How does your garden grow?

[MuslimahBarb]

Some recent photos from our garden



tomatoes



Purple sweet pepper




peach

 

[glo]

Wonderful, Barb!
Our tomatoes are only just flowering.

We had a good bit of rain recently, so everything in the garden is looking lush and green. I will post up some more pictures when I have time.

 

[glo]

A week later, and everything in the garden seems to be exploding into growth. We are just starting to harvest the first fruit and vegetables.

How about a 'Name the fruit/vegetable competition'?
How many do you know?

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[glo]

Today we've had torrential downpours.
After the rain I went in the garden, where I found a young hedgehog - out of all places perched on a pond plant in the middle of our (very small) pond.

He was cold and shivery, so we brought him inside, where we made him a box with newspapers and an old towel and a hot water bottle to warm him up again. He seems better now, because he has shuffled off the hot water bottle and is fast asleep.

Tonight, when he wakes up, we will let him out into the garden again.

 

[~Raindrop~]

The birdies ate all my strawberries. At least, I think it was them. It's the first thing we've planted now that we're doing our own gardening lol. We have some pretty purple flowers too.
Ooh glo- is your pond still flourishing?

 

[glo]

The birdies ate all my strawberries. At least, I think it was them. It's the first thing we've planted now that we're doing our own gardening lol. We have some pretty purple flowers too.

I find small boys more troublesome than birds when it comes to disappearing strawberries. :giggling:

Ooh glo- is your pond still flourishing?

Yes. If anything it is a bit overgrown. Just as well, really, otherwise I fear the hedgehog might have drowned ... hew

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I followed the link at the bottom of your sig, aisha. Are you a cyclist yourself?

 

[Asiyah3]

It's really just a compost bin.

But I suppose you are right ... we feed the worms with kitchen waste, and they breed and turn the waste into compost for us ...

Just for you, sis, I have taken a picture of the inside of the wormery. Prepare yourself!!!

I just noticed this thread...

I thought you were joking, wow.. Why do you have worms in the garden?

Edit: I mean do you like worms?

 

[glo]

I just noticed this thread...

I thought you were joking, wow.. Why do you have worms in the garden?

Edit: I mean do you like worms?

Worms play an important role in turning food waste into useful garden compost and fertiliser.
I neither like them nor dislike them. They are just part of creation and fulfill their purpose in the natural cycle.

http://www.the-organic-gardener.com/worm-compost.html

 

[Asiyah3]

Worms play an important role in turning food waste into useful garden compost and fertiliser.
I neither like them nor dislike them. They are just part of creation and fulfill their purpose in the natural cycle.

http://www.the-organic-gardener.com/worm-compost.html

True, I guess I never thought of it before. I agree. ^^

 

[~Raindrop~]

I find small boys more troublesome than birds when it comes to disappearing strawberries. :giggling:

lol- fortunately we don't have any small boys living in the house (unless you count their mental ages? :giggling

I followed the link at the bottom of your sig, aisha. Are you a cyclist yourself?

I was. Right now, my long clothes tend to get in the way lol. You could say cycling runs in our blood. My brother completed the Birmingham to Oxford charity bike ride a fortnight ago, so you could say we're quite keen

I love the hot pink climbing plant you posted above. It would look amazing against a cream house, don't you think?

EDIT: It's the Virginia Creeper

 

[glo]

lol- fortunately we don't have any small boys living in the house (unless you count their mental ages? :giggling

I was. Right now, my long clothes tend to get in the way lol. You could say cycling runs in our blood. My brother completed the Birmingham to Oxford charity bike ride a fortnight ago, so you could say we're quite keen

Do you cycle anymore at all? It shouldn't be too difficult to find cycling clothing which is Islamically permissible - should it? Perhaps not racing gear, but at least basic cycling clothes) If it is, then somebody should design some!

I love the hot pink climbing plant you posted above. It would look amazing against a cream house, don't you think?

EDIT: It's the Virginia Creeper

Yes, I think that would look quite spectacular!

 

[~Raindrop~]

Do you cycle anymore at all? It shouldn't be too difficult to find cycling clothing which is Islamically permissible - should it? Perhaps not racing gear, but at least basic cycling clothes) If it is, then somebody should design some!

Yes, I think that would look quite spectacular!

Not really. I prefer walking now. I can usually walk 4 miles a day
Hmmm- I haven't given Islamic cycling clothes much thought. There's a lady I see sometimes who cycles in her Abayah and Niqab-cool as you please! I don't think I could be that brave. Islamically, the clothes would have to be loose, which could be dangerous if they get caught in the chain. :ermm:

Great! I think I'll persuade everyone to get the Virginia Creeper once our house has been done and we get the gardener back! I'm not sure if the boys would agree though...

 

[MuslimahBarb]

Assalamu Alaikum

Over the course of the last few weeks, I have been doing some preserving of some veggies. I have put squash, tomatoes and corn in the freezer. We have also been enjoying some fresh eggplant, cucumbers. I plan to make some pickles, inshaAllah.

On a separate note, it isn't pertaining to the garden, but we recently got some baby chicks.

 

[glo]

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Ohh, how many chicks have you got?

We are seriously considering getting a couple of bantam chickens, although our garden is small and urban ....

 

[MuslimahBarb]

Peace Glo

We have a total of 27 chickens, 7 different breeds including one that originated there in England called a Speckled Sussex, it is one of the more attractive ones at this point. I will take some updated photos of them today and post them, inshaAllah. Our chickens are the standard breeds. Though the bantams would be more suited for your garden. Mustafa constructed a smaller "brooding" pen for the chicks and has also designed and is constructing a larger pen for when they are full grown. They will have a good bit of space to forage around in, inshaAllah.

 

[glo]

^
Wow! I'm envious now! :wub:

What do you do with all those eggs?? Do you sell them?

 

[__follower]

beautiful gardens every1
i wish v had place like dat as well

 

[glo]

You don't need much space for a garden of some kind, follower.
Some planters and pots on a patio or even a window sill would enable you to grow some plants, such as tomatoes, strawberries or lettuce.

 

[__follower]

here in taiwan ppl seldom give a thought to plants .so its reli rare to see gardens as beautiful as those in da pics

 

[glo]

I imagine Taiwan has a good climate for growing plants. Does it get hot? And humid?