The busyness of work makes me sometimes not realize that there are beautiful views that can entertain me around my own house. When I take a break from the office, I can't deny that sometimes I look at the nearest and newest tourist destinations to visit on the weekend. Even though I have the closest tourist destination, which is my own mini garden. And this afternoon is a little cloudy but still relatively light, maybe it will rain at night. And at times like this it is very good to take a short walk around the house to see what can be harvested today.
And before I looked at my own garden I took a walk to my neighbor's rice field. It is located not far from my house, only one alley away, and it turned out that the rice field had been planted with rice and was almost yellow, which means that in the near future, about 2 weeks from now, this rice will be ready to be harvested and made into rice as our country's staple food, namely rice. After I saw the rice field, I went back home because I was afraid of rain while I hadn't seen my garden today.
And it is true that there are some plants that are ready to be harvested even though I saw this plant just 3 days ago and it was still flowering, it turns out that the fruit is already abundant. This plant is called winged bean or in Latin is psophocarpus tetragonolobus, which is a climbing plant that does not know the season to bear fruit. This plant can be consumed raw and is very tasty to be made into a salad, it tastes light like lettuce and this is a type of vegetable. Is there a plant like this in your country? I really like this plant but don't let the winged bean get too old so that the flesh is a little tough. The good thing is that as I see it is still young and small. It tastes very sweet.
And it turns out that it's not just winged beans that are ready to be harvested today. There are local lemons that are ready to be harvested and look, some are already yellowing, this is very refreshing if made into warm tea but because this orange is a local lemon, the skin is very bitter so take only the orange juice and don't include the orange peel, especially if it is exposed to hot water, because the taste is quite bitter. In addition to lemons, there are also moringa leaves which have many health benefits, these moringa leaves are very delicious if just boiled or made into smoothies or juice mixed with coconut water.
In addition to the plants that make me happy, there is another thing that entertains me, namely the presence of my neighbor's ducks who always walk in groups with their noisy sounds, even though they are noisy, I like their eggs, especially the ducks who eat wildly. Don't forget that the one who always makes a scene at home with all his random behavior is our 'Gemoy', a fat gray cat who loves to lie down anywhere so I keep bathing him. A cat who always seeks attention and is thirsty for petting.
And this is my afternoon walk. In the next few days I will invite you all to come back to see my village in its entirety. Greetings from Maytom, Indonesia