It's warm enough to work outside now and I've been busy cleaning the garden. It's nice and privacy to live in a wooded lot but certainly a lot of work having to clear the leaves around the house, otherwise we'll get a lot of slithering visitors. I saw several in the garden and most are baby brown… Continue reading Spring Garden Cleanup
The year of the Rooster flew by and it was a challenging year for me having to start a new job and adjusting to the unfamiliar new work environment. It took me almost a year to learn the culture and establish my credibility, looking back now I'm glad that I switched job and so much… Continue reading Happy Chinese New Year
This is one of the coldest winters and we had our first snowfall for 2018 yesterday. We got more than expected and didn't have to go to work so I'm out and about photographing the snow. The chicken and ducks are cold and they have to be well-fed to keep their bodies warm, they also… Continue reading Snow
It has been a while since I last posted on the blog, and can't believe it's November already. I took these photos last weekend and it's the last set of photos for the garden before the Autumn harvest. I had a good turn out for the Chayote squash. It didn't start bearing fruits/vegetables until late September.… Continue reading November Garden Update
We have been fortunate to get so much rain in our area, and I didn't have to water as much the last 2 months. The Asian string beans cover the fence trellis, I like to make spicy green bean salad. I didn't take a new photo and the one below was taken several years back of… Continue reading Garden Update Mid July
Even though the chicken/ducks cage is secured but we still fear that the raccoon will try to find a way to go inside. I set a trap last week with marshmallows and cat food but since he had live ducks to feast he didn't even touch the bait. The last 2 nights he ate the marshmallows… Continue reading Raccoon Captured!
I woke up Friday morning to find 2 more killed, one young chick was in a small cage and the raccoon was able to kill it but not get to it to eat, then he killed another duck to eat. At this point I was hopeless, I looked at all the area that I secured… Continue reading Safe Zone
When we built the chicken and ducks run last year we were more concerned with protecting the top with the net to prevent the hawks and other wild animals from getting in but never thought that the small gap at the bottom of the fence would be a place that it got in. Bo borrowed… Continue reading Sitting Ducks
My camera is on vacation this week, hope it comes back with some nice photos as for now I have my garden photos from June 24th. We have been fortunate that it has been raining on a regular basis and it's been over 2 weeks since I had to water the garden. I don't recall… Continue reading Garden at the end of June
Not very often that I get to feed Bo's chickens and ducks, I had to take care of them several weeks back. He feeds them twice a day, morning and afternoon so it was a busy weekend for me. The last time I feed them was during the winter when he had to go out of town… Continue reading Beware of the Rooster
It's certainly a beautiful sight to see the garden start taking off and "knock on wood" looking healthy. The herb garden is doing exceptionally well, the bugs certainly don't bother them since they have a strong aroma. Lime basils I have to say that this is the first year my tomato plants look decent and… Continue reading Fruits of Labor
It has been raining a lot in our area, the plus side is that I don't have to water the garden and the downside is that the heavy storm damaged some of the young plants. The weeds also grow a lot faster than I could weed them. The lemongrass is doing well, they repel mosquitoes… Continue reading Early June Garden
We finally have a break from the rain, it was a nice weekend to get things done in the garden. The weather was cool, perfect weather for gardening. This is a row of bell peppers and hot peppers. PaNoy gave these plants to me at the temple and I found out that they are the Chayote… Continue reading Weekend Garden Progress
We have been getting a lot of rain in our area, it's raining again today so I couldn't weed the garden. Fortunately, it slowed down and drizzled when I went out to take these photos. I planted the peppers yesterday and it was sunny this morning when I left for work. I covered the peppers… Continue reading Early May Garden
I started planting in the garden last week. The cucumbers didn't make it, it was cold at night and super hot during the day and now it's starting all over again sowing cucumber seeds in the garden. The lemongrass stalks that I purchased from the Asian Market started to take roots and I planted them… Continue reading April Showers
