How the years have gone by

Front garden - 2014, 16th August.

( Note:  For full story and images of the garden from 2008 - 2014, please follow this link...>>>http://mygardeningprojects.blogspot.my/2014/08/how-years-have-gone-by.html )

Gardening workout

View of front side garden, looking south-west.
Taken on 6 August'14

One of the great fun of gardening is the exercise you get from doing some physical workout like cutting the grass, pruning leaves and branches, digging, sweeping the garden floor and burning the debris.  On this 49th trip to Kuching, we managed to clear a considerable portion of the garden.  One activity that is helpful in the clean-up is the burning of garden waste and debris for the preparation of burnt earth.  Burnt earth is a natural way to re-cycle garden waste to good use. A minimum two hours workout a day would be splendid for maintaining one's good health, something I treasure as we progress in life.

Belimbing fruits are starring

The Belimbing fruits are giving us the best surprise.  There were many ripe ones to be juiced or blended.  However, we prefer to eat them raw, freshly plucked from the garden.  The Kedondong tree is also bearing some fruits but not as plenty as the starfruit tree.  The Pinang palm (Areca catechu) is bearing its first batch of fruits.  This tree was brought over from Bintulu.  There were many flowers that paraded themselves in the garden and a few were brought in to the house for a simple floral arrangement.Ripe starfruit a plenty

( Note: This is a re-posting from my gardening blog.  For full story and images please follow this link ...>>>>http://mygardeningprojects.blogspot.my/2014/08/the-belimbing-fruits-are-starring.html )