My Balcony Garden

I no longer have a big garden where I used to grow many kinds of flowers and potted house plants, apart from mango, limes and chillies.

However, my new apartment has a fairly big balcony and I’m now able to grow a few plants. It gives me great pleasure to share my plants with you.

I also grow mint and screwpine which I use when cooking certain dishes.

My spring onions are growing very fast and I can use them now whenever I steam fish.

Chillies are a big part of my diet and I cannot do without them. Since the price of chillies rocketed, I have started growing them. However, it will be a while before they fruit.

The only flowers that I currently have are the Tea Rose and Jasmine, both of which flower one at a time, unlike my beautiful red and pink roses which grew in abundance in my previous home. My red roses never stopped blooming and they bloomed in clusters. Guess it's because they were rooted in the ground and not in a pot.

I'm still looking for my favorite flower, the yellow coreopsis which I haven't been able to find in the street markets. I won't give up on it. So wish me luck in my search.