Dirty nails.
Aching fingers.
Backache.
One gets engrossed gardening but before you know it the sun is hot on your back. This morning though, the sun didn’t show up and the sky is still cloudy until now. Perfect time to garden.
Since I became a member of Gardeners’ Tambayan, I was inspired to plant more and try planting veggies. My sweet potatoes are making a show-off, my Thai Chili is bearing fruits. I used some of it to make a dipping sauce with vinegar, garlic and a little salt. This could last for more than a month even without refrigeration. The okra I planted haven’t shown their faces yet. The water spinach in pots are sprouting new leaves. My pink angel cuttings and Ti plants are ready for replanting. What a thrill!
This morning I planted my deep pink Vinca. One packet is good enough. I tried mixing it with the growing light pink Vinca direct to the soil. I will look for the white ones and group them together. Oh, the joy of thinking what they will look like once they grow.
It seems like gardening would not be such if I have to wear gloves while preparing the soil bed for planting. I love to feel the earth in my hands, feel its texture, mix it with finely chopped eggshells. The latter serve as organic fertilizer for my plants. We have a compost pit in a little corner of the garden. It is where we put fallen leaves from our jackfruit trees, the cut carabao grass and other veggie peelings. They become rich soil after a while. Just perfect for several pots I have to fill.
Like everything else, growing a garden is a hit and miss thing. They say you have a “green thumb” if you are successful in tending one.
Reblogged this on Gardens and Empty Spaces.
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I was out in my garden today too Arlene. You’re right, it’s invigorating and therapeutic having our hands in the soil. Happy tending.
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Thanks Miriam! I agree, it is really therapeutic.
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I doubt you would be gardening at the moment if you lived here, Arlene.
Unless you enjoyed mud! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sad to hear that Pete. This is the best time to garden here.
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Jackie wears gloves. I don’t 🙂
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🙂
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Will still be dreaming about my garden for a few months, happy to hear about your adventures planting and growing beauty!
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Thanks Kitty 🙂
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Still cold and rainy here, but spring is on the way. The tulip bulbs are beginning to peek out from the ground. Your garden sounds lovely Arlene!
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Thank you Sabine. I am sure when spring comes you’ll have lots of flowers in your garden.
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Yes!
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🙂
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It’s such a pleasure to read of someone who has a green thumb. I have black thumbs and can kill anything at twenty paces. Without trying.
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You make me laugh Anne. We always say that gardening is therapeutic and I am glad that even if my garden is small I’m able to plant those that I want to thrive here.
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Gardening is NOT therapeutic for me. Not yet, anyway. I don’t think I’ll live long enough to get into the therapy stage. It’s more likely to send me FOR therapy. I’m glad you get so much out of it.
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Haha! I smile at the thought of new blooms and flowers in my garden.
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I hope you’ll update us with photos when appropriate, that is, if you still do photos. I’ve read of several people who ran out of space and no longer do pictures.
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I( have a separate blog on the photos I took earlier Anne. It is called COLORS. You can find the link at the upper right side of my blog.
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I must look tomorrow.
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Thank you Anne 🙂
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