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	<description>WELCOME TO OUR TROPICAL GARDEN where amazing flora &#38; fauna abound! Praise and thank God! Do explore our garden resource, plants database &#38; encyclopedia, plus captivating photo galleries of nature in Malaysia.</description>
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		<title>January 2012 in our tropical garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haha! Showing off some of our garden plants at our front yard, especially the inner garden plot that had some make-up done recently. Plants are growing splendidly to cheer our grieving hearts. Gardening is so rewarding! Really uplift our spirits and put smiles on our faces when we see our plants looking luscious and happy! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 2011 &#8211; our tropical garden update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some new plants were added to our little garden paradise in December. Not perfectly timed though as we purchased them three days too early, just before our dearly beloved mother&#8217;s (John&#8217;s mom, my mother-in-law) unexpected sudden demise on December 12th. She&#8217;s much loved and missed by us all but God loves her more. Inadvertently, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 2011 in our tropical garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow there are always some surprises in our tropical garden every month and November 2011 is no different! That&#8217;s the beauty of gardening and enjoying its rewards. Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra, Lady&#8217;s Fingers) It took about 4.5 months for this beautiful soft yellow Okra flower to emerge for the first time since seeds were sown in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Propagating Aglaonema Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aglaonema or popularly known as Chinese Evergreen, being first cultivated in China, is one of the most decorative indoor plant with attractive variegated foliage for homes and offices. With much hybridizing over the many decades, especially in Thailand and Indonesia in Southeast Asia, the newer cultivars are now available in explosive colours with many variations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 2011 in our tropical garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orchids and Celosia Shopping for orchid plants had never been that quick and easy for us before this! We got some last month, not from the garden nurseries where one would usually procure them but from the church that we usually attend, after the Eucharistic Mass Celebration. Strange, huh? Well, the Church of St Francis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 2011: our tropical garden update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been growing Spider Plants (Chlorophytum comosum) for umpteen years, so long that we won&#8217;t give them a second look when we visit garden centers &#8211; or so we thought. Recently though, we were spellbound by their presence at a nearby garden center that we dropped by early last month. With outstretched limbs and crying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our tropical garden update for August 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmm&#8230; we thought that we&#8217;ll run out of garden news eventually since our garden plants were greatly reduced due to health problems (i.e. John’s suffering from lumbar spondylosis that impairs his gardening activities). But it appears there are still leftovers that aren&#8217;t willing to be categorized as run-of-the-mill as yet. Some plants just want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 2011 in our tropical garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hydrangea macrophylla &#8216;Endless Summer&#8217; (Mophead/Bigleaf/French Hydrangea, Hortensia) - our garden star in July 2011 Feeling blue? Let the beauty of nature and the Mophead Hydrangea with its gorgeously large blooms mop away the sadness and unhappiness! The colour blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body, and strongly associated with peace, calmness and tranquility. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our tropical garden happenings in June 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yippee&#8230; a newly purchased plant for our garden in June 2011! Aglaonema &#8216;Miss Thailand&#8217; (a Thai hybrid) We got this beauty for only RM20! A very good bargain indeed as there were 4 plants in the pot. Had they been separately potted, each would had been sold at RM10 per plant or more. I love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 2011: delights in our kitchen garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our kitchen garden is situated at our backyard, just behind our kitchen for easy access. In reality, it&#8217;s just a small-scale project within a humble space, mainly to serve our kitchen needs. Previously, we&#8217;ve grown a mix of sorts that included a couple of fruit trees in containers, some herbs and occasional attempts at vegetable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2011: Easter Joy in our tropical garden!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 08:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What marvels The Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. (Psalm 126:3) Simply unbelievable! Not only was our potted Proiphys amboinensis (Cardwell Lily) blooming for the second time around in two years but once again resurrected during the Easter season! Its previous &#8216;grand opening&#8217; in our garden was also during Easter in April 2009. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Propagating Pandanus amaryllifolius (Fragrant Pandan)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pandanus amaryllifolius Fragrant Pandan/Screwpine) a lone ranger in a terracota pot at our backyard, was almost wrecked but ended remarkably well eventually! Usually, the edible P. amaryllifolius or Fragrant Pandan suckers freely when grown in the ground with ample space to expand but very rarely in pots due to space constraints as observed and experienced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2011 in our tropical garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum &#8216;Burgundy&#8217; For months, this 7-year-old potted plant had screamed for a decent trim! It had straggly branches that looked so unkempt but as usual I had procrastinated with my garden chores. Finally, I relented and gave it a haircut, so severe that I almost bald it in late February. However, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White-browed Bulbuls nesting at our garden porch again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it a success story for this pair of Pycnonotus luteolus (White-browed Bulbuls)? You guess&#8230; We had prayed and hoped that it would be so for this pair of lovely birds nesting at our garden porch! Somewhat similar like that experienced by another pair that successfully fledged their chicks almost 3 years ago at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2011 in our garden: wonderful happenings!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birds breeding again in our garden! Woo hoo! Nesting on the same potted Lady Palm trees at a corner of our porch that seem to be a haven for potential breeders. The same species, Pycnonotus luteolus (White-browed bulbul) that never tire of visiting us and throwing such wonderful surprises and happenings! The pair of Pycnonotus [...]]]></description>
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