Home & Garden
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This Week’s Harvest
Tomatoes, string beans and bitter melon shoots—one of those simple harvests that makes all the watering, waiting and tending feel worthwhile.
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Success!
Originally written in 2016 Ten days earlier, I found a colourful little caterpillar happily munching on the young leaves of my lemon tree. Instead of evicting her, I decided to keep her in a container just to see what she would become. And then one day—success. She emerged as this beautiful butterfly. Maybe I’m biased,…
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A Very Exhausted Gardener
There is a special kind of exhaustion that comes from gardening all day—too tired to shower, but far too muddy to take a nap. 😂
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What a Pleasant Surprise!
I planted sweet potato for the leaves and ended up harvesting far more than I expected. Sometimes the garden has its own little surprises. 😊
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Some Are Blooming
Two Vandas were already in bloom, while the one in the middle was still holding onto a promise of its own.
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Clean for Five Minutes
There is a special kind of peace in a freshly cleaned space—especially during the five minutes before the children, or chickens, wake up.
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My Little Garden Helpers
My guinea pigs and silkies may not know it, but they’ve been quietly running the fertilising department of my garden. 😂
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A Promise of Harvest
A tiny lemon bud and a few freshly laid eggs were enough to make our little balcony garden feel wonderfully productive
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He Took the Hint
I’m not into perfume, jewellery or particularly girly presents — but I also didn’t want another pot or pan for my birthday. So I dropped a few very obvious hints about my broken shovel and holey gardening gloves. Graeme understood the assignment. 😂
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Too Pretty Not to Share
We saw this during our morning walk and, from what I’ve heard, it’s supposed to bloom only at night. It was still open when we passed by that morning, and it was simply too pretty not to share.
Stories Along the Way 