16 Feb 2012

My garden


Some people have hobbies but not me. I have passions, and gardening is one of them. I'm lucky living in Malaysia where the climate is naturally for growing things. As long as the plant can take the heat, you can plant them here in Malaysia. I'm not one of those people who love watching growing things but refuse to go down and get dirty. I love getting dirty and digging in the dirt. It relaxes me.

Here in Malacca I can let my passion fly. The land is not big - just a small plot - too small for a passionate gardener to play in. The soil is clayey with lots of small stones and chips of concrete from when the builders built the house. Its tough digging any hole to plant anything but after 6 years I have more or less tamed the ground. It looks pretty now but not really landscaped. I have a little waterfall and fish pond built opposite the dining room so we can enjoy the sounds of running water as we eat. There is a clump of yellow bamboo just behind the waterfall and another clump, of the small leaved bamboo that I really love. I have a small bed of roses - and its a battle to get them to really grow, but its a battle I hope to win. It's hard work but worth it because every time I see my roses bloom, a song bursts out of me and I beam with pride. Right now I have 5 or 6 varieties - all tropical roses. The small red one is the most prolific, giving me bunches of red roses almost every week. I'm still waiting for the white rose as well as the yellow ones. My citrus tree is also now bearing fruit though it isn't sweet but edible. I have grapes hanging on vines - most of the time they aren't sweet though if they do get enough sunlight they can be sweet enough. My white anthuriums are my pride and joy - they are so graceful. And even my orchids are blooming now. It gives one a sense of satisfaction seeing what you plant and nurture grow...



my white anthuriums

My impatiens
 

5 comments:

♥●• İzdihër •●♥ said...

Your garden is beautiful :).

DIGITAL WORLD PAGES ARCHIVE said...

Hello! Wonderful garden! You know how love the flowers! Good lukcs!

Kat said...

Thanks Izdiher and Amin!

Shari Lynne @ www.faithfilledfoodformoms.com said...

Your garden is beautiful! It's still cold here in the Pacific NW..and I can't wait to see those beautiful flowers in my garden..
Blessings!

Armored Lady said...

i dont have a green thumb :(
but I love your garden specially those white anthurium