"If there is a house raid, there is also a garden raid😅... What could we find in my humble school garden? Well, come in... let's find out!🥰"
A pleasant day to all the amazing people of the Hive! How are you today? I hope you are all fine and enthusiastic!🥰 Know that YOU are and will always be amazing no matter what, so just relax and SMILE!
In this post of mine, I will give you a tour to my small garden as promised in my last blog😅. I find this timely since the rainy season came early this year so I hope I could share some ideas about planting and what varieties of vegetables to plant and more.
Without further ado, come in and welcome to the Grade 7 - section Earth class' garden! If you scan your eyes around you will notice that aside from vegetables, I have ornamental plants also. It is because of the integration of vegetable gardens and landscaping in schools which is referred to as "Edible Landscaping"😊!
As you enter the entrance, my tomato plant will greet you😅 which already bears its fruit and in the right-side corner are my newly transplanted tomatoes too. I've grown these tomato plants from the seeds of the overripe tomatoes I had at home.
As you can see, there are few leaves left because recently I took off all the infected leaves🍂 caused by pests😔. I'm afraid it would infect its flowers and fruits so I immediately took them away. I am not sure if what I did would do badly on my tomatoes (hopefully not😔).
Say Hi to my newly transplanted babies😅...
Next stop: My "Okra"(Lady's Finger)
I planted my Okra in recycled plastic containers although it is best to plant this directly on soil. However, if you have a small planting area like mine, containerized gardening is most appropriate.
Look, they are still young but I am pretty sure, by the looks of it, that they are about to flower. I can't wait and am excited about our first harvest soon😅🥰.
I placed these Okra plants besides tomatoes in this area because they both need a lot of sunlight and this is the part of my garden that has direct and longer sunlight exposure while the rest of my area is shaded.
On my Okra's diagonally opposite position is where my Eggplant plants are located. I also put them in recycled plastic containers. They are now flowering and eggplants are showing off. We are excited to harvest them in no time💞.
Beside my Eggplants is where my Pechay plants are placed on an improvised platform I made.
These are newly transplanted Pechay, some of them already infected by pests and died😔...
The photo above is a replanted one. I have already harvested and consumed the first set of Pechay I planted in the same containers🥰.
Moving on: My Camote (Sweet Potato)
Opposite my eggplants, adjacent to Okra plants, are Camote or Sweet Potato. I utilized and planted them in sacks😅. This is widely known as a root crop rather than a vegetable plant but in our locality, its leaves and tops are served as vegetables.
At the center of the above-mentioned vegetable plants is an ornamental plant. I have flowering plants, too. I planted these because flowers are helpful to attract natural pollinators such as bees.
[Moving forward😅]
My Kang Kong with love!...
At the center part of the whole garden, you can find our "Twin Hearts" where I planted Chinese Kangkong (Swamp Cabbage). This leafy vegetable is very nutritious and delicious, especially in stewed and sauteed menus.
Harvest time! 🥰
My Heart-eyed Emoji Sign😍
This is the centermost part of the garden. If my garden is the stomach part of the human body then, this is the belly button😂😂. The circle is made of a used tire and cement.
My Garden's Emoji😍
Well, I am planning to repaint it and put the HivePh Logo instead😅. As the School and District Reading Coordinator, I am in the process of creating a Reading Park within this garden. Part of my plan is to incorporate Hive in it for I wanted to introduce Hive as one of the sources of reading materials for the students here in our school.
However, it is still a PLAN fellas and I am still in the process of drafting the proposal paper which is still to be approved by the school principal. Of course, I need to seek advice and permission, if this would be okay and possible, from our leaders/ mentors @indayclara and colleagues who are also in the Hive community.
Hello, Alugbate(Malabar Night Shade)
I planted it in the big heart😊. It is a very common leafy vegetable here in our locality. I am not sure but I guess, it belongs to the family of Spinach.
The Onion Leaves🥰
Onion leaves are one of the spices I had in my garden. I guess I would need to transfer these onion leaves to another area because this place is a shaded area and I think they need to be located in a place where they could get enough sunlight.
Fresh Lettuce
I also have lettuce in my garden. This plant need a lot of water always so I planted them in a self-watering plastic bottles. In order to utilize the area, I opted to hang them in this area.
Ginger, My favorite!
Ginger is my favorite because I love ginger tea not just as tea but also as herbal medicine at home. When I am bloated or had an upset stomach, I just simply boil a piece of ginger and add a little honey and I'll have a perfect herbal tea🥰😅!
Long live HOT PEPPER!
On my previous garden, I have had hot pepper plants and even harvested a lot already. I got sad when there was reassignment of garden areas however, I managed to relive my hot pepper plants in my new garden area.
String Beans
At first, I was hesitant of planting string beans in my area because from what I have known, this plant needs a lot of sunlight in which my area don't have. But still I did try. Whatever the outcome for this, good or not, I will keep you updated😂.
My Mini- Nursery
I believe that the sustainability of a garden will be determined only if a plant nursery is functional. Vegetable plants don't last long and it is vital to establish a nursery where you can get ready to be planted seedlings to replaced the old ones.
As you can see, I had it under the stairs, haha... I only have few varieties of vegetable plants in my mini-nursery. However, it is a lot better than nothing, right😅?
Another flowery plant💞
I don't know what's the name of this flowery plant😂. I hope you can educate me please, I will appreciate that much🥰! But this one is a good additional to your hanging plant and its flowers last long and do not wither easily!
Capture from The Exit😂
And that concludes this Garden raid Hiveians😅. Thank you for coming in! I hope you enjoyed what you found in my garden and somehow learn something from this and might share garden-related tips with me, too.
See you on my next blog then. Sending my warm hugs and best regards! Bye and God bless!🥰🤗