14. CACTUS GARDEN & FLOWERS - Anyhow Gardening - April to Nov 2023

MY ANYHOW GARDENING

happy gardening 101!

April to Nov 2023

i'm not sure why i stopped blogging.

maybe i had covid from end March to early April (10-12 days)

i know i took tons of pics of the garden from Apr to Nov 2023!!

anyway, i'm here to fill in the blanks in my gardening diary.

some highlights

- apr - had covid - but plants grow anyway (rainy season)

- may - pretty 9 o clock flowers

- june - herbs growing nicely - kunyit, pandan

- july - orchids blooming, curry leaf plant pruning (from top!)

- aug to oct - no helper (kyi kyi went myanmar to get passport)

- oct - growing baby pandan plants in back garden

- nov - replanting lemongrass, new hibiscus

below pics - 

left - taken 2may - 5 may 2023

right - taken 2 june 2023

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April 2023

yes, i was in covid isolation till 7 April 2023! (10-12 days)

during my covid isolation, there was some rain. so when i came out to check on the plants, they were all looking pretty good!!

30 Apr 2023

28 apr 2023

27 apr 2023

26 apr 2023

24 apr 2023

7 April 2023

the first day out of isolation 

after 12-14 long days with covid.

plants seem to be doing well without me LOL

12 April 2023

finally, my kunyit has its first leaf!!

13 April 2023

14 April 2023

May 2023

front garden

May 2023 

back garden

3-5 may 2023

herbs

2-5 May 2023

flowers

June 2023

28 July 2023

21 June 2023

17-19 june 2023

lots of weeds

15-16 june 2023

13 June 2023

after clearing the weeds and grass,

this is the first time i did the flower bed!

lined up with 9 o clock flowers!!

2 June 2023

July 2023

30 July 2023

front garden

25 july 2023

papaya tree getting taller

orchids so beautiful! think 4 flowers...?

better than last time, only 3 flowers

24 july 2023

11 July 2023

5-6 July 2023

August 2023

no more work end aug till dec so did quite a bit of gardening

28 Aug 2023

27 Aug 2023

wild grown curry leaf plant!

27 Aug 2023

think this is the first time i pruned the curry leaf correctly!

19 Aug 2023

9 o clock flowers 

and replanting baby pandan in front garden

16 Aug 2023

harvesting pandan leaves after plant collapsed 

and harvesting wild kunyit leaves also

untidy leaves!

harvested other pandan plant too

10 Aug 2023

back garden

wild banana tree... weird

9 Aug 2023

harvested curry leaves and kunyit leaves from the garden!!

3 & 10 Aug 2023

September 2023

30 sep 2023

28 Sep 2023

29 sep 2023

20 Sep 2023

14 Sep 2023

9 Sep 2023

6-7 Sep 2023

1 & 4 sep 2023

quite random shots of the garden plants LOL

October 2023

kyi kyi was away for about 2 months, 

15 aug to 1st week of oct!!

so the garden was quite unkempt for a while.

3 Oct 2023

Oct 2023 - repotting pandan

is this the first time? 

11 Oct 2023

below: kunyit / turmeric flower

12 Oct 2023

after kyi kyi tidied the front garden

21 Oct 2023

November 2023

(14 Nov was when i bought my hibiscus!)

21 Nov 2023

replanting lemongrass...

from the front to the back garden

front garden

23 Nov 2023

22 Nov 2023

21 Nov 2023

19 Nov 2023

17 Nov 2023

14 Nov 2023

8 nov 2023

back garden and side corridor

14 nov and 22 nov 2023

19 Nov 2023

repotting the money plant into new pots...