Chinese Spinach

Remember about the lonely carrot that I planted in the big container? Well, they have companions now. I planted a shallot(to deter carrot flies) and some chinese spinach. I am not sure about its scientific name, but I believe chinese spinach are from the amaranthus family.

They have been growing there for almost 3 weeks now and they grow rather fast. I am not so sure when to harvest them as this is the first time I am growing it. If you happen to grow chinese spinach please do let me know when to harvest them :D

Carrot, shallot and chinese spinach...

close-up pic of chinese spinach.

the eggplant is ready!

Yeah. My eggplant has flowered. I tried to hand-pollinate it by shaking the flower buds, hopefully it works. See you soon!

she likes being-fed with compost definately..

eggplant flower, a typical solanum-flower...

Saving Okra seeds

I am saying bye-bye to the okra plant (its finally resting place is my compost bin :D ). It had produced plenty of okra for the past months. But that's not the end of the story as I left one of the okra on the plant to save its seeds. Looks like the pod has somewhat dried and cracked open revealing the inside of it. Curious what it looks like inside?

hmm somewhat dried..

inside of the okra's pod revealing the seeds.


more seeds..

that's more than enough seeds for the next few years

Lemon Grass

Looks like my lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus) needs some professional grooming. They are so messy! I grew them from a single stem last year. They are really fragrant if you rub them using your hand. The smell is citrus-like. They are often used in south-east asian dishes and they taste great in lemon grass tea! Here comes the scissors!

Messy lemon grass...


"hair cutting" in progress..



after hair cut.. neat eh?

...and the cuttings went straight to my compost bin!