Buah Ciku
Very tasty when ripe
Around this time, May, the fruits in the orchard need to be harvested. The fruits are
durians, buah ciku( buah is fruit in English) mangosteen, pomelo and alot of "Gulai Hwa" ( a kind of flower that goes with curries) Below are the pictures showing the process of harvesting buah ciku.
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Only one Ciku tree in the Orchard
The Myanmar workers who helped in the harvest were wondering what fruit
these were. Well ,if I ask them to take some back to the site and taste them when they are ripe they would ask for more on the next trip,Hee! hee! The harvest looks good for today but I have to distribute them to elder brother and eldest sister and not to forget the good neighbours who take care of my dogs whenever we are on holiday. Sorry, I cannot give them to my eldest brother and wife,niece and nephew who are in the United States. Well, at least they can see them in this Chiak Beiliao blog website address: http://www.chiakbeiliao.blogspot.com/.
Durians
Ooh have to wait for a while for this durian season is a bit late. Here are some pictures on what kind of work have to be carried out during the Fruit Season and this include the process of harvest durian.
For the last 3 Sundays, workers were there trimming the lalang ( bushes) and yesterday they have finally reached the end of the orchard. I have not started on the next tier which will be very tough and will be doing it on weekdays. Why clearing the bushes? Normally, the trees will bear fruits in the May and since we have not been taking of the orchard for the WHOLE YEAR, I might as well do it now. Alway footing out more money than earning at this time as there are alot of monkey and squirrels eating away the fruits and especially the bats who love the Buah Ciku. Not to forget the Wild Boar who normally stamp the durian until they are broken and eat them. The worst are the thieives that always make a trip to the Orchard at this time coming from all directions since we cannot fence up the Orchard. At the end of the season ,very good exercise for me and my wife. Just imagine we have to pick up the durian everyday at 6.30am and return home by 7.30am and after our bath rush to work. This same routine will start at 6.00pm and by the time sun has set, only are we back home. Normally, both of us will loose a few kilo. Just imagine my father has been doing this routine work when he was young.
For the last 3 Sundays, workers were there trimming the lalang ( bushes) and yesterday they have finally reached the end of the orchard. I have not started on the next tier which will be very tough and will be doing it on weekdays. Why clearing the bushes? Normally, the trees will bear fruits in the May and since we have not been taking of the orchard for the WHOLE YEAR, I might as well do it now. Alway footing out more money than earning at this time as there are alot of monkey and squirrels eating away the fruits and especially the bats who love the Buah Ciku. Not to forget the Wild Boar who normally stamp the durian until they are broken and eat them. The worst are the thieives that always make a trip to the Orchard at this time coming from all directions since we cannot fence up the Orchard. At the end of the season ,very good exercise for me and my wife. Just imagine we have to pick up the durian everyday at 6.30am and return home by 7.30am and after our bath rush to work. This same routine will start at 6.00pm and by the time sun has set, only are we back home. Normally, both of us will loose a few kilo. Just imagine my father has been doing this routine work when he was young.
Sometime when picking durians, it started to rain and while carrying down the durians from the hill top ,I accidently slipped and slided down to the next tier. Very lucky no injury at all.
The worst part was that I have to carry the durians,in the laundry bucket, on my shoulder to the car . How heavy?
The worst part was that I have to carry the durians,in the laundry bucket, on my shoulder to the car . How heavy?
Yearly Orchard bushes clearing
Pamelo
There is also one very old and short pamelo tree behind the broken pig sty. The fruit bear are not very sweet and surprising it is still growing very healthily and without fail some pamelo can be seen on it
One Pamelo tree and its fruit
"Gulai Hwa" (The Curry flower)
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