How to Videos , containers gardening, DIY self watering, organic edibles
I was a noob myself in 2015 and still remembered how I start. What seems common sense to seasoned gardeners may not be so clear for new gardeners. I read a lot of posts in every group that I joined. Do some reading in gardening books and watched online videos and yet, with […]
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We all know that plants have different preferences for where they rest their “feet” (roots). Some plants preferred very dry medium, like rosemary and lavenders, while others thrived in moist but well-drained mixes. Generally, plants do not tolerate having their roots soaked all the time. Thus, it is important to know how to […]
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And … COWGIRLS ! 🙂 In every group of various communities, there are bound to be a small group of rebels who are not satisfied with the ordinary. They defied every established rule to do things their own way and explore new boundaries. These are the grapes growers who do so in Singapore high […]
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Our country, Singapore, measures 50 km (31 miles) from east to west and only 27 km (17 miles) north to south but supports over 5 million multinational people. Due to lack of landmass, most people lived in high rise apartments, and have no private outdoor gardens. But as I discovered after creating my […]
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Notice I did not add a “tree” behind the papaya in the title? There was some debate during the sharing of this post in our group (SG Farming in Apartments) whether a papaya plant is a tree, herb, or both! 🙂 What is interesting about the papaya plant is that it has three […]
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My okras seeds came from Alan Tan’s amazing edibles garden and were sowed on December 27, 2015. These were amazing fresh seeds that germinated in 4 days. Alan Tan took much care to prepare these seeds for sharing among the gardening communities. We were gifted with red and green okra […]
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Gardening is no longer about just growing plants! Its a combination of great D.I.Y ideas like this and plant knowledge which will allow gardeners to grow plants that are typically out of the zone. And that’s why I love Wanqing Lee’s icebox idea for a tropical strawberry planter. For material cost of less than […]
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The idea is simple. Reared some marine life, be it fishes or shrimps, then channel the aquarium water to feed vegetables. It’s a self-sustaining system that auto-irrigates your edibles while you are on holiday! Sound great, right? But this post took me the longest time to write, even though I told Ethan Phang […]
Continue ReadingFinally! A well documented hydroponics experiment contributed by member Cher Keng Heng and posted in our “berries crazy” group, SG Farming in Apartments!!! Gardener Cher Keng Heng grew his strawberries in his office, where the environment is cool at 22C all day long (24hours) and I am assuming 7 days a week. Ideal strawberries environment indeed! […]
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Orange capsicum’s journey began on September 27 2015 with seeds from fresh supermarket capsicums. This is the second time I grew capsicums after culling my first crop due to fruit flies larvae infestation in the pot. Rather than applying pesticides, we culled the above plants. The larvae’s problems were too serious. […]
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Update 2018 – Hydro Rice in natural nutrients began! Test trials underway. In land-scarce Singapore, it is not impossible to grow rice for fun and where space allowed, for our own consumption. We thought this is a great gardening project to do with children as well. Hopefully, with the experience, our urban kids […]
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This post summarized what I learned from readings and gardeners who grew these wonderful fruits in 2016. Anne Ang’s potted longan plant. First, there were not much written about growing longans from seeds. Fruit trees from seeds tend to take too long to mature and carried an additional risk they […]
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Just for fun, I wanted to see how far I can grow peaches in Singapore! For any hard crust seed, it is better to remove the hard outer covering before sowing. Personally, I like to check the condition of the seeds too before I sowed them. Our fruits, after all, were not harvested fresh […]
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UPDATE 2018 – Successfully grown in non-circulating hydroponics (KRATKY) and began 3rd generation seedlings trials. This variety was acclimatized to SG natural environment by 2017. The parent plants of this variety began their journey on January 16 2016 in soil. This is Alpine heirloom Pineapple strawberries, a low growing variety with […]
Continue ReadingWhile most of us fret over insects invasion on our chilli, tomatoes or capsicum plants, Pak Mat believes that “Prevention is the best cure!” Pak Mat made his own organic insects repellent which he sprayed on his plants once a week. This is his recipe : 1. Garlic (ratio : 3 Garlic to 1 […]
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Fancy homegrown peanuts? If your garden is sunny, it’s the easiest edibles to grow, even for beginners! Jessica said she did not expect that growing peanuts was so easy. These were the raw peanuts she sowed in her raised beds. Jessica shared how easy in 4 steps – Sowed […]
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UPDATE 2019 – GROW LAVENDERS IN LIQUID WORKSHOP AVAILABLE! Our Unique curriculum includes how to acclimatize lavenders for our climate! These plants are able to renew growth from dry wooden barks on their own. Hardy acclimated lavenders are easier to maintain in our climate. This is how the […]
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Rosemary plants are one of the easiest herbs to grow once we understood what they need. As a novice gardener in 2015, I could not say the same as I was a serial killer of rosemary plants bought from nurseries, even though I followed their instructions of care faithfully. I did not understand then […]
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UPDATE 2018 – HERBS WORKSHOPS IN LIQUID and SOIL BASED 2016 – SOIL BASED Ms. Erin Lee started with 2 pots of thyme 🙂 Like many of us in Singapore, Thyme is a difficult herb to cultivate in our humid weather. More times than not, they died very quickly. Erin […]
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You guess right, is Mr. Alan Tan! And who would ever guess this amazing garden of international sunflowers varieties and wild organic edibles garden existed at all if Alan had not shared pictures with the gardening communities of Singapore?! It existed not in some plush location, but a corner of a construction site […]
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Ever reminisced about what we were doing when we were 21 years old? Certainly, mine was not even close to what I love doing now – growing strawberries. My hobbies then were stars away from what this young man loved doing. I am still in awe by what this young man built in […]
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