Hopping Hopper

Stumble upon this Grasshopper changing its outer shell in one of my growbed.

Feel like a good time to record this on camera.

Its already reaches advance stage when I happen to see it.

This grasshopper must be a loner, only one in my backyard. It don't do any harm, so I just let it be.

Just like crab changing its outer shell, I suppose this must be the most dangerous time to be a Grasshopper.

Done, few more minutes it should be ready to fly away.

Three Little Piggies - Grown Up

These Yam once they recovered, without wasting time more saplings coming out. This is sign of good growth, and hopefully this small growbed can accommodate them.

This growbed cycle okay and water control like clock work, I am using the 20mm Siphon here. There was some issue with it earlier, manage to rectify by increasing the gap between top of stand pipe to bell dome.

If more sapling come out I need to get more growbed ready.

Stevia Rebaudiana - Update 16th May 2011

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Its flowering and from feedback that I got during this period it has a bitter sweet taste. Actually I not using it yet these few plants just to provide base stock for my trial.


I decide to trimmed this plant, remove all its flowering branches and let it concentrate on growing.

Nobody says that we must maintain its flower, so off it goes. Concentrate all your energy towards growing. I need more healthy cuttings for new plants.

Its a bit dark when I snap these shots, the cutting that I plants after a week it still surviving.

All the sugar flower, it has a nice fragrance to it. Very refreshing.

The ones that I just planted also flowering, will snip off those to get the plant to concentrate on growing.

Both blooming.