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Kucai Oh Kucai (Chive)

February 23, 2016, 6:56 am
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My mom planted around 10 kucai plants in one pot. All her kucai plants are so fat and they bloom non-stop! 

So beautiful in white


So many little stars!

So stunning!


The SEEDS!

I am so lucky to be able to collect the seeds!!
Found one little baby of the kucai, the seed dropped and successfully germinated in the nearby pot


50 seeds = RM2

6 kucai bulbs = RM10 

For those who interested to get fresh kucai seeds or kucai bulb, do not miss the chance. Kucai bulb is quite difficult to get. Email me at eesuqi@gmail.com to order =)

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Harvest update March 2016

March 6, 2016, 1:30 am
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Halor March 2016!  Let's see what do i have from the garden recently...
How many type of plants can you see in the picture? There are 7 type at least! - kucing galak, sambung nyawa dwiwarna, bangun-bangun, kesum, jasmin, cili padi & taiwan goji berry palnts



(1) Green leaves harvest: kangkung, brazillian spianch & ginseng jawa  (2) As usual, peria katak, chili padi & the  cute new comer "timun tikus" that grow by itself
We have fat papayas, peria katak, blue pea flowers, mulberrym chili padi & spring onion =)
ALmost the same harvest as previous picture, except the poor red long bean
Hope you don get bored...almost the same harvest to show
Ready stock for timun pepasan (RM10)
Tanam satu pokok, cukup menghasilkan bekalan timun kecil melimpah-limpah...hehe
Email me at eesuqi@gmail.com if you are interested
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Dwarf long bean @ Kacang Renek in recycle bottle

March 8, 2016, 7:31 am
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Trying to grow long bean plant in recyclable 5L mineral water plastic bottle without trellis or "pancang"? 

Kacang panjang renek or dwarf long bean is the choice for you! Worth trying! 

Dwarf long bean plant start to bloom sooner than the normal type pf long bean. 

Hope this sharing will inspire and encourage you to grow your own food eventhough you are not staying in landed house. Everything is possible! =)




Interested with the seeds? 
Please email me at eesuqi@gmail.com
10 seeds - RM2


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Trust me...You can also grow ginseng!

March 29, 2016, 7:01 am
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It is really fun to grow ginseng jawa! You can really harvest the ginseng look alike root besides the leaves that we can eat as vegetable. So Amzaing!

Well, from the appearance, the roots look exactly the same as the ginseng that sell in the store. However, ginseng jawa root do not possess strong smell and taste  like those ginseng selling in the store. Plenty of research papers have reported on the benefit of ginseng jawa (try google ya).

However, to get the ginseng look alike root, you need to grow the plant from the seeds. 

If you are only interested with the leaves, then you may try to grow it from cuttings. Super easy to grow.

Sometimes i am too busy and tak sempat to harvest the leaves. Eventually the plants start to bloom and bear seeds. The mature seeds will pop out and from there you will have a lot of baby ginseng jawa plants that will surprise you with ginseng root at the end. Fun isn't it?

Ginseng Jawa & kangkong sharing the same bed
The pink flower that will turned into seed pod eventually
Beautiful green harvest...
Very versatile..can be stir fry or added into spagetti or into soup
Tadaaaaaaaaaaa...there come the ginseng jawa roots! it really surprise me!! It is so fun to pull out a plant and u see the ginseng root immediatly after that.
These ginseng jawa plants actually shared the pots with my adenium plants that i seldom water them. I am reallly impress by the size of the root as the ginseng jawa plants are stil small relatively.


Even the baby plants also have ginseng look like root...omg! i am so happy!

Tadaaaaaaaaa.........after cleaning... i dried them 1st. Because i wanna see how much they will shrink ...

Forget to take a proper picture of ginseng jawa roots after drying. It took me more than a week to dry the root. I arranged the bigger roots into a nicer box and gave to my mom as CNY gift :-)..hehe...while the smaller and broken roots were kept inside the  plastic bag (unpresentable haha). i cooked a chicken soup with all of the above ingrediants....I just put in whatever i have in the fridge...The soup tasted good and sweet but there is No ginseng taste at all. If you are cooking this soup using the store bought ginseng, you already can smell ginseng everywhere around the house. Next time, i will cook the fresh root straight, save the time and trouble for drying...

























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Fresh Seed Package April 2016 (while stock last)

April 6, 2016, 10:03 pm
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Benih fresh yang ingin Olive offer this month,

RM25 included Post Laju charge
  1. Kacang Tanah Margenta (Mardi)
  2. Kacang Panjang MKP 5 (Mardi)
  3. Kacang Buncis MKB1 (Mardi)
  4. Kacang PanjangRenek
  5. Kacang Botol
  6. Terung Bulat MTe 2 (Mardi)
  7. Terung Telunjuk
  8. Cili kulai (Mardi)
  9. Kucai Seeds
  10. Petola Segi
  11. Ulam Raja
  12. Hempedu
Please email me at eesuqi@gmail.com to order the seeds/seeds package

Kacang Tanah Margenta (Mardi) merupakan varieti kacang tanah baru yang diperkenalkan oleh mardi sebagai tanaman alternatif untuk membantu petani menanam di kawasan tanah Bris. Sila refer sini dansini for extra information.

