This is our house. A small 2-storey house in a small subdivision. From the outside, you nearly not see what really are there inside.
I've been living here since late 2013. And it is not fully paid until 2028.
I live together with my 2 daughters, Abi and Ava. They are both in college and I am a full house husband as i say. I am not proud that I don't have a proper job. But I need to be here on my house to do the chores. I know to myself that i dont really want to get a job. As they say, i am an easy go lucky guy and I'm not proud of it either. I like to do what I still dont know. It makes me excited to learn new things. I've already been a mobile phone technician, a motorcycle mechanic, an appliances technician, a computer technician, a vape shop owner, an NFT gamer and many more that I don't do anymore now. I don't know, but I'm get bored easily on anything that I've already known. Although I'm still in a band, I think it's my passion, but it really not a job either, but hoping someday our talent goes to the people's ears.
And now I'm a gardener or lets say I'm a house farmer.
I started taking care of the garden after I closed my vape shop. I just want to be in peace that time. I want to get out of the noisy life ive been doing that time. I found myself so tired of doing the same things everyday of my life. My decision is made. I closed the shop. I stayed at home. Doing nothing at all. Peaceful at last.
Then i noticed my garden. It may be not to be called garden that time cause there is almost nothing in it is planted. It's just a plain small land that eaten by tall grasses. It is annoying to look at it. I even don't want to cut the grass myself cause I think there are snakes already living in that area. So, I asked someone to cut the tall grasses for me and just pay them for the service. Then I just clean it out. Got an itchy feeling all over my body since the grass is touching my whole body when im grabbing it and throw it in a vacant lot near me.
That time I dont want to continue to clean the sideyard. But as the day passed, bored and doing nothing, i decided myself of doing it little by little until it's already clean.
But it was blank. Nothing really in there. A wasted spot. A lonely soil. An empty little land.
That is why I decided to search for a nearby plant shops. There I found some really beautiful plants and flowers that I really don't know the names. I bought some and planted it at home.
But, I still feel almost nothing is added. So I decided to buy more. Day by day until im almost satisfied.
That time I think that planting is expensive. I've already spent thousands of pesos on buying some plants and seeds.
And thats not the bad part.
The bad part is, the plants i bought are dying little by litle everyday. It really makes me sad. I dont know what to do and i started googling what kind of plants they are and what are they need to not die. I remember the plant that called Marigold will eventually die some time after the blooming stage. I remember i said to myself that i will never spend more money on that plant anymore. And i still dont until now.
More months has passed and i already know some things to consider on taking care of the plants. But still, some dies and some seeds dont even germinate. Some are shorts, and some healthy.
The time has come that i dont want to plant more decoration plants anymore. I already started planting some plants that can be eaten.
I bought some seeds of peppers, hot and green. Eggplant, okra, pechay, lettuce, and some other vegetables and herb. I even bought grafted tree that i planted in containers.
As year passed, i saved more money cause i almost not buying vegetables anymore. Im just buying what i dont have. And thinking that some other day, i will also plant that so i will never buy it again. Like now, i already planted chayote and black peppers. But it is still small and i still don't know if it will survive.
Here are some pictures of my plants and vegetables.
Eggplants
Calamansi
Sweet Potato (we eat that plant shoots. We just boil it and it is like a salad already)
Sitao Beans
Malunggay Moringa (Good source of many vitamins and minerals)
Rosemary
Onion leaves
Holy Basil (we use it as tea)
Bitter Gourd (one of our favorites)
Mongo (Mung Beans)
Black Pepper (This the latest i bought, but i think it will take long for it to give me a harvest, hehe)
Mulberry
Mulberry leaves (we also proceess it to make tea)
Green and Red Pepper (Not hot)
Bellpepper
Chili Peppers
We are making our own hot sauce from chili peppers we harvest
Grapes (But it failed. Maybe i will try again when summer season comes)
Pechay
This is my compost bin that i converted to a table.
Have you noticed the plastic tank?
It is under my ampalaya trellis.
I also used to raise Tilapia fish in there. But now all the tilapias are already been harvest. The last tilapia that stays there died last week when the water pump failed while I was away for days. Luckily, they just died the day I went home.
We still manage to cook the last tilapia. Here it is.
My daughter Ava still manage to smile eventhough she was scared of how big the tilapia is. LOL!
I will tell the tilapia story some other day when my request of tilapia fingerling arrived from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
Another spot in my garden is the small pond. Sometimes I just sit down on the floor in front of it, with the guitar, and sing songs for my fishes. It helps me think lyrics for my unfinished songs.
This is my favorite spot of the garden. This is also a place for me to think, having a coffee, drinking beers, playing a guitar, chilling, listening to a radio, trimming my plants and anything i could think of.
Thank you for reading my story.
I hope you enjoy reading my story.
Have a blessed day to us all.
Here is the video of my mini garden.
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