http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sun, 19 May 2013 16:10:08 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com420125noreply@blogger.comnokebunmalaykadazangirlshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/05/our-first-sunroot-malaysia-harvest.htmlradishpattypan squashButterfly Peaharvestsunrootnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sun, 12 May 2013 11:52:12 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-7869927669268532268  We are doing a trial growing sunroot (Jerusalem artichokes) this year in this hot and humid tropical weather and one plant had died off which was planted last November. So we dig in and see what the results are from the spot we tried to grow the sunroot plant. The plant was only about 2 feet tall so I was not expecting much of it. Surprisingly the plant did yield several tubers, although not 2013-05-13T04:22:12.176+09:3025http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/05/we-have-been-staying-with-my-parent-in.htmlfruitasian vegetableharvestbrinjalnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Mon, 06 May 2013 20:03:09 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-6918447795432910815 We have been staying with my parent in-laws for several days for the grand election at East Coast Malaysia. So the garden has to fend for themselves. We don't have to worry much about watering the plants because almost every day this week the plants received some showers from mother nature almost every afternoon. Due to the rain I have to check on the mulberry plants often as some time during 2013-05-07T12:33:09.627+09:308http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/05/pea-eggplant-solanum-torvum.htmlbrinjalnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Thu, 02 May 2013 18:26:26 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-1239627122109612074  The pea eggplant (Solanum Torvum) as what it is familiarly called in English has the size as same as peas. In Malaysia, it is called terung pipit. Terung in Malay language is eggplant and pipit is sparrow. This eggplant grow wild here in Peninsular Malaysia and of course its neighbouring countries like Thailand courtesy of the birds. Hence, it is called terung pipit. Can be a very invasive 2013-05-03T10:56:26.463+09:3015http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/may2013-harvest-monday.htmlNam NamturmericGinseng Jawaharvestbrinjalnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:42:05 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-7267894210121443390  It has been just a few days since I returned and the garden has given many nice surprises. Mulberry trees that were just starting to fruit when I left them has provided sweet fruits which Rayyan really enjoyed as his snack while waiting for the parents to prepare lunch. I am relief to see that the butterfly pea plants keeps on providing pretty blooms everyday. Did not noticed a volunteer 2013-04-29T22:12:05.252+09:3019http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/antelope-dendrobium.htmlOrchidflowernoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:39:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-4258189898877140342  After I returned back from my stay with my parents at Borneo Island, I got very upset seeing how the edible garden became like when I left it on my husband to look after it. I can't say my blood pressure when up since I never had problem with my blood pressure. But the colour red was very significant. So I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I saw this orchid/dendrobium species 2013-04-28T04:09:39.609+09:309http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/white-anthurium.htmlPeace Lilyflowernoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Fri, 10 May 2013 06:53:59 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-9152258000167364961  The peace lily is a plant that really thrive at our garden without any care. It is also a plant that blooms all year round when the clump of plants is well-established. This peace lily plant white spathe has a greyish stripe mark when closely observe. The photo was taken during wet season, so some soil has jumped onto the spathe indicating very heavy rain. But what fascinated me the most 2013-05-10T23:23:59.053+09:3016http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/tamu-tamparuli.htmlSabahnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:55:47 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-462912592216410011  Today Wednesday morning is Tamu  (market) at Tamparuli which I went with my mother and sister to buy groceries. Tamu Tamparuli is very special to us because this is the town or main place where we usually shopped our groceries (supplies) went we stayed at mama village before we rode on the public transport and head for mama village. Of course, mama had many memories here in her young days and2013-04-18T00:25:47.159+09:3014http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/kitaran-hidup-pokok-katak-puru.htmlNam Namfruitlife cyclenoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-5806868437491925777  Before I went off to Borneo island, our Nam Nam tree fruit season has returned and this was the last edibles I harvested. At least, I got to satisfy my craving for nam nam fruit before my flight to Sabah. I hope the boys at home will continuously pick butterfly pea flowers so that the plants will not get old by producing seed pods. No one going to remember to harvest sponge luffa fruits, and 2013-04-16T00:30:06.513+09:3013http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/gaya-street-tamu.htmltravelSabahnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:27:56 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-5173328326179839501   I managed to persuade my sister yesterday morning, to visit the Gaya Street Tamu held every Sunday Morning, knocked on her bedroom door and told her little Abby all dress up to go out. Gaya Street Tamu is in the middle of the Kota Kinabalu city, just a few metres away walking distance very close to the sea. We barely made it before all the stalls are ready to pack up.  