Watermelon

We have our first ever homegrown watermelon harvest today... yeah.. our little watermelon finally ripe.. Both Cindy and I were really excited....

.. after 60days... 1 ripe watermelon... ~3.5 lbs

It is time to cut it.....  We were very curious how good it is inside.. :)

Here we go....

Chop.....

Ta...da....Wow....

Closer Look...Not bad at all..

Ready to serve!!

The overall taste were really good, very sweet and great texture. Since this is a total organic, my only complain will be too many seeds in there, yeah. I know.. being spoiled by the genetic altered/hybrid seedless watermelon in the market...

We looking forward for couple more watermelon harvest in next few weeks.. 

Watermelon vertically hanging on a vine...

Happy July 4th!!

While July 4th is the great opportunity to enjoy the parades, festival and fireworks shows going on around the areas, sometimes staying at home just to relax ourselves during this long weekend is not a bad thing to do at all.
It's the 2nd year we watch the fireworks from our backyard... here are some of the pictures taken....

Happy July 4th!!!

Durian?

New addition to our garden...

I have been searching for Kaffir lime leaf for past couple weeks, being craving for one of my favorite Nyonya dish and Kaffir lime leaf is one of the must have ingredients for the dish. On Saturday, after having dinner with our fellow neighbors at Chinatown, we stop by at one of the local Vietnamese nursery to check out whether they have the tree we want.

Yes!!... they do have it!!! This is it... Kaffir Lime Tree (Tai-Ko Kam)

Here is the closer look of the Kaffir Lime leaves, it always serves as popular ingredient in South East Asia.

In the meantime, Cindy also found her favorite passion fruit tree, she has been thinking for growing a passion fruit tree for a while, just couldn't find one in Houston, and today, she is bringing it back home!! 

Both of us went home with our face smiling.......

Dinner at home :)

My wife cooked a simple, healthy and yummy dinner this evening... She is really doing a great job!!

It is our first harvest meal for the white bitter melon...

Steamed bitter melon stuffed with ground pork& mushroom

Okra with wasabi soy source

涼拌小黃瓜 (Pickled Cucumber Salad)

Tomato soup in progress - waiting for boiling before eggs go in... 

CWnCindy’s Review (5 Stars Rank): 

Taste
Price	(Free!)
Food Presentation
Service
Overall

We gave the food presentation 3 stars since the outlook of each dish didn't really attracted us much at first sight. However, once we get a taste of  it, we were totally “WOW" by its excellent flavor!!
(Wah... now we are food blogger.. Maybe山寨版..okay.. Maybe not.)

Great job!! Cindy !!

2010 - Our Organic Garden

People were asking how is our vegetables garden doing this year? We kind of take a step further to expand our backyard to grow even more this year.. The following is a quick snapshot on what is going on now at our back garden, I will post a little more details on each individual topic(vegetables, soils, fertilizer..etc)...only if I have time.. :)

Baby "Bok-Choy" 小白菜... Did you notice the ladybug... :p

"Yin Choi" 莧菜

芥蘭菜

A-菜

高麗菜

大番茄

Snow Peas...

Cucumber - 小黃瓜

Taro - 小芋頭 - from 阿馨

EEggplant -茄子 - Still growing~~

Bitter Melon - 苦瓜

Broccoli - 西蘭花

Garlic Chives - 韭菜

Sweet Potato Leaf - 番薯葉

 Long Bean - 長豆

Green Bell Pepper - 青椒

Jagung

Perilla - 紅紫蘇

Ridged Gourd - 絲瓜

Blackberry

Blueberry

Sugar Apple

Watermelon

Last but not least.. Cindy's favorite Herbs Garden...

There are still some of the plants/tree that I have not got a chance to introduce... will definitely introduce them on a separate post... Looking forward to share with our family and friends on a vegetables galore...