This is how my adventure begins.....
January 2012 - My hubby, Anaz & I had finally managed to half-moved (I said half because most of our household appliances and furniture are still at my sister-in-law's house) into our brand new home. It's just a plain, ordinary terrace-house, but at least it's ours! The house's small front lawn was a jungle of weeds with the most surprising treasures. I found kid's slippers, sneakers, a pair of tweezers (what the F?), mineral bottle, plastic plate, security padlock, and many2 other crazy items when I pulled the weeds out. Anaz found at least 10 pieces of colourful plastic rulers when he cleared the back of the house. Amazing!!
Pulling out the weeds was back breaking, not to mention the grass planting which I did bit by bit and finally had them finished by end of February. I figured I could cut corners if I do it myself and I did!! We only spent like RM80.00 by doing it the cheap-skin way, which would normally cost RM500-RM600 if we hire the nursery people. But of course, the grass will take a hell-lot of its own time to fully grow and cover the whole yard.
In the mean time, I have been saving seeds and what not for future planting. I have already sown some of the seeds and the small area behind my kitchen has now a small population of ulam raja , pucuk ubi, chilli padi, ginger, turmeric, papaya, pandan, and serai. I am now trying to grow some honeydew seeds, pomegranates, chinese turnip (sengkuang), henna, thai basil (selasih), mint and even potatoes! I must take some pictures someday and show how they have grown!
What amazes me the most from all this experiences is that I manage to finally grow something and it didn't die! For years I had occasionally tried to dabble in gardening from pokok sireh, to carrots and flowers...but they never seemed to be able to survive! I had actually believed that I do not have the green fingers (tangan panas kata orang). Well, I pray that this time luck will be on my side and the things that I have planted will continue to grow and keep on growing healthily.