I just wanted to do a 2013-04-15T05:57:56.685+09:3019http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/tamu-tuaran.htmltravelSabahnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:40:54 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-4091697451625793572  This month I am spending most of my days in Borneo island, specifically on the Land Below the Wind which is Sabah, one of the state in Malaysia. The Malaysia Peninsular is popular with night markets or in the National language 'Pasar Malam'. However, here in Sabah local markets are in the morning time and known as 'Tamu'. Compared to Peninsular Malaysia 20 years ago, transportation is limited2013-04-14T01:10:54.671+09:3014http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/water-hyacinth.htmlWater Hyacinthflowernoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:09:04 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-3215570367694702937 After a hot spell and now with some rain we had, has helped to trigger water hyacinth plants to bloom once again. I have noticed that the water hyacinth after a couple weeks of a hot humid weather without much rain and then finally followed by some consecutive rainy days will make the water hyacinth plant starts to produce flowers. Today we are fortunate to see 4 plants bloom at once. The2013-03-29T17:39:04.287+10:3017http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/butterfly-pea-kakiage-and-smurf-drink.htmlButterfly Pearecipenoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:51:55 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-8232553641555625492  This Thursday we are participating Garden Gobbles hosted by Veggiegobbler. I am always amazed on how creative Veggiegobbler at producing amazing vegetarian dishes from her garden for her family. The garden produce that is daily available to us is the Butterfly pea flowers and Surinam Spinach or also known as Javanese Ginseng. When I first came back, I seriously thought that Javanese Ginseng 2013-03-28T20:21:55.859+10:3011http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/lemon-tree-and-march-mains.htmlharvestLemonnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:19:58 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-1361470394502669104  My kids and I are all feeling under the weather this week, sadly for the kids it is school holiday this week so the museum trip is being postponed for the time being. There are certain things as a parents it is not easy to explain regarding our own basic customs or culture because our children spent more living in Adelaide than here for the time being. The almost six years old Ilhan getting 2013-03-26T20:49:58.613+10:3015http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/baby-blue-jade-corn.htmlsweetcornnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:01:08 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-2989798368322459334  Rice is a staple food in Malaysia.  For my babies, I would like them to sample a variety of staple food and not just rice in their diet everyday. Growing home-grown rice is not realistic at the moment and one which I cannot commit while still struggling to complete my thesis, not easy since I can't really started my writing while trying to recover from post-natal and mental depression. I 2013-03-21T02:31:08.662+10:3021http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/kesimpulan-tuaian-bulan-mac-ini.htmlokraturmericharvestLemonsweetcornnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:33:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-194533578434164891  For these past 2 weeks, we had lots of hot sunny days and not much rain. Thus some plants are balking and some welcome it. Happy plant is the okra bunch.  I have to check on the okra plants every 2 days because the fruits grows so long so fast in just 2 days for about at least 10 cm. The lemons are sulking, the hot weather causes them to ripe too fast and physically they don't look great. 2013-03-19T00:03:06.483+10:3020http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/golden-torch.htmlHeliconiaflowernoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:55:35 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-4135793647872797131  Imagine if one of the international sports events during the night the torch that athletes are holding while running have a designed like this 'Golden Torch' shining in the dark. The Heliconia members is surely very showy, striking and exotic plant to look at. It does very well here in the tropics thriving without care in full sun or partial shade, provided the soil is moist. The plants is 2013-03-18T04:25:35.338+10:305http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/scarlet-passion-flower.htmlPassifloraPassionfruitflowernoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-3049669911030695420  I did not realised on my mother's pergola, two type of passiflora made their home there until finally the scarlet passion flower made a debut. The other passiflora species also has very showy flowers.  