Bananas, originally uploaded by malyousif. They’re starting to turn yellow… I can’t wait to pluck one out and biting into it!
that every time I wash the plants in the garden, the weather turns dusty again? pisses me off! It was wonderful this morning. I did a lot of work in the garden; weeding, washing, cleaning, re-tying, and general fixing, but now looking out of the window, the bloody thing is turning ugly with dust being [...]
I was pleasantly surprised when I followed a link from my other blog and ended up at Plants in The Middle East! Another gardening blog from Bahrain. Brilliant. I’m looking forward to read more of his techniques and experiments and judging by what has been posted so far, it is very promising indeed. Well done [...]
Got Banana?, originally uploaded by malyousif. My banana tree is bearing fruit! Just got back from Morocco to this scene, I am very excited and can’t wait to sample its wares!
Scabious (Scarlet Empress), originally uploaded by malyousif. It took so long for these lovely plants to flower, that I almost gave up on them. But am I glad that I didn’t! Quite distinctive flowers with lovely foliage too. I hope I will be able to harvest some seeds for next season.
I didn’t have much time for gardening at all over the last couple of weeks and with the so-called-replacement-gardener fired, there isn’t anyone else to do it other than myself. That’s fine, I enjoy a challenge. I was (am) prepared for hard work. This weekend was the first opportunity I had to do something with [...]
Summer flowering Hippaesrum (Amaryllis), originally uploaded by malyousif. I was amazed a few days ago when I noticed that the Amaryllis was actually budding! The temperature outside is in the 40s now, but inside the house it’s about 24C so I think this is a very confused plant, the result; however, is very very welcome!
This long weekend has been pure gardening pleasure so far. On Thursday, I mowed the lawn and strimmed all the edges too. That took most of the day at the end of which I was happily tired. Needless to say that sleep last night came fast and deep! After a good night’s sleep, I woke [...]
The Garden Nursery, originally uploaded by malyousif. My friend Rami and I visited Anne Al-Jalahma’s "The Garden Nursery" this morning, despite the horrendous weather we are experiencing in Bahrain – thanks to the huge Iraqi sandstorm earlier in the week – the nursery itself was a sight for sore eyes and a replenishment for the [...]
Honestly, I don’t know much about orchids other than they are some of the most beautiful plants in existence. You might remember how I fell for them and went semi-crazy and bought a whole bunch of them during the recent Bahrain International Garden Show, brought them home and gave them some TLC. At least, I [...]