The front path, originally uploaded by malyousif. Did some work in the garden this morning, the first chance I’ve had for some time now. I trimmed the golden ficus bushes and did general cleaning up and removing dead plants etc. I’ll have another go at it again this afternoon and maybe tomorrow too if I’m [...]
Produce, just picked!, originally uploaded by malyousif. We just picked these beauties from the vegetable patch, the first ever (other than herbs). I shall enjoy eating these, and tonight, I’m going to have a tomato festival based on that single beauty on the tray!
It’s only a few days to the much awaited Bahrain International Garden Show which will take place at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Sanabis from Feb 22 – 24, my birthday falling on the 23rd is no coincidence of course, they asked and I gave my blessing! No no. I’m really looking forward to [...]
My Garden, originally uploaded by malyousif. A stitched vertical panorama of my garden. This is one of my favourite views of the garden, at the back "alley" looking into the front garden. It’s Winter now, so there is barely any colour, but come Spring that story will change and I hope that I will post [...]
Lonely spot of colour, originally uploaded by malyousif. My lawn is looking like the Serengeti in winter, burnt. That makes the garden a bit dull, especially that most plants didn’t start flowering again. Like me, they’re desperately waiting for the Spring again. Yet, the birds we feed (parakeets, mynahs, sparrows, bulbuls, pigeons, doves, etc.) spread [...]
Reclaiming the pool deck, originally uploaded by malyousif. The far side of the pool deck, by the changing and pump rooms, was neglected since we moved in really. I used that area exclusively to BBQs but when we’re not firing that thing up, the area remained rather dull and uninviting. I look at it every [...]
unidentified internal plant, originally uploaded by malyousif. I bought this lovely plant from the Sultan Garden Centre in Khobar a couple of days ago. The very helpful employee there unfortunately mislabeled it and I am at a loss as to what it actually is called. If you do know what it is do be a [...]
I am not very happy with the baskets I’ve put up so far, probably because I am impatient and couldn’t wait for the plants to actually develop from seed; which some of them admittedly are doing pretty well so far, and as I was on a quick business trip this morning to Saudi, I thought [...]
I’ve never been real big about corn. In Bahrain the only thing we get is the frozen kind and as for “fresh”, well, the closest is the KFC supplied ears! But after reading about how luscious they can be cut fresh from the stalk and boiled in this post in the Backyard Gardening Blog I [...]
Calendula, originally uploaded by malyousif. The Calendulas have started to flower around the “English Border”. They’re the first to bloom and of course it is a thrill to witness this considering I planted and cared for them from seed through to this. There are many more flowers to come up in that part of the [...]