Coming to a new place, one will have to assess what's in store for gardening adventure. Over here space is definitely big for gardening. Vegetable garden will remain small for sustainability. For the two of us, we dont really require big harvest. It should be enough for home use and ocasional giveaways to neighbours. So it looks like 6 rows of vegetable is enough. We are planning for 3 different spots for climbers, with steel trellis.... permanent feature for the garden.
Potted Plants
Potted plants are recuperating well after such long journey,
and in a way fills up the emptiness
of not having a vegetable garden.
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| Kakdah likes this evergreen plant.... |
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| Fern, easy to look after |
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An ordinary orchid |
New seedlings
Ulam Raja, Kangkung and Ladys' Fingers come out nicely and now at second pair of leaves. We will let them grow bigger and stronger in pots before putting them in vegetable bed. Lettuce, chili, clitoria ternatea, cabbage are joining the queue...
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| 20 ulam raja seedlings. |
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| Kangkung and lady's finger seedlings |
Getting Vegetable Garden ready
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| Additional soil brought in for vegetable bed |
Monsoon and Flood
Soil is very clayey,
with a tendency to hold and retain water.
Water will take sometime to move to the drain, hence a little flood.
with a tendency to hold and retain water.
Water will take sometime to move to the drain, hence a little flood.
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| Flood, just temporary before surface water gets into drain |
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| Water drained away within a few hours |
So water is going to be a problem. We are planning to raise the vegetable bed a little higher to avoid being completely submerged during rainy season. Two lorryloads of soil should be adequate. Sand which will come soon, will be added to improve drainage and texture of garden soil. I only have weekends to handle all these.... That will take a month or two.....
bangchik and kakdah.
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