January 2021 Garden tour

Ending January with a garden tour. For me, this is the best season of all in this side of our planet so I made sure to document it. I realized there have been many changes(added and killed plants in the process😀) since I had my walkabout in October last year. 

A significant addition is my new passion in collecting succulents. Last November 26, I joined the CNS(cactus and succulents) bandwagon. I have purchased a lot from different sources and still learning about them. Pls. visit my Youtube channel to see this transformation> JANUARY 2021 GARDEN TOUR 

New plant haul precaution

After buying new plants, we plant parents are very excited in re-potting them next. My ritual is to spray them with my homemade partial insecticide first, as a precautionary measure if ever they are harboring any insect or fungi. This way you protect your other house plants also from infection, if there's any. 

watch here: Plant haul video

Lastly, I acclimatize them in my garden for at least three to five days to avoid transplant shock. 🙂

Sunbathing succulents

Newbie succulent Mom here, and I conclude nakaka-addict pala talaga!🙋🏻‍♀️ 

Now done with the air drying and re-potting chores of my first batch haul, I am now slowly introducing my succulents to the natural elements of my garden~ sunlight, weather condition, etc.

After watching countless tutorials and reading articles, witnessing them under my care in the next few days if they will grow healthier or 'murdering' them will be a different story all together. And that's what a gardener/plant enthusiast's biggest challenge if I must say so. 😃

Please witness my new journey by subscribing on my channel!👇🏻

Watch the video here...click!

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Finally, harvesting Pechay!

I've been attempting to plant vegetables in our small garden. It is true that I love ornamental plants,  especially flowers, but having one's own vegetable patch is a different ballgame. One needs to at least find five minutes a day to inspect one's produce. You need to make sure that it is receiving enough sunlight and watering, fertilization and free from pests. So far I have grown Basil, Pepper, Lemon Okra(it has yet to flower though) and now, Pechay from seeds. I propagated Kangkong or water spinach, Kamote or cassava tops and Alugbati naman through cuttings. The only setback that I had was having leaf miners during the early stages, but through helpful videos I was able to cure it. 

Let me share with you the simple joy of harvesting to add it in our Nilagang(stewed) Pork by lunch time through this video... 🙂

click! >>> Pechay, at last!