Fresh Garden Pick
Yeay, I had a grand time picking these fresh calamansi (it's Philippine lime for you guys) from our two fruit trees which I planted when we moved here eighteen years ago (that's how long we've been staying here in this place). They never stop flowering and giving us these fruits all year round but this is the first time (I guess) that I harvested this much.
My Pink Angel
I bought a pot of this Pink Angel years ago. When it stopped flowering, I planted some cuttings in two small pots but it took so long for it to show those lovely pink blooms, that is, until now. It's a sort of vine and shrub combined. I never knew its exact name because I could not find such similar blooms on the net.
What’s In A Garden (Part 2)
I can’t believe it’s only 9:30am. I’ve been awake since 4am and it feels like the hours seem longer and stretching to boredom so I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures of our small garden. I love the uniform length of the newly cut carabao grass. It’s been a while since I updated this blog.
I must admit it’s hard sometimes to trim those Fukien tea plants and make a perfect round shape out of them.
That jar is almost as old as I am. A gift from an old aunt in the province.
These are my prayer plants. Its leaves fold at night and unfold early in the morning. Prayer plants need light but they should be put in partial shade.
This is my lone Gardenia shrub. It has several buds in almost every tip ready to unfurl.
My dainty pink Begonia.
This is called Sagilala or more commonly known as San Francisco plant/Buenavista. This shrub is perfect as border and it is so easy to grow from cuttings.
It’s a cheese plant. The first time I’ve seen this in our garden in Pangasinan, I thought the leaves were cut into several shapes but that’s the way they look.
My African Rose. It blooms all year round.
My Ruellia plants in colors of white, purple and pink. They are also known as wild Petunia.
And I Call It Gardenia
Every year, I am gifted with the heady scent of a gardenia bloom. The previous years, I was just so happy seeing one or two, three at the most blooming all at once. This year though, they bloomed early and almost every tip of my gardenia shrub has buds. I can't resist making a flower arrangement. These are flowers of my childhood, mom used to grow them lined at the walkway going to our front door.
Growth
I planted three cuttings of the Shanghai Beauty shrub three weeks ago in a plastic pot and I was surprised when instead of producing small leaves, the end tip of one cutting has tender buds about to bloom and the two remaining ones are thriving nicely under the heat of the sun. When you are rewarded by something like this, gardening becomes more addicting, for want of a better word.
After A Day's Work
....the calm and quiet
after a day's work
loving the smell of newly trimmed
carabao grass
and seeing the repotted plants
lining up the wall
a hot cup of peppermint tea
and chocolate cookies.
another perfect day
despite the hard work.
being a gardener has its rewards.....