Kacang Margenta sizenya besar-besar belaka. Cantik kulit warna merahnya. Susah nak dapat. Dapatkannya segera.

Benih Kacang Botol yang ada pada Olive  sizenya lebih besar dan lebih mature (more brown color) berbanding dengan benih kacang botol yang Olive beli dari luar. Benih kacang botol ini adalah hasil tanaman mak, thanks to her. 


Kucai Seeds yang ada pada Olive sangat fresh, baru diharvest last weekend. Ditanam oleh mak Olive jugak.

Pokok Ulam Raja dah tak payah ditanam oleh Olive, sebab ianya boleh tumbuh sendiri..banyak benih fresh yang jatuh sendiri dan tumbuh balik. Nice kan.
Benih Hempedu baru start diharvest. Pokok herb ni memang bermanfaat kepada kita. Kalau kat rumah Olive, we used to dry the whole plant, blender and put in gelatin capsule & store in fridge. Very convenient to be used. Apabila rasa badan panas / fever, dry mouth atau rasa nak sakit dah...memang we automatic telan 3-5 capsules.  It works. Boleh kurangkan pengambilan panadol.


Terung Bulat pemberian labmate...he tanam sendiri tao...racun free. Cantik purple color tu.
Kacang Panjang Renek hasil penanaman labmate i jugak..rajin dia..subur kan
Please email me at eesuqi@gmail.com to order the seeds/seeds package
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Limited set of American Seeds For Sale

April 21, 2016, 8:29 am
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Very Limited set of American Seeds For Sale

RM130 per set included pos laju charge.

Whole set consisted of 20 types of seeds as below, 
- 200 mg Onion Seeds (White Lisbon Bunching),
- 100 mg Pepper Seeds (Grand Bell Mix),
- 900 mg Radish Seeds (Early Scarlet Globe),
- 200 mg Kohlrabi (Early White Vienna),
- 1 g Beet (Detroit Dark Red)

- 2 g Squash (Early Yellow Straight Neck)
- 1.7 g Squash (Dark Green Zucchini)
- 1.7 g Squash (Waltham Butternut)
- 1.7 g Squash (Table Queen Acorn)
- 1.65 g Pumpkin (Jack O’ Lantern)
  - 200 mg Broccoli (Calabrese ),
  - 200 mg Cauliflower (Snowball X),
  - 8 g Garden Bean (Cherokee Wax/Yellow Bush,
  - 8 g Lima Bean (Henderson/Bush),
  - 400 mg Lettuce (Iceberg)


  - 650 g Morning Glory (Mixed Colors)
  - 500 mg Flower Garden Mix
  - 325 mg Zinnia (Giant Cactus Mixed Colors)
  - 375 mg Zinnia (Lilliput Mixed Colors)
  - 300 mg Bachelor Button (Cyanus Double Mixed Colors)

 
And I have Tulip Darwin Hybrid Mix color bulbs wanna let go at RM8 per bulb. Oh…Please do not ask me how to grow them. I totally have no idea about that. Please consult Mr. Google ya
Tulip Darwin Hybrid Mix color bulbs wanna let go atRM8 per bulb.



Both seeds & bulbs are very ideal gift for family, relative or friends that love gardening! Grab it before they are gone!


Nak? Cepat-cepat email kat Olive at eesuqi@gmail.com  =)
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Beautiful DIY Carpet from T-shirt

May 20, 2016, 4:26 am
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I have a few bags of old cloth that sit in the cupboard untouched for quite long of time.  These old cloths were given by relative and I have the intention to recycle them into something useful. But I have been ‘so malas’ all this while. 


Alright. After I had done a Google search plus some modifications, I will show you guys a super easy way to turn the old and baggy t-shirts into carpet!! 


I can't believe it only took me about few hours to complete the carpet including cutting the shirts into strips as well as sewing the strips together into carpet. Quite impressive.

Cut your shirts into strips, 5 cm width. You can use any measurement. You need a lot of this strips.
You need a bigger piece of shirt as the base of the carpet. I used black shirt here. Use ruler to draw lines along the shirt. The closer the lines, the carpet will look nicer later. 
Then, we are ready to sew! It is very simple, just fold the strip into half and sew along the line. i used sewing machine to sew.

Keep folding and sewing untill we are done!
The sewing part is done!
Now you need to cut the strips into smaller pieces about 1 inch ...Keep cutting..free hand will do, no measurement needed here.
Tadaaaaa....You just make a beautiful DIY Carpet from t-shirt!








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Lovely Adenium

June 13, 2016, 11:40 pm
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Few months ago, i bought an adenium without knowing the color of the bloom. To me, it is so unique as this is the first time i saw an adenium with hairy leaves & the leaves are so fat.

