Vege culture II

Past time hobby

Healthily growing lettuce in my garden early of August. To grow large & healthy green vegetables, soil culture is very important to ensure nutrient is available for growth in an early stage, which in turn will affect the later stage.

Grand rapid lettuce is the commercial name given to this kind of lettuce above. It will gives a curvy on the edges of leaves which gives a very graceful display as vegetables or ornate plants. Mine a bit messy after a heavy rain and grass trimmings in the early month of November.

Above is the ever popular squash or some people like to call it pumpkin (okay maybe not so popular in Malaysia), but actual name is squash, or so I found out in the internet. I do not know if it really different in taste, for me they taste the same sweet flesh. I was lucky that my plants bears 3 fruits at once which may due to my hand pollination. They weight about 2.5 kg each and for the first timer, it is considered good harvest!!

Chinese chives are the common names but sometimes is called garlic chives which is exactly what it taste like. Above is the flower of the garlic chives which gives a pleasant fragrant with a hint of peppery smell. It is a very hardy plant but will not propagate readily if the soil is too hard.

Turmeric plants  is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant but seldom people know that the young shoots of leaves can be consume. The young leaves gives a fresh turmeric flavor to the dish (normally poultry) which may be added as last ingredients to prevent over-cooked.