See how my garden grows!

            I'm amazed at myself. Seriously amazed! For someone who's more used to killing healthy plants, I've become someone who could actually g.r.o.w something! Although it's a little premature to predict the outcome of the plants I've grown, yet it gives me a certain satisfaction. Even if they all wither and die on me, I'd still feel a sense of achievement :)
            Okay, update! I transplanted the tomatoes and the solitary chilli plant. They seem to still be growing well - touch wood!

The one in the pot is a stevia plant I picked up at AEON Big. Curious to see if all that's touted about it is true :) I transplanted it into a bigger pot. Lots of roots in that plant!

 

My experiment with the kangkung didn't work so I bought a couple of fresh bunches and planted them - the way youtube said I should :D  Btw, I killed all the thriving watercress when I decided to experiment with it :P. Couldn't find any at AEON Big so it'll just have to wait until I find some....which I'll leave alone to grow!! Oh, the blue pail I got for RM3.90 at AEON Big [bought 6 of them]. I scored several holes on the bottom with a steak knife....ta-da! and I have a 4-gallon "pot" that should accomodate plants that need deep soil. Also shrubs like tomatoes, eggplants, chilli, and okra [my next project. I've got red and green ones]. 

            Check out my red and green spinach! And the beans - really is the easiest thing to grow, these beans. Not much maintenance required. I've yet to erect the trellis. Alan got me some bamboo a couple of days back - they're still languishing on the corridor! I wonder if the onions will survive....

Seems that it'll take a while yet before they'll sprout - IF they do at all!! I didn't know what to do with this 3-tier plastic rack so I decided to experiment growing herbs on it. I lined the shelves with newspaper and bin bag [holes cut into them]. I figure that if herbs can grow in the little soil shoved into plastic bottles, it should be able to grow here. We'll see......

   I've got coriander, chives, oregano, chinese and English parsley, and Genovese basil [whatever that is!]. I've got a couple more herb seeds that I'll plant alongside Chinese kale aka kailan. Seems that oregano should be planted with kailan as it keeps kailan-loving bugs away ;)

   I've moved the huge pot with sunflower seeds and onions to a sunny spot on the staircase. I hope the birds don't get to the seeds! I can't wait for the first sunflower shoots - they seem to take forever! I've also tried to germinate a couple in a little container on the "seedling" rack.

   The "Exotica" papaya seeds have germinated...yea!!!! I've turned soda bottle into self watering containers - they're working well so far. 

                  Btw, I've got enough seeds for an entire plantation! Anyone wants some? They're all nicely dried. Don't know if they'll germinate because I unwittingly broke the membranes of some of them and they sprouted! And now the sprouted ones are dried as well.....Maybe I should plant a few and find out eh.

    On the left [in the bigger pots]  are mango seeds which I germinated in ziplock bags. They had some nice roots so I'm hoping that at least a couple would grow into healthy plants. I had 6 seeds in all.

    2 soursop seeds germinated! Yea!! No news from the custard apple seeds as yet. I'm hoping that they're thriving down there and just being a little shy about saying "hello".

            I've germinated a couple of eggplants as well. The chilli seeds I planted a while back have germinated - I now have 3 chilli seedlings which I'll have to transplant into pots soon. That's cabbage in the shallow pot - 2 of them.                                                                                                                                

Carrot shoots. I think I may have to transplant them into a deeper container but it seems like a tough thing to do  since they're now growing in a big shallow container. Maybe I'll get some baby carrots from these and plant some more in a deep container.

Lettuce shoots. Really, really tiny.

            That's it for now. Please pray that my plants will survive! Oh, btw! the red deep containers - I got them at AEON Big for RM10.90 each. I used a steak knife to score holes in them. Pretty easy to do really.

            Yesterday, Auni requested that I grow the apple seeds she collected [which she has yet to pass on to me]. She seems to have forgotten about them today though! :D I did buy some balsam seeds as she requested "bunga keembung" earlier. That'll go on my "To-Do" list.