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