As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

The meaning of the idiom above it quite obvious. 

The harvest that we reap depends on the seeds that we sow.

As I sowed cherry tomatoes seeds, I get to enjoy sweet, delicious tasting cherry tomatoes almost every morning.

As I sowed papaya seeds, the whole family enjoys good health through the nutrients that these papaya fruits provide us.

As I sowed cabbage seeds, beautiful cabbage plants emerged. 1,2,3,4.

4 cabbages coming up...

Where are all the cabbages? Gone. All I see are caterpillars.

The wise says Don't Count Your Chicken Before They Hatch. 

I tell myself, it's all right. The caterpillars will soon transform and fly away. 

I'll have the cabbages then. I just need to Hold My Horses.

As I waited patiently for the caterpillars to transform and cabbage leaves to grow, another batch of caterpillars arrived!!!

Oh! No! I'm Back To Square One!

Well, now that I have lost all my 4 cabbages, I must remind myself not to Lose My Head as well!

As I Keep My Chin Up I see beautiful moths and butterflies.

Aren't they pretty?

If you do not reap what you sow, remember, it could just be a Blessing In Disguise. 

After all, Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining.

If the above is All Greek To You, my apologies. I'm just having some fun with idioms. 

Thank you for Lending Me Your Ear to listen to my Cock and Bull Story.

Life Cycle of Ladybugs

This small yellow, creature was found moving on my mulberry leaf.
At first, I thought it was a caterpillar...with legs.

Actually it is a larva. A rather long one indeed.

After 3 weeks of being a larva, it turns into a pupa.

 A vast transformation happens in just 7 days.

A yellow, spotless ladybug emerges...

Very soon, they would lay eggs and the cycle continues...

Oval-shaped eggs in upright clusters.

These spotless yellow ladybugs feed on mildew which is sometimes found on the underside of mulberry leaves.

The red spotted herbivorous ladybug above feeds on leaves and their favourite in my garden seem to be tomato leaves.

This red, shiny carnivorous ladybug is all gardeners' darling. They enjoy hanging around my chilli plants.

There are thousands of different species of ladybugs in the world and there are at least 3 types in my garden. How about you? What bugs do you see in your garden?

Growing Zinnias

A few weeks ago, a little boy handed me some Zinnia seeds. I asked him what colour I should expect from those seeds. He answered RED. I happily threw the RED Zinnia flower seeds around my cherry tomato plant imagining a dramatic effect of RED blooming Zinnias and ripe, RED cherry tomatoes. 

The first bloom was beautiful!

I got kind of impatient, waiting to admire a bed of striking Red Zinnias.

Wow! I had not quite expect to see that many shades of RED. I am not complaining. Red or not, I think they are all beautiful.

Zinnias are very easy to grow. All I did was sprinkled the seeds on the ground and water them once a day.