Guests In My Garden......

First is this snake.....i think it is a venomous kind, but i was not sure.....so i tried looking it up on the net...but in vain....

Then i managed to contact

Lance

lance@reptilegardens.com

605-342-5873

Box 620

Rapid City, SD 57709 USA

www.reptilegardens.com

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Lance told me that it is quite venomous and warned me to be careful....Though the venom is really designed for killing small lizards and rarely does much to a human...still it should be handled with care or even better yet just avoided.

Thank you again to Lance for taking the trouble to get me the needed info.......

HISS THE SNAKE

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Hiss

 the snake

 An awesome

 creature

             of God’s

                creation

              With

                                 beady

                                     eyes

                                                    a-staring

                                                           Slitted

                                                            tongue

                                                           a-peeking

                                                     Sleek  and

                                                                Slippery

                                                                       skin glistening

                                                              Hiss the snake

                                                          Hiss Hiss Hiss

                                                             Hiss Hiss  Hiss

                                                                            goes the snake

                                                                              Slowly stealthily

                                                                       moves the snake

                                                     Smoothly Silently

                                    passes the snake

                                            Easily  and simply

                           slithering

                          Softly

                                     hissing

                                        Hiss Hiss

                                                Hiss Hiss

                                               An awesome

                                                   creature

                                                      of God’s

                                                       creation

                                                   Hiss

                                                  The

                                                 Snake

                                                !

Ahh...here is my second guest....a lizard.  Nope..i do not know it's scientific name.
Anyway,  it is a more welcome guest than the snake, of course.  For i am sure it will
help me to get rid of some of my garden pests...of which i do have too many!!
No doubt... the snake too would be doing the same...BUT...well am sure not many feel
comfortable having a venomous snake as a garden guest. Nevertheless,
i will let it be...for as a creature of God's creation.....
 it surely does have its own important role in nature!

Kecil..kecil si cili padi....

.....berseri berwarna warni......errmmm love this chilli of mine...so colourful!
Unfortunately...my photoes are not a good representation of the real thing...my photoes
fail to capture the real colours...the yellow, orange, red and purple...
Alhamdullillah...for i can see and appreciate...still.

More Glads

My First Purple Glad.....

i have had orange and deep dark red glads...but this is the first time a purple glad has bloomed in my garden.... there are 2 stalks of glad blooms actually.......the bulbs were a gift from our dear ..dear friends ...Ted and Sheila...from Tudor Close, England.....tq again Ted n Sheila....!! really appreciate your lovely gift.. my daughter brought them home towards d end of January.....there were actually a lot of bulbs...of different colored glads.....but only the purple has bloomed up to date.....

 Glads are easy plants to grow...just any ordinary garden soil will do.....n enough sunshine to make them happy.....

V. caracalla : Second season.....

Soooo happy to see more blooms from my Vigna caracalla....love d fragrance. My photography though leaves much to b desired...!!

My Coffee Plant....

i know that there are 3 different types of coffee plants....namely Coffee arabica, C. liberica, and C. robusta...but i do not know which of these 3 is mine... errrmmm very frustrating!!

Another frustrating thing is... tho it has bloomed many times...giving off a lovely LOVELY citrusy fragrance....it has never set fruit.... i long to see it laden with bright red berries.....hopefully this time around...as today i see the blooms being swarmed by insects large and small... a lot of them flitting from bloom to bloom......i pray my wait this time will not be in vain.....simply could not understand why it refuses to set fruit....think coffee plants are self fertile....are they not...?? Or is there  a particular need for a particular pollinator that is not present here in my neigbourhood....??

My Poor Vigna Caracalla....

My poor Vigna is blooming. Not as profusely as i'd have liked it to...but quite so....considering its 'poor constitution'! Its leaves keep yellowing and dropping off....and yet it is blooming for me...and the fragrance its blooms exude is really lovely!!

i wonder whether it is unhappy growing in Malaysia...or have i put it in an unconducive location...one that does not get enough sunlight...??! i chose this location because i wanted to protect it from the heat of direct sun....errmmm may be i should transfer it to a better location...one of these days.....