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Two days before the new year, we noticed mum’s Tan-Hua (Epiphyllum oxypetallum) was about to bloom. We moved the pot into the house and by 11pm, it started to bloom. Generally, Tan-Hua can take a year to bloom and only blooms over a single night. Mum said it’s an auspicious sign. So although my 2011 didn’t start really well, I still have high hopes for this brand new year. :)
I spotted this little fella a few days ago, growing at one side of the foam container I used to plant wheatgrass for the dogs. I’m pretty sure it’s a basil – it has that strong refreshing aroma. Must be either from the basil flowers or parts (if this makes sense at all) that I’ve cut and randomly buried in the soil. I think the plants generally like me better when I don’t intentionally plant them. As I haven’t been able to keep up with the vegetable garden since months back, my parents had decided that they’ll take charge. My dad made a new fencing using old wood pieces and bamboo, and my mother is ready to start planting some vege. Hopefully months later we’ll have our very own-grown Pak Choy and Choy Sum again. :)
Little niece Chao Chao and I spent a little time in the the evening planting our wheat berries.
We (or rather, I) didn’t realise the pot was too small for our bowl of wheat berries, and ended up moving them to a much bigger foam box that was already filled up with soil. And she was so totally into covering the berries with more soil!
Isn’t it nice to be able to pass something about love to the next generation? :)
Ever since I fell sick, and the weather hasn’t stopped raining, I haven’t really been taking care of the garden. I checked them out a few days back and found that some are growing well, but some, are a little sad. The Italian Parsley almost died a few weeks back. But look at it now. Growing bigger and stronger. The leaves are so much bigger compared to weeks back! New leaves are growing out for the Rosemary as well. I still don’t know how to transplant and grow more of them. Anyone? The basil was huge and full a month ago, but look at it now. Sigh. They kinda died after I transplanted them into the new box. I suspected it’s because of the lack of drainage holes. I’ve poked more holes and hopefully it will grow back. I really love the refreshing basil tea! About 2 weeks ago Coco dug out my cherry tomato plant. Yeah, dug out. I’ve planted it back immediately and it’s been growing up and down since then. I notice that when it rains, it grows. When the sun comes out, it kinda ‘shrinks’. Probably an indication of ‘more water, please’. :) I’ve then planted 4 more pots of new plants. The cherry tomato seedling is out. The rest, as usual, nothing happens. Sigh. |
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