Yuzi, the guardian angel of our land, built this herb garden based on permaculture concept. This is an experiment to see how well the plants adapt to the windy environment here. This is how it looks on Day 1, March 28, 2012.
It now looks like this six weeks later, on May 10, 2012.
The view of the house taken from another road. May need to plant something to shield the house a bit. Seems a bit too expose at the moment.
Noticed a yellow bit in the field. Thought the strong wind this morning blew over a plastic wrapper or some other rubbish.
My pumpkin is doing well!
Several species on the tree top: 黃頭鷺(cattle egret)，大白鷺(great egret)，小白鷺（little egret)
The first banana crop and the first use of P’s knife.
The colours of nature
The only one of six that survives. This papaya, about six months now , has not grown much the last three months.
This one is the tough one. Already about a year old, the bugs get to the new shoots every single time. It refuses to give up and sprouts some new leaves again. It is called 稻穗棋盤角 the flowers are really beautiful. Wonder if i will ever see them at this frustratingly slow growth.
Not sure if these screw pine (pandanus leaves) will survive. A gift from our friend Flying Fish.
The grapefruit plant fares better compared to all the other plants.
We discovered a few sorghum amongst the overgrown weeds. We thought they were corn initially.
