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KITCHEN GARDEN
 A herb garden design need not necessarily be in the
traditional form of a herb border, cartwheel shape or otherwise. It is
also very possible if one does not have a suitable planting space at
the back of a house for a kitchen garden, to include one's herbs in the
main garden. Our local herbs have flowers and foliage ranging from
subtle violets to vibrant reds and leaves of purple to luscious
succulent greens. These herbs are most suitable for planting in a mixed
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Pond Design
 In our issue - we included the design for an Islamic theme
garden complete with pool and pond areas. The pond contractor
Masterpool, has design the pond to be a fish pond as well just in case
the client decides to add fish to the lily pond. Ponds that cater for
fish, especially the locally popular koi, will need a biological
filtration system. Mr. Lim Joo An of Masterpool gave us some insight
into the system.
BIOLOGICAL
FILTRATION FOR KOI PONDS A Koi pond is an enclosed, recirculating,
freshwater system for keeping Koi. A Koi pond should never be
constructed in a full-sun location. Full-sun location will cause the
water to be warmer than what the Koi would prefer and this will make
the Koi lose the depth and lustre of their colours. Also, warm water
and sunlight is just what algae needs to thrive on and dark green water
is not what you want for your pond. |
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Lauk Itik (Duck Dish)
 Most cuisine has a duck dish as a specialty. The Chinese
cuisine have the Peking duck, the French, duck breast with orange to
name a few. A duck dish is not very common in the Malay cuisine maybe
because the bird is not easily obtained from the regular urban market.
However, in the villages one can come across some traditional dish such
as the "itik golek" in Kelantan and "lauk itik cili padi" in Melaka.
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Preservation of Bougainvillea
 Bougainvillea is one of the most common flowering plant
in Malaysia. It flowers profusely all year round and is found in
various shapes, forms and colours. Like other flowers they may last for
a while and start to fade and fall to the ground after a few weeks. Do
you know that bougainvillea flowers can be preserved into beautiful
dried flowers? However, not all bougainvillea flowers can be preserved.
One has to choose the flowers that have hard texture and can retain
their shape after drying. Some bougainvillea varieties have soft
texture and will shrivel up after drying. |
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