April 14, 2020

Pocket Gardening


Since the lockdown a month ago, I got so bored and has a conversation with my cousin Caren via messenger and we both thought about gardening. I have been helping Yeya on her vegetable garden on our rooftop while Caren has started her own pocket garden of succulents. She wanted more info on planting Peppers and I also wanted some ideas on how I can start my own collection of pocket garden plants.

So after our chat, I went to our garden and saw an old Dish Garden pot that I used from decades ago and decided to start from there. There are also a lot of untended but thriving cactus plants on our terrace garden which I thought would be a great start through re-potting.

The one on the left photo was my first dish garden that I worked on two weeks ago. That big chunk of cacti head has roots on it already and I just re-potted it here also the tall 'snowman' looking cactus at the back. But all the other small heads on the left part of the dish are made from cuttings and honestly, I don't know if they are alive.
You can see on the above photo, on the left part are four little pots of different types of cacti and succulent plants. They were given to me earlier by a good family friend Ate Lanie. Thank you very much Ate Lanie, you made me so happy and encouraged to continue with my Pocket Gardening.

I have re-poted the topmost and the leftmost plants and they are made up of many small plants on a cluster and using my old mugs, I placed them all one by one. But the larger aloe looking plants (please help me name these plants) have been placed on a new dish garden on the photo before this one above.
Here are some shots of my humble but growing Pocket Garden! I am blessed to have people like Ate Lanie who are very supportive of my new found hobby during these times which I will continue on as long as these babies live. I'll do my best for them of course!

Aside from seeing these beautiful plants grow, it also makes me happy to give these old and unused mugs that we have here at home a new life! Since I can't drill holes at the bottom, I line up a third of the mugs' interior with pebbles of different sizes from an old aquarium.

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HELP! Can you please help me by naming these species of cacti and succulent that I have? It will be very much appreciated!

Keep on Growing!
Stevenson

18 comments:

  1. Pocket garden? Great idea! I especially like plants in cups. It's looks amazing! I also have to try to plant plants like this:) Thank you for the inspiration!

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    1. I am very happy that you like the idea Rodzina and yes! The fact that you can grow them in old cups make it more cute and a good way to recycle old things. Hope you start your own pocket garden too :)

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  2. What an interesting way to use mugs, they make your garden so colourful. I cannot help you with names as I avoid growing anything with prickles! Keep up the great hobby :)

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    1. Thank you so much Margaret! I truly understand why you avoid plants with prickles because I have been pricked a lot of times while repotting them and it takes a couple of days before the itch/prick goes away!

      Thank you so much and hope I can grow more of them!

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  3. Delightful pocket gardens ~ lovey photos too ~

    Be Well,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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    1. Thank you so much Carol! I am happy you like my little cute planties :)

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  4. Superb cacti photos, and pocket gardening, love them.

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    1. Thank you very much Bob! I'm so happy you like them :) Stay safe Bob!

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  5. What an excellent idea to keep you occupied ! We have a garden, but the trouble is, I hate garden work, I have no green thumb at all. But despite the confinment I try to keep myself busy, blogging, TV and going out a bit for a walk.

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    1. You have awesome ways to keep yourself busy! We are the same Gattina and I found back my love for blogging since the lockdown. Keep Safe and sending you joy from my mini garden!

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  6. ...you have a wonderful assortment, they are pretty to look at, but not to touch. Good luck gardening and stay well.

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    1. Thank you very much Tom! You are absolutely right, I only get to touch them when I plant or re-pot them, after that no more touching for me either HAHA Stay Safe in NY!

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  7. Nice varieties. I have some cactus and succulents. I am not good with them.

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    1. Thank you so much Nancy :) I am so excited to grow them and make them many. I also tried this before but I was not good, but I thought I'll have to try again. Happy Wednesday Nancy!

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  8. You introduced a new-to-me term, pocket garden. Although I’ve seen many such things, I did not know of this special name for these type of arrangements. You did a wonderful job … it all looks so creative and it got rid of boredom, for a time. Haha … it will be interesting to see what you’ll do next!

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    1. That is very nice of you Penelope and I feel so encouraged to keep on tending them :) I also just got the term from my cousin who also does her own set of succulents on small pots and they look so cute! Will do my best to hopefully grow them more. Happy Thursday Penelope!

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  9. Dig Your Creative Side - Well Done Brother

    Cheers

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    1. Thank you so much brother Padre! I'm happy you like it!

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