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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

My Plant Collection

My interest in ornamental plants and herbs started when I decided to convert an area outside our house into a garden or something like it.  It was way back in 2011, when my wife and I procured some plants from a sidewalk vendor along Ilustre St. in Davao.  We bought eugenia(s), pandakaki(s), and a golden ficus, though back then, I wasn't really paying attention to the vendor telling us the plant name.  It was just recently that I got the interest to know them.

I had previously made a post about the work that I've done for the area that I'm talking about, and you may find it here: Working on Labor Day.  Here you can actually compare the improvements I made (if you can consider them as one... hehehe).  I had collected some of the plants in my list now (some were even rare as others say), but still looking for a cheap place to buy for those I still wanted to have.

Having and collecting plants as a hobby was a good stress reliever for me.  From the process of propagating them... planting, cultivating, watering... it was quite fulfilling watching them grow each day.  It was really a good test on how green my thumb is, and well, basing on the ratio of those I planted and survived, I may say, my thumbs pretty green... hahaha.  It's really different when you're the one who grow the plant from seed or a stem from its mother plant, it's something you actually call your own.

My therapy...

My wife also loves plants, in fact, she was the one who convinced me before to buy plants or plant one for her.  Why am I the one planting?  Aside from the reason that she's the boss... hehehe... planting really was not her thing.  She told me that even by simply touching the plant, its probability to live is lessen, much more if she's the one who planted it.  Know what, I believed her.  Now, if it's to trick me to the work, well it definitely worked, but doesn't really matter, I love her and I love doing it for her.

In the olden days, even some Filipinos until now, are discriminatively associating ornamental plants to women.  And that's a thing of the past, we are fighting for equality here for both sexes (hahaha).  Kidding aside, my friend (who shared the same hobby) and I observed in places where the plants were sold, almost all buyers were men.  And though having different reason and purpose, it emerged that it's actually a good source of extra income... aha, so there it is... LOL.

For me, it's a hobby and fun to do.  My wife and I loved how our garden look now... But hey, I'm open to opportunities... hahaha.  Yahweh bless, everyone.


19 comments:

  1. It's refreshing to plant especially the fulfilment of seeing the plants grow.

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    1. Your Boss err Wife was right in introducing you to planting.

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  2. My wife has a variety of ornamental plants in our little spacious garden. She also raised a different species of orchids. She loves home gardening. Me, if you would ask, sometimes I do gardening. I do love to plant vegetables.

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  3. You remind me of my Mom while growing up :-) She has plants which are mostly herbs and help us when we get sick. I wish I have plants too but just flowers on our front yard.

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  4. Reading this, I remember watching a documentary in the US about a family that grows plants - vegetables and fruits - to eat them after harvesting and they don't buy anything from the market anymore. :)

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  5. May maraming plants po dito sa bandang catalunan pequeno. Ang gaganda po, palagay ko mura lang din baka gusto nyong isali sa collection.

    Sigh I also want to have my own plant in this rented home but I don't know why I don't have the determination maybe just maybe when I will buy my own house then I will be inspired.

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  6. Nice garden!!! I also know Pandakakis... hahaha from our place in Batangas. :0

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  7. This is a lovely blog post to read. I also buy ornamental plants in Ilustre before (when I was in gradeschool and highschool) but now I miss that hobby. Taking care of plants can be very therapeutic and it makes your environment even better.

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  8. I also want to plant many herbs in our garden but space is really limited. :(

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  9. Gardening, is a good exercise too. It gets you out in the fresh air and sunshine.. and it also gets your blood moving.

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  10. I remember my lost aunt through this post. She liked planting too and she had green thumb which she got from her mother (my grandma) and I have it too. I wish to revamp our garden sometime soon. Thanks for sharing this. it encouraged me more to pursue the revamp of our garden.

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  11. You're lucky to have a green thumb. Me, I've never had the patience to work with plants. Singing to my mom's orchids has been the most I am useful for.

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  12. My mum has made planting orchids and orgamental plants as one of her many many hobbies. And i think it has become therapeutic to her. :)

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  13. sabi ng ilan,you're old na raw if you shift your focus to plant caring. LOL I and wifey are into plants cultivation too. But we are more on the blooming variety like rose, bongabilya,gumamela and others.

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  14. My hubby develops an interest in growing plants last year, luckily he has a green thumb, we had a variety of vegetables we eat everyday from his small green house..

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  15. When I was still living in the province, may mini-garden din ako. Ngayon, I have no time for it na. :/ Good thing my tita has a collection of plants sa bahay niya kaya I love going to her place :)

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  16. I also want to have a garden with ornamental and herbal plants. My dad has a green thumb, maybe I have too.

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  17. I WISH I HAD A GREEN THUMB like you!! I'd like to plant herbs and food crops in our garden, but I just can't get excited enough to do it. Someday, someday.

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  18. When I started taking care of plants and flowers my officemates told me I am getting older. What they didn't understand about this hobby was the joy when I saw how the plant survived under my care. Para ka na ring nagpapalaki ng anak.

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