How to plant Rhizome Begonias
This is my style of planting begoniasIf you find that another style works for you better - go ahead,I'm not contesting it.Regardless - after years of planting begonias - I find that this works best for...
View ArticleSadness in My Garden
I had stopped gardening almost a year now.I wished I had good reasons to say that I stopped gardening - regardless of the reasons - the main culprit is my mood swing of which had gave a dead-blow on my...
View ArticleA messy gardener
It must have been difficult to imagine being a postman - posting letters in my postbox.Especially when you see the plants had invaded totally covering the insertion.And I understand the frustration and...
View ArticleChristmas 2016
Christmas 2016Though thou art still blueFrom still yesteryear's ornamentsOf stringed ribbons of faded silverA knot, sprinkles of tinsel & baubles..But where art thou an angel..I wait for the...
View ArticleMiniature Roses
It's been awhile working with orchids roses.This one is starting to be my favourite - miniature roses, small as my thumb, or perhaps its a tea rose..Well, one thing for sureIt took awhile for it to...
View ArticleRose Jasmine
I must have missed this one - guess took it for granted.One thing for sure - this jasmine had been evading me from my attentionIt needs a good load of sun and something I greatly lack of it in my...
View ArticlePraying Mantis
I just love to idea of predators in my garden, especially this one -Praying Mantis.I had enough of cockroaches, mites, ants, scale insects and mealy bugs..And I don't like the idea of using pesticide -...
View ArticleStaghorn Fern
A friend had passed to me this fern - after reviving it - it started to regenerate well. I had an earlier piece but it didn't well and started to loose its leaves and died.I gave on it and still...
View ArticleChalice Vine
It took ages for this one to start blooming.I'm surprised that I didn't take these pictures and put them in my blog.I guess that I took this one for granted.Basically this is one of the hardy ones.I...
View ArticleFish pond
Very much earlier, I preferred guppies, platties and swordtails as the dominant species in my pond.I even introduced mollies - but the fact remains that they are slow to populate and the pond is...
View ArticlePlants with Fish pond
It amazes me to discover, the life and times of a water pond,Occasionally cats drink from the fountain, the plants and ...Oh.. I wish for a wider scope of wildlife: frogs, dragonflies, mayflies,...
View ArticleThe Secret Code of Dumbcane
Hidden from plain sight,that's the idea - the scrolls, the secret and the the runes of the sprites.Of course, its a fool's wisdom: One have to get mad in order to discover such secrets - and...
View ArticleCaladium, Elephant Ears and its kind
These are not easy ones to keep in the gardenNot for a long-term factor as they do go dormant time to time and sometimes disappear totally for a year.I think I lost few species,So much so - I just left...
View ArticleGooseFoot Plant
Its amazing to find so many hybrids and cultivars of this kind.Basically its known as Syngonium podophyllum (yeah..something that you pronouns with chewing gum with your mouth)This is one of the plants...
View ArticlePhilodendron, Potho's and its kind
Just like the Goosefoot plant,Philodendron share the common ground with this one.I find the invasive type found in the wild somehow manage to be the alpha in many zone - but not particularly the...
View ArticleCalathea Species
I thought these were a easy species to handle.Boy, am I wrong.They don't do well with fertilisers - and so I had to be very patient with them.Still now, I really can't figure out their secrets.. I...
View ArticleFittonia
Those blood-stained veins are something spectacular to behold,That is if you can notice them - they are just a small piece of leaf can easily lost in the midst of big class leaves.It been said that...
View ArticleThe Cascading Effect
It's just not so noticeable.I know - no matter how much I try - the camera effect don't seemed to capture the beauty that I want to portray here.You know what they say - Beauty beholds on Eye of the...
View ArticleStaghorn Fern
This is an update of the Staghorn Fern.It has a new frond and another new set growing well from this hanger.I dare not use any fertiliser on them.Somehow - banana peels works best for them but I don't...
View ArticleFern Kingdom
The Ferns are making a comeback in my garden.Practically my garden is totally green.Green had started dominated all over again after I started gardening.I guess its a guy thing - to consider foliage as...
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