146. CACTUS GARDEN - DEC 2022 - STRANDED! No Affordable Garden Help Since Aug 2022 (5 months!)
GARDENING 101
Aug to Dec 2022
erm? how do i do gardening?
we have the front and back gardens
as well as the grass patch along the roadside...
we're stranded! mr liu went home and gardeners are so ex!
4-5 months with no grass cutting.
our garden turns wild!
below: pic from 14 Dec 2022
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Summary
1. our garden
- front garden - aug > sep > nov > dec
- daddy pulling out tall weeds 28dec
- before (Aug/Sept) & after (Dec)
2. our garden - videos - nov & dec
3. garden tools - shears, sickles - 16 dec
4. our garden on 1 jan 2023 (last trim 28 dec)
5. our garden in dec - 3, 14, 16, 18, 28, 31 dec
6. our garden in nov
7. our garden in sep
8. our garden in aug
9. side path from front to back
10. wasp nest yuck!
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Before & After
Aug > Sept > Nov > Dec (14, 16, 18, 28)
below: 28 Dec 2022
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Before & After
14 Dec 2022 Wed
omg, our grass is so overgrown!!
omg, our grass is so overgrown!!
i'm afraid to look at the garden!
below: BEFORE
(using new shears to cut grass)
16 Dec 2022
below pics: AFTER
(using new shears to cut grass)
28 Dec 2022
below pics: AFTER
slowly cutting the long grass and pulling out weeds
and using the sickle 1st time...
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Gardening Efforts
Aug to Sep 2021 - Tini chopped off trees - jumbu, chiku, soursop, rambutan
end Sep 2021 - Tini went home
16 Oct 2021 - Mum passed on, no more garden keeper
8 Mar 2022 - Mr Liu comes to tidy the garden
13 May 2022 - Mr Liu cuts grass and tidies up
8 June 2022 - Cut down 2 huge Mango Tress $500 + $600
Aug 2022 - Mr Liu Grass Cutting (Last Cut)
Oct 2022 - Mr Liu went home China - no grass cutter!
Oct 2022 - Mr Liu went home China - no grass cutter!
Nov 2022 - Grass is getting kinda wild!
Dec 2022 - OMG Grass is wild!
Dec 2022 - OMG Grass is wild!
Dec 2022 - bought some gardening tools - grass cutter, shears, sickle
28 Dec - slowly cutting the long grass and pulling out weeds
31 Dec 2022 - a few days later... (last garden trim 28 dec)
1 Jan 2023 - new year 2023 garden (last garden trim 28 dec)
Mr Chua, Chua Landscape
we got a landscape/gardener to quote end Nov.
Mr Chua also does chor tzur ko ko's and lim tzur di di's gardens
$250 first cut
$150 once a per month subsequent cut
but daddy wants to do the garden himself.
and i bought a sickle $5.80, $3.90 and a pair of garden shears $14.50!
i should buy some boots and gloves too... :/
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Videos
14 Dec 2022
Front & Back Garden
Nov 2022
Back Garden in Nov
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Garden Tools
16 Dec 2022
we bought a carbon steel garden shears $14.50 and started cutting the wild grass and the lemongrass bush! wow, in just a few minutes, the garden looks way better!!
M10 ALUMINIUM HEDGE SHEAR 9" M1033
high carbon steel blade,
aluminium handle with PVC grip.
Blade size: 9″
Overall Length: 23″
below: sickle
also bought some gloves + odd and ends...
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Our Garden 1 Jan 2023
1 Jan 2023
the next day after the last day of 2022
(last garden trim 28 dec 2022)
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Our Garden in Dec 2022
31 Dec 2022
a few days later ...
(last garden trim 28 dec)
28 Dec 2022 wed
so i didn't do any gardening since 18 dec.
pulled out the weeds and cut grass
with the shears and sickles (1 have 2 sickles now)
garden looks better! Lol
18 Dec 2022
Below: Garden after using the shears to cut grass
(see left part of garden)
16 Dec 2022
14 Dec 2022
3 Dec 2022
growing like a weed!
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Our Garden in Nov 2022
18 Nov 2022
back garden not cut or tidied since aug 2022 as our garden help has retired :(
i feel better that the mango, chiku, soursop, rambutan and jumbu trees and overgrown pandan have been chopped down. it would be nice to get that hand held cordless grass cutter our gardener used - the one that uses a plastic ties as blades. i have half a mind to tile up the back garden or place a farming/landscaping black mat to kill off the weeds and start over.
jamie planted the papaya tree in oct. looks like it's doing ok.
a wild banana tree is sprouting at the left corner... should i remove it?
my limau purut tree makes me proud, even though i'm afraid of its thorns and the many praying mantis insects residing there Lol
my baby pandan has grown quite big. they seem to be quite healthy and i really want to go get some leaves for my kitchen as soon as we manage to get our grass cut Lol
this is the story of my back garden, since i took over from end 2021, with zero (or minus) knowledge in gardening. sigh. i wish i learnt about gardening sooner and faster! i'm beginning to enjoy gardening!
lim tzur di di's garden
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Our Garden in Sep 2022
20-23 sep -
trying to identify some weeds and plants growing wild in the grass patch
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Garden in Aug 2022
below pics:
before Mr Liu tidied up the garden and cut the grass
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Side Path
from front to back garden
Nov 2022 - slippery algae and moss
got kyi kyi to clean it up
later, i pulled out most of the small plants with their roots
they were growing along the sides, among the stones and cracks
And less plants growing from cracks or through the stones!
below:
left pic: from the backyard looking towards the front
right pic: from the front looking towards the back
before and after
cleaning off the slippery moss and algae
wasps build their nests there - countless times... yuck!
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