Garden of Earthly Delights

3rd December 2009

No, it has nothing to do with Bosch whatsoever.

It's just that something is growing. There are finally some results to our land cultivation: - you could see how excited we are by the ridiculous photos we took.

budding bud

and welcome to the world

chilly in toddler stage

You get enthusiastic about sowing, growth, development and hopefully fruition. It was almost like parenthood, in a perverted and bizzare sort of way. Except you do not need to worry about tuition fees, and the main priority is to nurture the plants to an edible stage.

dwarf beans - week old photos

But, they involve some basic 'upbringing' fees anyhow. Firstly, you need to enrol them into the best possible potting mix you can afford. You can choose from the basic mushroom compost, or something premium like the blood-&-bone mix, but different plants need different nutrients, so it is best to consult Google what sort of mix your plant needs.

okras / ladies fingers / bendi

Enrolling a child to a prestigious school may have its benefits, but it would not do the child much good if he / she hangs out with a rambunctious crowd. This is probably a bad example, but your plants should avoid bad company by all means too. Do not let them near weeds. (not the TV series).

2 months later ...

Anyway, we hoped to reap the rewards soon! Here, we have dwarf beans and snow peas fluorishing slowly over the vines. We scrutinize them daily and are thrilled to see their frilly fingers grasping on the wires D has set up, to reach new heights.

we hope they are what we think they are (beans)

sun-gazers

The sunflowers are just teasing us with their continuous growth. They tower over the rest of the vegetables, they grow steadily, they follow the sun, but they just refuse to flower. Not even a bud has surfaced. Oh well, we'll wait it out. It will be worth it.

we think they are what they are (tomato)

first harvests!

D was absolutely bowled over with the first cuttings of the chillies. To be honest, I'm not really sure if they are green chillies or they just happen to be unripe. Being an ex-city-dweller, D would probably frame them on the walls, if they were not bio-degradable.

family portrait

This is the overall patch. It really is very small and the close-up shots I had earlier were a little deceiving.