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TALK TO YOUR PLANTS
Asalamualaikum
Hello
AURA IN YOUR GARDEN
Ever been to a garden that make you say WOW at first instance ? It somehow awakens your senses and adranalin start to flow in your body without you realizing it and you somehow feel hypnotised by the surroundings . You feel sort of calm and your pulse seem to beat slower and in rhythm...You just suddenly wish that garden is yours to have and to hold kind of and your mind start to wonder what it would be like to be able to sip tea couple with fresh bake buns , scones or bread or even the simple goreng pisang ? Your nose can almost smell all the frehness the bread, the buns, the scones and the grass and your ears begin tonhear whislong of the leaves as it start to rusle in the wind ...to me when one's senses is awaken when you enter a garden small or big kept or unkept ....this maybe what most of us refer to as the garden has AURA...
Asalamualaikum
Hello
AURA IN YOUR GARDEN
Ever been to a garden that make you say WOW at first instance ? It somehow awakens your senses and adranalin start to flow in your body without you realizing it and you somehow feel hypnotised by the surroundings . You feel sort of calm and your pulse seem to beat slower and in rhythm...You just suddenly wish that garden is yours to have and to hold kind of and your mind start to wonder what it would be like to be able to sip tea couple with fresh bake buns , scones or bread or even the simple goreng pisang ? Your nose can almost smell all the frehness the bread, the buns, the scones and the grass and your ears begin tonhear whislong of the leaves as it start to rusle in the wind ...to me when one's senses is awaken when you enter a garden small or big kept or unkept ....this maybe what most of us refer to as the garden has AURA...
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| colours to wake your senses |
The question is how to create aura in one 's garden ? To me the answer lies with tender loving care. There is a difference to be present in a garden that is perfectly manicured by contractors and in a garden that is less manicured but is looked after with tender loving care by the owners themselves... I am not saying you cannot contract out some job that is too strenous for you but what I am saying is that there has to be this bond between the owner and the garden. The trees, plants and flowers has to be tendered if not nurtured besides it has to be addressed and better still has to be " spoken " to. Yes I am not joking they love to be spoken to and they will actually respond in their own special way by rewarding you with their flowers and fruits and they will appear more fresh and more happy ....so do not be afraid ....talk to your plants...softly of course ...what will the neighbours say !!!
TALK TO YOUR PLANTS
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| profusion of colours |
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| virgin bloom |
Believe it or not I was overwhelmed when the day nearly approach the roses were budding appearing fat and juicylike and come the day I was overjoyed when I saw that morning the roses were all in full bloom red hot , all the heleconias in their own spectacular colours except for one that is the dinasaurus which I was informed by an expert friend its not time yet .... Anyway as for the rest it was such a feast for the eyes and soul..
When my guests arrived they were also pleasantly suprised and we really enjoyed our tea in such simple colourful natural surroundings ...I thank god my visitors also are plant lovers and they made an effort to walk round the garden and of course my plants and flowers heard all the words of praise they had for them ...and that was rewarding for both owner and garden ! I felt as though the AURA in the garden grew ....just the same when one's ego grows with any recognition given in public !
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| Dinosaurus first bloom |
However talking about the Dinausaurus at last my wish came through. All the effort of manuring and talking to it paid off today. At last my Dinosauraus bloomed for the for the first time in my garden and my helper was so excited that she called for me to see it! I ran down with my camera as rhough trying to capture the first steps of my first grandson ! You know both of us have been encouraging it to flower for the last as I have had the plant for almost three years now. At last she flowered and what do yhey say about heleconias species once they flower they will keep on flowering !!! I am looking forward to see more of them on parent plant in future ....how exciting I thought !
This is what I mean when I say the owner has to have this bond with the plants and until you are able to get excited over some would say "silly things" like the first flower etc then only there is AURA in your garden.....it's soul is alas alive ...
ORGANIC AND COMPOST
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| reminds you of fresh orange |
My helper is also responsible for the rewards in my garden because she too talk to the plants and will notice which plant has bloomed or otherwise in the garden. She and me without fail will be in the garden every morning to trim the roses and see which shrub need pruning. Putting organic manure and organic spray will be done weekly to make sure they get enough nutrients to remain healthy and productive. So far our efforts has paid off.
Last but not least it is advisable to get professional help once or once in three months to give the garden a good clean up. This will ensure that the garden is professionally attended to and not unkempt and will ease you the burden of having to worry to back breaking activities especially if you have passed the prime age or a pensioner who for more than thirty years have got used to the pen instead of the spade ! You would be suprised that occasional professional help do not actually cost a bomb and be careful when you call in strangers to do the job especially nowadays when honesty is not the culture. Professional help do package themselves with security.
I guess I have to sign off now ..till then see u again in my next posting and let me know what you would like to share with me ....
FB
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We also recycle our food waste to turn it into compost and we cleverly dressed the compost hole with bamboos to make it more pleasing to the eye because my compost hole is in front beside my gate at the five foot way. In the begginning I try to avoid making compost from fish or chiken to avoid the bad smell as I have neighbours to consider so I only put remains of cooked vegetables or otherwise and also garden waste.
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| disguised compost hole |
However lately I tried to put abit of fish remains by adding a liitle of brown sugar to the compost, a tip given by a friend to avoid bad odour while the process of fermenting is taking place. So far it works so you can try it ! For your information recycle garden waste is no comparison to any commercial garden soil and is real good for all kinds of plants and the best thing is, it is FREE !
PROFESSIONAL HELP
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| mauve to move you |
Last but not least it is advisable to get professional help once or once in three months to give the garden a good clean up. This will ensure that the garden is professionally attended to and not unkempt and will ease you the burden of having to worry to back breaking activities especially if you have passed the prime age or a pensioner who for more than thirty years have got used to the pen instead of the spade ! You would be suprised that occasional professional help do not actually cost a bomb and be careful when you call in strangers to do the job especially nowadays when honesty is not the culture. Professional help do package themselves with security.
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| red roses in full bloom |
I guess I have to sign off now ..till then see u again in my next posting and let me know what you would like to share with me ....
FB
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