Snail invasion

 Caught one in the morning munching on my kale. 

Came back at night to see if there were any on my plants. This was the haul...

They have been feasting on my sayur manis and kale...

The following night haul... 

The big monster mama too.

Them in action... 

pan mee veggies

Wifey making pan mee today. Veggies have to be light/soft type. So harvested sayur manis and spinach.

fyi I didnt plant the spinach... it was from a God-given shoot left to grow out.

The pan mee...

Finally enough for 1 meal

 Finally grew enough plants to harvest for one lunch veggie dish.

This veggie is really good for you but I read somewhere that it's toxic if eaten raw! Anyways all the Chinese restaurants have this in their soups so the cooked version must be healthy.

Mushroom-like flower

 The sayur manis just flowered. Some of the flowers look like little mushrooms.

Sayur Manis - Sauropus androgynus

A passer-by stopped to have a look at our garden and gave me some sayur manis branches to plant.

It was from a nearby restaurant. All the leaves were stripped but she assured me that all I had to do was to stick them in the ground.

Closer inspection...

All the joints had tiny growth.

Stuck in the ground!

I like these leaves and often have them in soup. Now that I had some possible future plants, I ran a search to learn more about the plant. It turns out that raw sayur manis is toxic for humans!! Yikes!!! I taste all my plants raw!

But as the article also points out, cooking it changes the properties and makes it safe for consumption. It also has the traits of a superfood.

Another plus point showed a study on the benefits as fish food.