Submitted by Jeraldine:
Went a-weeding again today. Nothing much to do though. The contractors took all our jobs away... HMPH! Not much weeds to pluck, and not enough gloves, so everyone worked on 'shifts'. As in, change around, you know. We couldn't throw the weeds into the compost bin as we had to let the things in the bin decompose, a process that would take months.
The lemongrass plot looks so bare now, probably because we're all used to seeing the tall lemongrass... The new pepper plants are beauties, except for the blackened leaves and stems. 'Maybe a viral attack,' says Mdm Rufaidah. We were plucking out all the black leaves. What a wet blanket. There are already fruits on the pepper plants, but most are not ripe yet. You can already smell the pepper! When they fruits are ripe, they sort of shrivel up. We found some ripe ones, but they were already dead...
Why do people seem to dislike weeding? It's quite fun and a good way to relax! I don't think we have to do weeding tomorrow though, but just to be on the safe side, better do weeding lar, in case the weeds make their comeback when we don't do weeding. Some people might be needed to do maintain the plots during the holidays. Hope to see people volunteer!!!!!!!
