Month: August 2021

Gardening: Wild Flowers

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About last week, I did, but uhm just now I can blog about it.

It was raining season, more like humid – on off rainy and sunny in a day or two. Fresh grass and ground smell, when rain water drop just.. Nostalgic.

I was so surprised when, after more than 2, 3 days not doing much, I stepped out on evening after lunch, as you usual.. And it was beautiful..!

I decided the moment I saw these wild flowers – to have them in the kitchen table top.

To be honest, I don’t know exactly what this purple one. It actually more like lilac in colour, but it does look blueish at the same time. When it bloom, it does look like dandelion, just in small, mini size. And since it small, I had to cut ton of it.

Well, someone or.. More. Decided to join me at the time. Includes our goat, Miss Kembang.

Mr. Sepet just did his thing, and Ms. Kembang just.. Tried to play horns with him and of course, he not interested to, obviously – cats..

As you notice, Lantana Camara flowers also grow wildly on our house ground. In our language, it’s called Bunga Tahi Ayam – true is, in English well.. It might sound weird. So, ehemm.. Excuse it for this time around. I did picked up few of it also.

Mr. Downy also around, joined me. Just well, he was playing with himself at dad’s stainless ladder, while I just saw him and took the photo.

And Mr. Sepet also, well.. Still doing his thing at the time. While Ms. Kembang just as she always been – being around eating, what she can, every time I do my my outdoor work.. Where I’m at, there she will be.

I picked both flowers. And, it’s weird or not to some people, but I just like to see it. Specially when I’m done and all of them are in a bucket I carried – in this one, I took it from our living room/hall cabinet. It was used for nothing, so.. Why not, I think. Let me use it.

So yes, I did. Arranged them both, in a jar, each one for them.

Well.. It was fun, actually. Hardly ever do, since these flowers come with their season. But I arranged them with my mom, she had a shop back when she was young. Arranged flowers for marriage and stuff, like that. So, learned from her that day I collected all of these flowers.

As so, once I’m done. I placed them on our kitchen’s table top. Still need to clear the area. And as for now, I mean now today, both dried out already. The wild flowers, although dried, it bloom so much. I still like to see it, even it’s already done..

Aren’t it beautiful??

It is to me. Although its done now. It bloom like this, just.. Pretty.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll shake it, spread it all on my small area where I managed to clear up last time. I hope it will grow. If, it will. Since that small area is red soil, kinda of hard, a bit. See how things go.

As for few days, I need to clear and clean up some areas. Need to do it fast, before things come up this Thursday..!

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Gardening: Small Corner

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It’s been a long time I didn’t do landscaping and such, planting and so on.

As so, did it for like….. 3 days, now..?. Really it’s been a long time and I hope I can keep up, for every day.

The small area was left since there was a bucket of old soil, with few plant, which I did cleared and removed. And planned to paver up. Didn’t make it as the pandemic started, shops closed, it was last year.. As the result, up until now, with no budget, I can’t paver all the area I plan to.. Kind of frustrating. But what can I do.. Yea, what can I do?. Just do whatever I can. And that’s what I do, I did.

It’s crazy how much energy I can feel, like, burning – the tiredness, the sweat, the… Well, every movement with my hoe, scratch out all those grass with weeds, wild species of plant, all together is kind of tough, to even pull it out by hand. But, I can say I like the old sometimes, classic but yea, once awhile at the time, when I feel like to.

For all weeds and grass that I cleared, I just left there for awhile, before I set them in some corner, and let them be. After for awhile, it will be decay and I can collect for my mix soil blend.

After cleared, since I don’t like mess when I want to plant some plants, here the result.

Well.. Not many of plant anyway. Believe it or not, all what I planted are from our home ground, that we brought from our old house, when we moved to where me and my family lives now.. I planted Spider Lily, and some few which one of it are flower plant, small yet pretty. All of these are plants that suitable for our climate, specially where I live. With rain and hot, humid, these plants can stand it. So, I think it’s alright. But since nursery and florist are open, after almost 3 months shut, I can say I might want to go and buy few, with budget and suitable ones.

