When Marilyn visited me at my garden to find out more about my one-to-one coaching in food gardening, I asked her why she wanted to learn to grow food. She replied by reminiscing about her old nanny pottering in the backyard tending to an array of herbs and vegetables when she was a little girl.… Continue reading The story of Marilyn: A courageous post-cancer single mother and beginner food gardener
A new year makeover: Reimagining my edible landscape
My garden and I took a break from each other. You know when you spend a lot of time with someone, it helps to give each other some space. So I hung up my shovel, set the garden on self-maintenance mode, and gave us a month long sabbath. I have enough experience gardening in the… Continue reading A new year makeover: Reimagining my edible landscape
Learning to live an unhurried life: 2 weeks, 2 months & 2 hours to make a green curry
2 weeks, 2 months & 2 hours just to make a green curry. Does that sound like a terribly inefficient way to make a meal and a most unproductive use of time? No doubt. I inwardly grumbled at this terrible inefficiency as I stood for 2 hours with a backache in the kitchen yesterday, cutting… Continue reading Learning to live an unhurried life: 2 weeks, 2 months & 2 hours to make a green curry
Why I am a gardener
Over the past week, I have had three meaningful conversations about my motivations for gardening and starting Diglings. These conversations gave me a chance to reflect and articulate why I do what I do. To be honest, it’s not always clear in my head and on many muddled mornings, I wake up asking, “Why am I doing this?”.… Continue reading Why I am a gardener
Workshop: Growing beautiful, flavourful herbs & veggies
WORKSHOP: GROWING BEAUTIFUL, FLAVOURFUL HERBS & VEGGIES Date: Saturday, 13 May 2017 TIme: 8 to 12.30 am (4.5 hours) Place: Our home garden in Petaling Jaya (address will be sent to confirmed participants) Fee: RM 250/person Pax: 10 max This will be an engaging and enjoyable small-group, action-packed experiential learning session. There will be a… Continue reading Workshop: Growing beautiful, flavourful herbs & veggies
Rescue remedies for stressed out plants (part 2)
This post is a continuation from Part 1. Here are more details on three effective rescue remedies that I keep in my plant first aid kit. Kelp I use a soluble seaweed powder consisting of three kelp varieties, Laminaria, Sargassum and Ascophyllum nodosum. I dilute just a tiny 1g into a litre of water, and use it… Continue reading Rescue remedies for stressed out plants (part 2)
Rescue remedies for stressed out plants (part 1)
Previously, I had lamented on how caterpillars, namely cutworms, had feasted on my veggie seedlings. In this post, I will share three effective rescue remedies that I use to strengthen my plants against plant predators and other stresses. What other stresses? Well, they are not so different from things that stress people out. In the tropical context, it… Continue reading Rescue remedies for stressed out plants (part 1)
