I've been busy
with juggling work, chores, and trying to be a good wife to my funny
husband (I'll write something about him soon), and getting a life.
However,
when I'm lucky and I finish my chores earlier than usual, I have the
occasional down time. Sometimes I read. Sometimes I watch movies. But
what I consider the most fulfilling is gardening.
My
mom had a lot of plants. She could grow almost anything and I am always
amazed at how her plants would thrive under her care. You would think
that I would inherit my mother's green thumb and love for plants. Green
thumb, no. Love for plants, sure. I like looking at plants. I could
identify more of them than other people could. But I just started taking
care of plants very recently.
I
was so sad when my puppy died. I experienced an overwhelming grief that
I've never had before. I didn't know what to do. I realized that
I had to take care of a living thing to keep me from getting depressed.
But I'm not yet ready to have another pet. So the next best thing is
taking care of our plants.
I
already had orchids, water plants, and air plants, which my mom gave me
when I went away to live in another city with my husband. They were
relatively easy to take care of.
When
I was confident enough to add more to our little garden, we bought
small Bromeliads, and then succulents and cacti. So far most of them
are still alive. I managed to kill one of our cacti- I over watered it.
I
have also propagated some of our succulents. I lost some of the baby succulents along the way. I also managed to grow a ginger
plant just by sticking drying ginger in some soil. And now I'm trying
to propagate basil by putting cuttings in water. And I am so very proud
to say that I have managed to make five cuttings grow roots!
I read an article about it in the internet and thought I should give it a try. And 15 days after, my "experiment" is going well. The article helped me a lot. Their instructions are very easy to follow even for a gardening newbie like me and they can have a lot of gardening tips.
Next challenge is to make them live when I plant it in soil!
Do you have a garden? What plants do you have? Do you have gardening tips to share?