Well, one of them are kind of Moss like, I don’t know what but I’ll search for it later, but one that I said “small yet pretty” one, yea yes, that one – it’s sooo beautiful to my eyes to see when it grow so lush and green. It’s something that I hope it will soon, like.. 3 to 4 months?. I hope.

So I wish things gonna be alright, I can keep up, and hopefully my energy with what I eat, can give physical strength and energy. It’s must.

Stay safe and get a vaccine..!

Gardening: New Black Soil

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Take my time here, at midnight. I think it’s just with midnight.. Since I got sleep schedule problem..?

Last weekend, or really if it’s last weekend?. Or this week..??. I forgot.. But never mind. I went to supermarket, with big brother, and got a chance to buy a thing that I kind of to say I craving – soil.

Yes, soil.

I bought black soil..!

Yea, I’m excited. Because the thing is I did my own soil mix, from our home ground. Obviously not so much of nutrients available for a plant that I try to plant, in a pot, which mean quantity of soils that I mix and space are limited.

As said, I bought 2 only. For now and test.

Okay. Before that, I did remove my stunted Spinach, from small red box to big blue box. I removed ones that stunted only, as you can see. On big blue box, I set a space from each one of it. To see how all Spinach will grow soon.

Before that, soils in these 2 boxes are my own mixture, from our home ground. Both look a bit different.

Later on, well.. I realized, there was no home ground soil. I decided to make my own blend of soil mix, after seeing the texture of the black soil I bought. It’s soft, to what I recall right now. I still remember how soft it is. So yea, once did collect some soil, mixture of a bit of sand, old wooden table that decay after awhile, and red soil.. I just added to the pot, it’s plastic pot by the way, lost in my room/house. I don’t know how that happened actually..

As from the package, I added around 45%, of home ground mix?. If I guess.

Mix it all well. Just as I wanted. And back to the stunted Spinach, from small red box, I removed 7 of it, into the pot. So…. Now I just have to wait and see, how it will grow. It will adjust by themselves, as from my observations, so far.

But weird, at least to me I mean, that some of my Spinach growing well in less spacious pot…. Like.. Hm?

I don’t know, but still working on all of these. So, I need coffee grounds.. As soon as possible, for my Bitter Gourd plants.. More like emergency now.

Let’s see how things go. Need a nap.. Night world. I hope that things get better soon.

Gardening: Current Favorite View

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I’ve been focusing on cleaning my sisters room/house. So can say I’m slowing down with my garden.

Though that’s what it is for a time being, I just received a news from sisters, that of course I have time to clean up all and set like a month. They want me to know, to take time. Which I realized that’s also whatever we do between us, siblings.

Here it is!

It’s my small garden, and I think it’s my favorite area for me to see, every time I up to do my thing, my routine.

I love this area. I love this view, for every evening, I’ll do my thing, such as mixing soil, replant, and water my greens. I also like to touch them.. I suppose it’s not a bad thing?. Yes, that’s what I do, and talk to them (haha). Clear up some weeds that grows in their pots, it’s tough, since mosquitoes around will attack at any moment with their gang.

Bitter Gourd’s flowers fall, I don’t know why but it’s beautiful to me, so I gather them in their bin, well, since I plant one of it in an old dustbin, so.. Yea, pretty small thing. Lady’s Fingers also 3 of them, just like Bitter Gourd, growing well. But I don’t really think so.. I still working on all of these, actually. Water them and so on. And latest one I just plant onions, as you can see, just to grow its leaf. I need it, so that’s what I usually do, not sow the seeds but just plant onion that my parents bought – a bag of onion..!. So usually I’ll pick few and place it on my mixed soil in a pot.

