Gardening Skills

My cousin’s husband takes care of our Mom’s land in the province. Gardening is one of his skills and hobbies and since he’s good at it my brother asked him to make one of the lands a vegetable mini farm. He’s thinking of having a rain barrel water pumpat once to help him out in maintaining the garden but decided to look and search for a good brand that will last for long period of usage time. 

It’s nice to look and stay at the garden because you’ll see some plants that are ready for harvesting. We have peppers, calamansi trees, tomatoes, okra, camote, some green leafy vegetables and a lot more, some of whom I didn’t recognized at first sight. When we visit our hometown we took some of the harvest and bring it home where veggies and spices are quite expensive. How I wish that we could go there every weekend but our schedules are so tight that we can’t make it as often as we want.

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Gardening Hobby

My schedules these days are so hectic that I don’t have time anymore for some of my hobbies including gardening and cooking. Well cooking is a necessity so busy or not I cooked a lot for my healthy meal plans and for my family. For gardening I cannot recall when was the last time I indulge because it’s quite a long long time since I handled a gardening tool. How I missed doing it but I have two jobs so maybe I’ll be able to do it in the next few months when my load of work is lighter. 

It’s the one thing that I admire of my Mom because she does it every day. Even if she’s old and sometimes stricken with arthritis she makes it gardening her everyday exercise and past time. She has a green thumb so it makes her hobby a worthwhile one as all her planted plants and flowers grows abundantly. Now with the occasion of Mother’s Day and her birthday coming I searched through The Growers Exchange site where I found herb garden kits perfect for gifts. They grow farm fresh greens, edible flowers and herb plants. I know she’ll love it as she always loves whatever plant I bring her. She also has knowledge in various herbal medicinal plants so she will also love tendering some plants of that kind.

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