2 pink rose and 3 butterfly pea flowers

This is taken on the morning of 22 May 2023. I am blessed to harvest 2 pink rose flowers and 3 butterfly pea flowers (bunga telang). The harvested pink rose flower size is quite huge compared to normal size. Regardless, I am happy to be able to harvest them to be used for my herbal drink for the day.

Until then, have fun enjoying good and freshly harvested herbal drink ingredients.

Trimming down my starfruit (belimbing besi) tree

This is taken on the evening of 25 June 2023. Where I managed to spare some of my time to trim down starfruit (belimbing besi) tree.

Before trimming session. 

After trimming session. 

First fruit from my lemon tree

This is taken on the evening of 16 June 2023. Where one of my companion notice the first fruit to my lemon tree.

My first flowers from pokok kesidang (Vallaris glabra) plant

This is taken on the evening of 18 June 2023. Where I noticed the wafting fragrant smell of chopped pandan leaves. While giving Furball the cat her food near my lemon tree. I look for it 3 times when I finally found it. First flowers to my kesidang (Vallaris glabra) tree. 

Harvesting pisang emas (banana) fruits

This is taken on the morning of 10 June 2023. Where I noticed my pisang emas (banana) fruits already turns to yellow. I just happens to be busy 2 days before. Thankfully less than 10 unit pisang emas (banana) fruits was either eaten by birds or fallen out. Can see the second from bottom turns yellow more compare to the top. As normally the top will turn yellow a lot compare to the bottom ones.

Able to share 3 unit of the pisang emas (banana) fruits with Furball the cat. 

The look of germinated roselle plants

This is taken last morning of 22 May 2023. I think I put the seeds in the week of 17 April 2023. Basically, it starts to germinate 6 weeks after that.

Hopefully, to will be able to safely transfer the roselle offspring to the new location in 2 more weeks.

Until then, have fun tending after your planted roselle plants.

Making butterfly pea flower extract

This is taken on the morning of 27 May 2023. I managed to finish off making the second batch of butterfly pea flower extract. This time I add a few more ingredients.

The finished product of 24.44 gm and 24.07 gm butterfly pea flower extract in sprayer bottles. 

This is a water-based hair serum. Where users can apply it to their hair after washing. It is safe to leave it to dry on hair throughout the whole day.

Among used additional ingredients is henna leaves, rose flower and brewed coffee. Home-grown ingredients are butterfly pea flowers, henna leaves and rose flowers.

Leaf buds to my elderberry cuttings

This is taken on the morning of 22 May 2023. Thankfully all 5 cuttings already started to produce more leaf buds after 14 days from germination day [1].

Hopefully, it will thrive more after this.

Until then, have fun taking progress pictures of your planted elderberry plants.

Reference:

[1] The small leaf bud to elderberry cuttings last 15 May 2023 https://serinurulbeauty.blogspot.com/2023/05/new-bud-on-elderberry-cutting.html

New bud on elderberry cutting

This is taken on the morning of 15 May 2023. After 6 days germinate the received elderberry cuttings last 9 May 2023.

My pretty plump cempaka telur putih (Magnolia liliifera) flower bud

The look of my pretty plump cempaka telur putih (Magnolia liliifera) flower bud on the evening of 9 May 2023. First time bearing flower after planting it for 35 days. Start planting it last 5 April 2023 in 5 liter container.