I still remember last time I did, it was lush. It all grow so well and it’s inside our living room..!. I want to see how it grow this time, since it’s on the outside this time. Plus, with rain, how well it will grow out, let’s see.. I really hope there’s sunny day tho.

There’s also Spinach, which I need to replace it, so it will grow like in the last photo, where there’s my boots appear. I plant also moss plant, that grows wildly in our home ground, since I find it beautiful to see if it grow so much.. I need bigger pot soon, just for it. Other just – ginger, mini cucumber, I don’t know what its called so yea, its small, celery, and pak choy.. But all still.. Well, I just gonna keep on going, until they all grow like how it all should be.. Try rather than not, isn’t it?

And that’s what I’m going to do, since pandemic still, MCO still. So I just do what I really like and enjoy, else than do my artworks. Which gives me something while in process doing all this. So need time, need to give myself time and keep active. We all need it.

So yea, I like it, love it, currently. For every time I check on them. I think for flowers soon?. It’s on my list, but I don’t know yet. Oh I almost forgot, there’s flower plant in first photo, and my Long Bean plant.

I hope people do anything that will keep your, our body active. Gardening, landscaping is a good one. Indoor?. Small space?. Can.

Some Thoughts: Life Phase?

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It’s been awhile.

I did some changes on this section, “Some Talk” to “Some Thoughts”, because I’m not talking but just writing.. So, yeah.

Still ongoing MCO. The thing is, done my first vaccine alhamdulillah..!. Please do get yours, don’t wait.

Lately.. There’s something about, I’ve been thinking or wondering. As some of my posts about – a turning point in our lives. This time something that, kind of play role in life itself. As we human, not only enjoy our time, doing something we love only, there’s something that along with all we doing, I think.

This is my bitter gourd plants that grows healthy, so far..! Hope they all grow out well soon.

As I’ve been working on my veggies, gardening, and clean up my sisters’ room, sometimes some thing like, bang up time to time in my mind. It’s not my thing to talk about or even mention in conversation, usually, but, it’s just like wondering..?. I mean – love.

Here are just my personal opinion or view. I say it as in generally, to me.

But, as human, we have feelings. And so it’s effects our physical, emotions, and soul. The thing is, I just like, I don’t know what to say or comments when come to the topic. Say, some people can straight forward saying how much they want to be married and have family. Or, what kind of date night they would want to set. Many other things, in this one particular life phase, I called it?.

But it becomes one of that I can’t really say like many others do. Reason is, I think, because how many stories about it are just.. Sadden me up..?.

Somehow somewhat, it’s give me some kind of dilemma. Caught in between?. I believe some people do feel like it. I think it’s because how some stories being share or news that we hear, watch, or read, or know, involved two people, in love, but the relationship – somehow, not working, abuse involved, and many more, that I can’t even write in here.. It’s just sad, because we know that love is something beautiful – at least what we’ve been told.

Love – one thing that I think, it’s a feeling that stands of from many feelings and emotions. Like, crying. Could it be a joyful one, or hurtful one. It’s a feeling that involves intimacy, conquering physical, emotional, and mental and soul. So.. It’s supposed to be all in are beautiful, isn’t it?.

And if it’s beautifully all ways, surround us, it’s must be something that not pressuring or stressing, aren’t it?. I think, it’s human that cause it’s a hurt and broken matter or topic these days. And because of this, I just don’t know what to say or comments.. But some will say, happen to them. Well.. I could say, to some people, they have one in this world. And to some others, they may not meant to.. And this is just so, so hurt to me to know.. Because, somehow somewhat, it’s most people that full with love, effort, care, and such, that not get what they deserve.. In this time of era. Like, seriously..

This is a topic. And it’s totally different in every each one of us, so, I can’t say much. Just I don’t know when come to this matter, and “I don’t know” or “entah lah” in my language is usually added in my answer at the end, when relatives open talk. I say my opinion then I don’t know. Just that, it’s unclear, I guess. With how human these days?. Yea, love is fading.