The chia plants that I have raised in my garden is thriving under the hot tropical sun and subject to torrential rains too. They seem to be doing well.Amittedly they are all squeezed into a small space as I have packed so many of the seedling into a 12-inch pot. Look at the pic below, I even tucked in a sweet potato plant!I think I might...
We eat chias to keep ourselves healthy. Because they are seeds, they can also be grown into sprouts or microgreens. Recently I started growing some and here is the result...First, I placed some chias onto some gravels and soil and left the pot near the window of my kitchen. The spot is sunny in the morning. I water the chias regularly to keep...
While the flowering plants are at their best, some of my foliage plants are doing exceptionally good as their leaves look rather strong and remarkable.My Alocasia 'Polly' in pic below has been producing more and more leaves, and hence grown bigger in size. Sometimes this plant can be really bare as its leaf does not seem to be growing and at times yellowing. See it? A...
Here are a few updates from my small garden and indoor plants - in a city in tropical Malaysia. Although we garden whole year round, sometimes the scorching hot sun and the prolonged rain will pose problems. Growing plants in containers allows us to move them around to thrive better. That was I did to my rex begonia vine. I moved the plant from growing it...
Recently, Rosa 'Othello' sent out a long stem that bore a big bud outside my gate that eventually blossomed into a beautiful pink rose. You can see it in the second pic.This big blossom made me wondered, how in the world the rose bush can endure the hot blazing sunshine here?There was a faint sweet rosy smell in the air when the rose...
Growing crops for own consumption is difficult when gardening space is limited. But, I found that growing microgreens or sprouts frees me from finding space for the roots of vegetables to stretch deep and wide.Though little in size, microgreens are highly nutritious. That is why many call them superfood!Interestingly, microgreens are economical to grow. You don't need a lot of tools, supplies or skills...
I am not sure if it's the hot sunny days or the frequent fertilisers I have applied, my plants seem to grow really fast these days. My spider tresses plant has reached the end of its flowering stage so quickly. There are not many flowers on the shrub right now as most have dropped.Meanwhile my sandpaper vine has been flowering non-stop. The cool weather earlier triggered...
I have a really hot porch as my house faces the afternoon sun. So, those plants that you see me feature from my porch are really good heat-tolerant plants. Impatiens walleriana is one of them.The snaps before and after surviving the hot afternoon is shown in the video. The pic below was snapped two days before. By 5:00PM, the plant looked like it was going...
Yellow blooms are delightful additions to any garden. They come in different shades. Some are bright, some pale.While they may make you think of the sun in the sky, you will certainly associate the flower below to lemon. Its delicate paper-thin pale yellow petals can look really bright once the sun is up, earning the common name, lemon ginger.The perky flower will surey put a smile on our faces. Only...
Mung bean sprouts (Botanical name: Vigna radiata) growing in a teapot 😊Just pre-soak the mung beans for 6-8 hours. Keep the pot covered, rinse the soaked beans regularly and you will get to harvest plenty of bean sprouts within 48 hours.I have also harvested the sprouts just after 24 hours and they look like this...I like the taste of both. So now I...
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