Bring me to life…

My blogger-friend, Phong Hong, blogged about her “horny” plant here. Horns? I have that same plant in my house compound but I ain’t seen no horns in mine. Well, I guess that comes as no surprise as mine was half-dead, only the wood was left but thank goodness, with a little bit of effort and tender loving care, I managed to bring it back to life…

No, I did not do very much actually, just regular watering and weeding and I did add a bit of fertiliser to the soil. If I am not mistaken, people call this Fook Kui Hua and it is believed to bring good luck. Hmmm….now that it is thriving pretty well, I sure am waiting for that to happen.

My daum kesum…

…is growing very well now too, nice big leaves and yes, I did fertilise the soil around it a bit too…and so are my Thai basil plants…

…my serai (lemon grass), kunyit (turmeric), curry leaves, pandan (screwpine) and yes, I do plant a lot of spring onions too, more than I need actually but it sure is good to have things growing in one’s own garden that I can just go and pluck as and when I need any instead of having to go all the way to the market to get some. For one thing, they will sell in bulk, like say RM1.00 worth of spring onions, and when I only need a little bit, the rest would go into the fridge and eventually, it will wither and end up being thrown away. What a waste!

I don’t know what this is…

My missus got the plant from her sister-in-law who told her that they were good for people suffering from breast cancer, not that any of us needs any, touch wood! They’re as hard as stones and my missus did pluck some once and boiled but the water was quite tasteless. Maybe that was not the way, we wouldn’t know.

I can’t say that our mulberry plants are flourishing but they are doing all right and yes, they do bear fruit…

…regularly so my missus has a constant supply for her to make her drinks.

We do have a few ornamental plants around as well…

…most of them in pots, and these purple butterfly-like leaves…

…were almost all gone at one time. I saw a few tiny ones left in the pot but like the Fook Kui Hua, I managed to give it the attention due and revive it as well.

I noticed that the flowers close at night and they bloom again…

…once the sun comes up and like the sunflower, they will follow the direction of the sun.

I guess plants are like humans too – you can’t just plant them and leave them to survive on their own in the sun and the rain. They do need some care and attention as well.