However, the late bloomer is shockingly scarlet when it made a showy entrance from afar one of the pergola corner seems to be in blaze (probably exaggerated too much). At the centre of the 2013-03-13T01:58:00.480+10:3019http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/03/marching-into-march-harvest.htmlNam NamButterfly PeajicamaGinseng JawaharvestLemonnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:51:12 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-2976482276351232179  Since we came back last November lemon harvest season has been very long or continue until now in our garden. Lemon trees has been fruiting very well and lemon fruits has been dominating some space in the wet kitchen. When we have several days of warm weather, I really have to harvest the lemon quite often. Passion fruits also has been making its way back to the kitchen this March as some 2013-03-05T03:21:12.661+10:3020http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/02/hidden-hippeastrum.htmlHippeastrumnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:24:28 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-8470105352041657127  This salmon colour hippeastrum is one of the common hippies here in Malaysia known as Hippeastrum Roseum. Because I am not familiar with my mother garden at the moment I need to jot notes of the plants and the location. I did not expected that this area has hidden hippeastrum bulbs growing under the soil. I think my mother planted this hippeastrum bulbs while I was living in Adelaide. The 2013-02-27T20:54:28.217+10:3012http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/02/water-snake-year-harvest-kick-off.htmlNam NamButterfly Peaasian vegetableharvestLemonnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:21:51 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-7120034149181178804  I hope its not too late to wish Happy Chinese New Year. Here is a summary of what we have been harvesting since the Water Snake Year has started according to Chinese calendar. I have not had much opportunity to snap photos of what we have been harvesting as keeping busy with the kids. So here a few of the ones shown in pictures as a memory. We have been harvesting Butterfly Pea flowers daily 2013-02-26T00:51:51.567+10:3029http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/02/saving-half-legged-gladioli.htmlGladiolusnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:15:38 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-8490164217827550713  Don't know why but whenever I planted flower the ones which are yellow or orange seems to grow/bloom more easily compared to other colours without care. Although, I bought mix colours but I still get a lot of yellows. It likes a curse you can't shake off but actually a blessing in disguised as yellow attracts beneficial insects and the cucurbits has yellow flowers too. This gladioli is 2013-02-24T19:45:38.653+10:3012http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/02/elephant-ear.htmlColocasiaHippeastrumElephant Earnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:04:55 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-4574843900752176987 Elephant ear plants all around our house has been producing inflorescenes in the leaf axils these past few weeks. Its cousin Taro has edible tubers but be careful the elephant ears are poisonous to be consumed. Different parts of the elephant plants has different level of oxalic acid. This plants causes severe burning in the mouth and throat if eaten. This plant are easily grown here in the 2013-02-20T18:34:55.357+10:3013http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/02/kitaran-hidup-sengkuang-seeds-give-away.htmllife cycleseedsjicamanoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:06:21 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-8010358146287039181  We did a lot of digging this week and one of the happy digging time was taking out the jicama/mexican turnip or in Malaysia known as sengkuang' tubers out from the soil. Now I need some ideas from other gardeners how to enjoy this sengkuang, Any favourite dishes? Facebook buddy gardeners has introduce me to Nyonya dish 'Ju Hu Char' which is jicama stir-fry with dried cuttlefish which I would 2013-02-03T03:36:21.544+10:3030http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-kick-off-harvest.htmlButterfly PeajicamaSponge luffaharvestnoreply@blogger.com (TukangKebun)Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:00:05 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-288664280443315353  The first garden harvest for the year 2013 and I finally managed to take some pictures what we have been harvesting in this month of January. Frequently, we harvested butterfly pea flowers to make  syrupy blue drink  (popular in Thai known as nam dok anchan) for dinner. Quick to prepare while cooking dinner.  Our winged bean plants has started to produce a lot that we have to make sure to 2013-01-21T15:30:05.725+10:3029http://kebunmalaykadazangirls.blogspot.com/2013/01/nam-nam-cynometra-cauliflora.htmlNam Namfruitnoreply@blogger.com (Malay-Kadazan girl)Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:39:46 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791441406225351573.post-3970129537910229825  A few weeks ago, I posted some pictures of passion fruit bloom and asked to take a guess what kind of fruits were in our yellow basket next to the passion fruits. So today I will give you the answer and it is nam nam fruit. Nam nam fruit is native to Malaysia and also locally known as 'katak puru' (sadly some kind of a toad) due to its shape. But instead of a toad to me it kind of resemble 2013-01-19T10:09:46.014+10:3018nonadult