being away from home.

The right to live, the right for voices to be heard, and finally the right to vote in democratic countries. Plants Kingdom operates on a similar system, every single plant or grass has the right to grow. And grow they did, to a point some will suffocate and overrun  the others. Over time plants make adjustments to live happily, when bigger plant grow taller and stronger giving shade to weeds on the ground. What looks like a decent offer from bigger plants in the form of shade and cooler surroundings, is in fact very detrimental to weeds. Then weeds has less chance to grow in shady area, but make no mistake, they are always ready to surge and grow once the shade is gone. 

Chili plants are not dense, therefore no real shade on the ground. Weeds and chili plants fight for space in their plant kingdom. But a gardener like me, set out to grow vegetables such as chili, but definitely not weeds / grass.   I jumped in to intervene and pulled out weeds. The weather was a little bit hot and dry.

 ............    b e f o r e    t h e    w e e k e n d     ............

2nd and 3rd of June 2012

weeds suffocating rows of chili

 I am guilty for being away too often, 

neglecting our little vegetable garden.

weeding had just started

 I need the whole weekend 

to clear up the weeds

heap of grass and plants.

............       a f t e r        t h e       w e e k e n d      ............

pictures taken on Wednesday 6th June 2012 at noon.
after a  good workout over the weekend.

VEGETABLE GARDEN : low view

GARDEN FROM BALCONY: The left side

GARDEN FROM BALCONY: The right side

GARDEN FROM BALCONY:  The centre

The pathway is for Kakdah to get to the cloth lines,
one on the right and another on the left. The clothlines are more than enough for the two of us, so the left cloth lines are dedicated to markisa / passionfruits vines.

At the far end, there are 2000 polybags of chili also planted over the weekend.
I will write about the project soon.  Pictures are displayed here to show
how much can be done over the weekend
to clear up the weeds,
a good scrub,
a haircut,
a facelift.

We keep pulling out weeds, but weeds keep coming back. 

It's a reminder that we are here to co exist 

and learn to adapt.

........... b a n g c h i k      a n d      k a k d a h ..........

j o h o r