After some times, the adenium start to bloom! I always thought that the bloom will be white in color...now that the color of this adenium is revealed.. So pretty! The color is so sweet! It is a mixture of white, pink & yellow color.
I changed the adenium into bigger pot & it look much bigger and better now. To my surprise, the color of the blooms actually changed day by days!


 So i end up to have different colors of blooms in one plant! So sweet & worth it!
Day 0: Almost exploded =)
Day 1: Tadaaa... I am in pink+white+yellow.. Too lovely..Cant resist the sweet combination colors..so happy
Day 2: The flower petal is growing bigger & is more pink in color..It just melt my heart!!

Day 3: The multilayer petals is more appealing now..The pink color is stronger, it look so elegant & 'suci' to me. It make me think of lotus flower...
Day 4: It is still very beautiful. The petals look thicker & the pink color gradually faded off.
Day 5: Now that adenium bloom has turning into white color. You can only see slight pink color on the petal.
Day 6: Now is time to say goodbye to this adenium bloom. It is offcially a white color adenium now. You can hardly see the pink color.
Magical Moment...amazing God's creation


Have a nice day!
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Olive's Nasi Ulam

June 20, 2016, 1:54 am
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Finally, I had made myself nasi ulam last week. Nasi ulam is a mixture of rice with aromatic herbs, roasted coconut, salted fish, dried shrimp & etc. It is quite simple to make. 
Firstly, we need to get ready with the herbs...  I am proudly to say that all of these 20 herbs were harvested from my little garden except the bunga kantan.

I think any herbs will do but the aromatic one will be better. I just put in whatever i can get from the garden. 

You need to clean & finely slice all the herbs. Simply combined the cooked rice with toasted coconut, toasted dried shrimp, salted fish, herbs, chopped onion, toasted peanut, chili padi, sugar, salt, white pepper etc. 
Toasted coconut
Tadaa....my version of nasi ulam   
Enjoy! Eat it just like that or with fry chicken or fry fish will be great!		  

Make myself a refreshing herbs drink as well from the leftover herbs. Just simply boil them for 15 min and sweeten with a small rock sugar.

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Fennel@Jintan Manis & Holy Basil@Tulsi plants

July 21, 2016, 11:44 pm
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Fennel plant @ Pokok Jintan Manis @ Pokok Adas (RM10)
- very popular herb/spice that widely used in cooking
- Whole plant is edible: roots, stalks and leaves, with the spice coming from the dried seeds called jintan manis. 

- The indonesian lady taught me to eat the leaves as salad in sandwiches & i tossed some in salad too. The leaves are very aromatic & smell good.



Holy Basil/Tulsi (RM10)


- is an aromatic and potent herb that has amazing healing power   
- has been used in India for thousands of years to in numerous ailments, including fever , colds, coughs, sore throat & etc. 



Interested with the plants? 
Please email me at eesuqi@gmail.com


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Agar-agar Mooncake with Natural Coloring

August 14, 2016, 6:26 pm
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So soon, it is going to be mooncake festival again! You can see supermarket all started selling mooncakes. My Mom loves agar-agar moocake! So i make this for her & she loves them!

I only made 4 pieces, because i have only a piece of mould. No artificial color here. So Proud :-)

I used soya milk to make this agar-agar. The 1st green layer was made from pandan leaves, followed by blue pea flowers for the beatiful blue color & the 3rd layer was made from pitaya skin.
Gorgeous right! The brilliant red color was extracted from skin of pitaya/dragon fruit. & The blue color was no doubt from bunga telang.
Tadaaa......The white layer was soley soy milk, and i added some goji berries.
And i made this tilapia look like Koi fish jelly >_< haha...this one with artificial color

Hope you all love them!
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The Joy of Harvest 25/8/2016

August 25, 2016, 12:10 am
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 My sambung nyawa batik finally is ready for harvest. I had tried stir fry of purple sambung nyawa before but yet to try the batik one. 
To my surprise, sambung nyawa batik leaves is rougher and less slimycompared tothe purple sambung nyawa do.  I thought they both will have similar texture.  I still prefer the purple one.

Sambung nyawa batik has a very unique pattern on the leave surfaces. While the purple sambung nyawa has a very lovely glossy purple color at the back of the leaves.   

 
I have 2 type of Malabar/basella spinach here, the Green one is Basella alba, which features green-stems and green leaves. While the purple one is Basella rubra, with green leaves with pink veins and purplish-stems. 

They started to creep here and there. So I harvested some of it.  Their glossy, broad, green, thick, and mucilaginous leaves look so gorgeous and lively.

 When u combined all the harvest together, u get a bunch of fresh vegetables that enough for simple stir fry. They are nutritious greens with succulent and tender stems.

 


Multilayer blue pea flowers and red cypress flowers share the same rusty fence; 
make it more colorful & cheerful.
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