Sunday, July 29, 2012

DAD'S CONTRIBUTION

Well, after numerous hints, dad finally upped himself to build a trellis-like structure for my expanding garden.
A typical engineer, he wanted it to be solid and sturdy, right-angled, etc....

 So, finally, I have something for my climbers.It's a 15' by 5' structure.
So big, I've yet to decide what to plant there. Beans? Bitter gourd? Angle gourd? Passion fruit? Angle-beans?
Toto had to join in the fun by running away with dad's pencil !

People who are not into gardening asked me what thrill I get from this activity. Well, apart from a bit of outdoor exercise, I find it therapeutic just to mess around with the plants. The thrill of seeing the shoots grow to large edible plants. I did a bit of calculation. After the initial outlay, I do save a tidy sum on food bills. One packet of seeds costs RM 3.50. I only use 1/2 pack and I get 6 - 8 batches of leafy greens. A bundle of leafy greens now costs as much as RM4.00. Go calculate!! Besides, it's organic

2 comments:

Serenely said...

Wow.. that is one big solid structure.

And I laughed at that pic of toto and the pencil. I saw he actually chewed off the end too

jenQker said...

wow... massive structure.