market coriander

Used the coriander. Left the roots. Have tried growing them with no success so far. Trying again. Some growth after sitting in water for a day.

Planted in the ground. Will update

bitter gourd bugs

These fellow really have a feast on my bitter gourd plants. If you look carefully you can see 2 generations there.

Only good thing is that they dont fly much so its easier to guide them onto my hand and then feed them to the fish.

predator insect home coming along

 I just pruned some bamboo. Went towards the bee house...

todays gift

Our neighbour's gift to us today...

Will use it for fried rice

please get out

 Please wasp, can you look for a home outside? 

I want these guys around but this is a bit too close

cant afford to neglect checking underneath leaves

The majority if insects seem to love the underside of leaves. 

The top of a chili leaf...

The bottom...

Bigger sift

 Harvest compost time again... I try to do it monthly. The oldest of the 3 bins, lets call it bin1...

Under the sack that is decomposing too...

Harvested only from bin1. Used a bigger holed basket to sift through the compost. I think it will get more out to the garden. 

The stuff that didnt go through the sift goes back into the now-empty bin1. And then bin2...

This goes into bin1 next. Finally the newest of the 3, bin3...

That goes on top of bin1. I managed to fit almost all 3 into bin1 except for a little which went into bin2