English cabbages - the batches

Assalamualaikum,

We started planting since early of the year to harvest right on time or be among the earliest one who harvest the cool season veges, somehow due to flood and rain, it didn't turn out as expected...but alhamdulillah what ever are provision decreed for us would be will be ours.

- the earliest batch, planted in feb - now 4 month plus, some of it almost ready in a week (alhamdulillah, the supply of local cabbages in market still little till now, so good for us at least)

- 2nd batch, planted in mar, now 3 month plus, now started folding 


- 3rd batch, planted on 20th May at the front garden,  now 1 month age.

- 4th batch, we planted a week later than 3rd batch,

- 5th batch, planted 6th June, now 2 weeks old

Look likes no batch planted in April, maybe we'll be out of supply in between that? wallahua'lam.

So now, time to start sowing new batch....inshaallah.

How much we can save by gardening at home

Assalamamuaikum,

Let's count how much we could save,based on assumptions that we buy vegetables every week for home supply and the regular veges (based on the estimated vegetable prices in fiji)

1.  english cabbage would cost = $2

2. Green vegetable, sawi or cabbages = $1.50

 

3. Chilies = $0.50

4. Coriander or celery leaves= $0.50

 5. tomatoes = $1.00

6. Cucumber = $1.00

7. Beans = $1.00

8. Okra = $1.00

Total = 2+1.50+0.50+0.50+1.00+1.00+1.00+1.00

        = $8.50

wow, that much of dollar we can save.....

so, let's start gardening at home now.......

Bunga Sawi

Assalamualaikum,

Sepanjang my stay in fiji for almost 4 years, only early this month i was able to eat sayur sawi. that was from the seed yang Abu Aidan got it from one of chinese gardening shop in Suva. I planted it more than a month a go, now we started harvesting it early this month. Almost forgot how the sawi taste and look like.

Here in Ba, u wont be able to get any sawi from market,even  in Suva (the capital of Fiji), they sell it only once a while but not as regular as white cabbage or pakchoi, also a bit expensive.

So Abu Aidan suggested that we preserve the seed from plant. now trying to preserve it. somehow so far, i didn't see anything look like seed yet. have to compete with insects too...

Our first Cucumber

Assalamaualaikum,

Alhamdulillah, finally we got to taste our garden's cucumber for the first time for the new batch we planted this year. Same variety we planted last year in the green house yielded more fruits and much bigger.  somehow, the growth of cucumber also depends on weather, some variety suits well with hot season and some not.

However, still much better than buying from market...

wassalam.

Oh no, not again!

Assalamualaikum,

Yesterday me and the small gardening were outside the house, like our usual activity in the evening to do some gardening and for him to play. i was at the backyard and he was playing infront alone.

After I've done with some works at the back and come outside i saw one of of english cabbage broken. oh no, he played grass cutting again there.

What to do? to be angry with him also useless since he doesn't understand much at that age. so have more sabr/ patient. look likes i have to replace with another small plant for that.

wassalam.