Gardening

Hello lovelies!

Have you ever planted a fruit bearing tree in a pot?  I have always marveled at photos I see in facebook of fruit-bearing trees (with LOTS of fruits!) in a pot. So when my son has a tree planting activity, I took the chance to buy one tree for our home. I bought balimbing trees for his school project and then I kept a kamias tree for ourselves.

We had a huge kamias tree at the backyard but it died. It used to bear around 5 baskets of kamias fruits every week. My aunt Bella had a steady stream of income coming from that tree.

I hope that this tree will bear as much fruits as our previous one.

Aside from the tree, I was also able to buy 2 mature strawberry plants with 3 runners. How lucky was that!

Here are the runners...

So we cut it from the main plant and planted it in a pot.

We placed the strawberry plants in the coolest area in our yard. We hope that these plants will bear us sweet and delicious fruits.

What are the plants in your garden? Share the link to your garden in the comment section so we could visit you there!

xo, Ails

New Project - Organic Farming, Organic Living

Greetings lovelies!

I always wanted to have my own organic vegetable garden where I could get my healthy fix everyday and anytime of the day.  I want it to have lettuce, broccoli, asparagus, bell pepper, cucumber, herbs, and other vegetables that can grow in our hot and humid environment.

And last Saturday, March 16, 2013, I just started taking action on my dream.  The above picture shows my broccoli (left) and romaine lettuce (right) seedlings after four days. The shoots are big now ready for pricking on Saturday. Hooray!

However, those are not the only seeds i planted.  I also put some chamomile seeds on a row but until now, i cannot find any sign of life from it. :(

Nevertheless, i am overly happy that broccoli, me and my son's favorite, is thriving!  :)  The Mr. and I need to start preparing the beds for transplanting.  He'll do the hoeing and I'll do de-weeding and fertilizing using vermicompost. Excited much! 

And just this morning, the little man helped me water the seedlings.  He probably doesn't understand it yet but I hope he will learn to love farming or at least planting and growing his own food.  And I also hope that I can keep this up as long as I live. :D

Perry turned 8 with Chicken Pox and the vegetable garden

My little boy turned 8 months old yesterday with chicken pox all over his face and body.  It was the 3rd day after the first break out so when I got home from work, most of the fluid-filled vesicles have started to crust over.  

He only had mild fever, like 37.7 degrees, during the first 2 days of the infection.  He was still very active and vibrant as ever especially during daytime.  But on the first 2 nights, he was restless while sleeping.  So the Mr. and I  had to carry and sing him lullaby almost every hour until around 5 am - his waking hour.  Last night was back to normal, he slept so soundly. Yey!  He only cried when he needed milk.  He has been, relatively,  a very good and cooperative baby during the first stage of the infection.   

I found Perry in the vegetable garden watching his lola (grandma) tend the plants yesterday afternoon. He enjoys the outdoors so much and would always say " 'ama " (short for "sama" meaning "I'll go with you") with both arms raised as if shouting "carry me! carry me!" to anyone he sees going out of the house.  And he would go crazy over you if he sees you carrying the pink umbrella.  =)  He is simply irresistible.  And he knows a lot now.  

Lola Priscy tends to the string beans (sitaw) with Perry and his nanny Nine.  On the left are the new sitaw plants and on the right are the old ones that still bear vegetables but are soon to be replaced with new seedlings for better harvest.

 Perry waving his hand at me beside the bitter gourd (amplaya) plants on the left. Under those trellises are eggplants.  

that's the bitter gourd (amplaya) plant and the sticks underneath the trellis are markers beside each eggplant seedlings.   

On the other news, it's really good to have your own vegetable garden so you can eat fresh and organic vegetables everyday.  There are other vegetable plants in our backyard like tomato, squash (Perry's favorite), bell pepper (my favorite), okra (lady's fingers or gumbo), cucumber, among others.  We also have some herbs and lots of fruit bearing trees. I also have a pack of chamomile seeds waiting to be planted this weekend if time permits. This vegetable garden is one of the things I love about living in a farm.

Do you have your own vegetable garden too? Tell me about it. =)