My Love Affair With Gardening

While growing up I did not care about Trees or Plants or Flowers. But as I grew up I found Plants, Trees and Flowers (Anything Green!) Interesting. But it was only around 4-5 Years ago that I found Gardening interesting. I still have a lot to learn about gardening. A few months ago, I decided to go into Vermicomposting. It was a Failure! As the worms did not seem to thrive, instead I kept seeing dead worms outside the bin. Anyway, I just decided to do the regular composting, After getting all the grass clippings, dried leaves, etc. I dumped them all into a Compost Bin that I had made. I have not yet checked what happened to the Compost, but the bottom seemed to have turned brown already. As for the Vermicompost Bin, I have not yet peeked into the inside as to what there is to discover.

My experiment now is Lotus Growing. My first problem was scarifying the seeds, but I have since solved that by Buying a Kikil (I think this is what you call a File in English, but different looking). My Big Problem now is that the leaves of my Lotus are rotting! I do not know if it has something to do with the Small Plastic Bags I used to contain them or the Styrofoam container I used. Anyway, I will have to do some re experimenting as to how I can grow them better.

I hope you can also discover your Love Affair with Gardening. It is never too late. Gardening is a rewarding Hobby not just for the Old, but also for the Young and Not so young.