My hyper gardening foray lasted approximately a week.

Seeing that it’s been malaysia-like weather here ,I’ve been going out straight after work the last couple of days, and had completely neglected to water my garden.When I whinged about it, Bacon told me that it’s ok…a couple of days without water is not death to plants…he should know,he has grown more things than me. So like a trusting little bunny, I ignored my garden for a few days,choosing to sit out and pretend im at a mamak.

I came home early yesterday,and decided to fill my watering can up before Bacon gets home and its dinner time. Imagine my shock when I realized my daisies are completely dead. Kaput. Die-liao. Boh-liao.Wilted.The stalks have an unnatural 10 degree bend downwards , like its 5.30 on the clock. The flowers have a faded shade of orange and pink..looking like orche color,or what I call shit-colored.So I poured about 1 liter of water in each pot, in hopes of reviving it.Waited for 30mins.Not ressucicated yet. Oh shit, I might have drowned it. Poured the water out..and then decided to re-water it. Still dead! How now?

Guiltily, I watered the rest of my plants, hoping to revive any who are on their way to veggie plot heaven. Strawberries are ok, chilly plants are ok, choy tum are ok…all still green.Good. Oh, picked up a couple of slugs whilst watering, systemetically trampling over some weed-like looking plants who seem like a 2-leaf clover…which Bacon later berated are my arugula/rocket sprouts…my seeds are sprouting and I killed them! Thank god I sowed quite a few of them, and there are still quite a number of sprouts left on my veggie plot. I’m such a gifted gardener.

Amazingly, my tomato seeds are also sprouting! Will be replanting them in a couple of weeks when they look less like a taugeh (beansprout) and more like a clover.Have not seen a sight of my sunflowers,beetroot,radish or carrots yet…I’m starting to get worried.

Being in such a foul mood, we went out for a drive in the countryside after dinner, looking at other people’s veggie plots which are flourishing unlike mine.When we got back 2 hours later, I insisted on showing Bacon my dead daisies. Amazingly enough, most of the flowers are standing upright again! Yay! They had even started to lose their ochre looking pallor! There was only one drooping bloom left, and I hope it will be revived by today…we’ll see.

I bow to the gifted greenfingers.

Being a city girl through and through, I am more used to polluted concrete jungles rather than green lushness. Of course, I fancy myself quite an island girl as well…being born on an island itself, I love the sun sea and sand.But I’ve never really liked hills,muddy swamps and all that…and the only thing I plant are grass that grows on top of a potato-like wrapped up soil…comes in all shapes and sizes (animal shapes to human looking) and was really popular in the late 90s.Oh, and beansprouts when i was 8. Not sure if lucky bamboo counts..those curly things that comes out during chinese new year and you just add water to them occasionally.

So it’s strange that I have been having conversations with YC on the state of my new gardening venture.Well, me typing, she laughing her head off at the country bumpkin that I fancy myself to be.

Yes, dear readers..yours truly is turning into a cabbage patch doll. On Monday I ventured into a place previously only known to my mother ; the garden centre.Fuyioh, it looks like IKEA complete with a proper cafe and a pet centre…they sell rabbits and birds in there as well, don’t play play. With my huge IKEA-looking trolley, I picked up two pots of gerberas. One is orange with two flowers already blooming and another one is just a little strange looking…pink, with two buds but four flowers. Why you ask? One is a proper pretty flower,whilst the other one is a three headed monster of a bloom as big as my head. Well, retards will always prefer retards

Then off to the seeds! Two packs of sunflower seeds (not the edible kuachi ok!) , a pack of mixed chinese vegs (siew pak choy ect) ,arugala seeds, carrots,tomatoes….by this time I was nearly dizzy with confusion.Not satisfied with my picks, I went off to the live plants section and picked up a tray of living choy tum sprouts which I hope will grow big enough for me to devour.

Too much greenery…I picked up two strawberry plant on my way out. With my existing two cherry trees (which, by the way, is blooming bloody sakura blooms), blackcurrant and redcurrant bush, my strawberries will join the jam patch babies! Now readers,listen up. Sourrain’s preserves will be on the market in 3 months time! Limited edition packages with labels exclusively designed by YC.I kid you not. Well…unless all my strawberries end up being eaten up by slugs, which brings me to my next point…

…my plants are fertlized by Starbucks coffee grinds. You can take the girl out of the city,but not the city out of the girl. Sigh. Before you think me mad for feeding plants with expensive coffee, these are used coffee beans that if you asked nicely from your starbucks waitress, will give it to you for free.So there.

Seeing that it doesn’t get dark till 9pm, I’ve been ‘working the land’ the past couple of days. Before you think any different, Bacon just stood and supervised me, as I wanted it to be my own garden….yes, I even did all the digging and weeding! So now this city girl is the proud owner of a few rows of veggies,fruits and flowers. My mommy would be proud of me.

Wait till I get my matching gardening gloves,watering can,spade,trowel and wellies.I can go for Miss Cabbage Patch competition.