidant. She sent me this picture of the flowers that she arranged before cooking.
I really love its blue colors. So arresting. Looking forward to see more fruits of the vine so I could give some too to my friends.
Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea and Darwin pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family.
Wednesday Thoughts
I replanted Sansevieria a while ago. I wonder why they are also called Mother-in-Law’s tongue. How have they earned that name?
Dwarf Sansevieria
Put them in full sun at the moment but will use them indoors later. A few years ago, one of my cousins gave me a whole pot of this plant and they are now everywhere in the garden. I love their sturdy leaves, they easy to grow too and need little watering. thew are low maintenance, so to speak.
Some years back, I found this lovely book about gardening. How to maintain a garden, practical techniques for successful growing and so many lovely photos on each page. I just love it. Sometimes, growing perennials is easier than growing annuals.
Garden Guides
Good thing I kept this baller which I wore during the 2016 election. Mar Roxas on the go. Will be campaigning for him online. He is number…
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My Roselle
I was watering the plants early this morning when I saw these. New buds of my Roselle plants which I planted a few months ago. I have them in three pots and they all have those tiny buds.
They will look like this once they are in full bloom. Locally, they are also known as Hibiscus.
Culled this photo from the net. Just showing how Roselle looks like when it fully blooms.
My lone Okra shrub is busy, busy bearing those tender and young okra that I harvest every day.
Gardens are sometimes the best places to be and their fruits and flowers are stress relievers.
More Plants And Blooms
How my garden looks now. My pigeon pea plants (kadyos) are growing nicely at the back garden. I planted a lone avocado seed in a pot two months ago, it is now more than a foot tall. Since I don’t have anymore space to plant another avocado tree, maybe I’ll just send it to the province.
The sun is peeking in amidst the lush blue ternatea vines.
My mulberry tree is as tall as I am now. Jom, our neighbor gave it as a twig a few months ago.
And the bleeding hearts are blooming again. I have to trim some branches because they are climbing my jackfruit tree.
More flowers…my blue ternatea. Gonna make tea drinks out of these later.
My lone okra which was left from the previous planting.
Taro leaves…anyone? They are so tall and robust.
Gardening is such a joy when you see those blooms. They make you smile.
Waiting For Sunny Days
Busy, busy Thursday morning. Several loads of laundry and the sun is not even shining. It is again obscured by clouds.
I was thinking, today is August 23, eight days more to go before the BER months. Aren’t you excited? Well, I am. It only means December is getting near.
Gosh, how time flies. It may sound a bit redundant but it really does. Before you know it, 2018 would just be a leaf in the calendar. And here we are, getting older but still enjoying what life deals us every day. The little things, the seemingly insignificant things that sometimes we just take for granted really make life worthwhile.
The other day, I spent a little time in the garden pruning our fruiting kalamansi trees, I have to prune the small trunks touching the steel matting fence we have to give way to my growing blue ternatea plants. They…
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Busy Hands
Digging, pruning, weeding replanting.
I spent the late afternoon in the garden. With the little breeze coming in, it was the perfect time to garden. Replanted some Vinca seedlings which I found inside the pot of my Bougainvillea. The soil was soft, I guess from the previous rains we had a few days ago. Maybe tomorrow if the good weather holds, I’ll be done weeding and pruning my Fokien tea plants.
While I was admiring the new pink lily blooms, I saw this lovely insect in one of its petals. I am pretty sure it was not a butterfly because of its large body and clipped wings. I loved its color of pale green with black spots on the side. I was about to get my camera phone when it flew towards our kalamansi trees. I could not distinguish the leaves and the flying insect so I let it be…
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