Hello my loving Asean Hive community,
Hello Hello. Welcome back from my small garden blog. Even though today is Wednesday, we are celebrating the Myanmar New Year festival in our country. Therefore, all offices and schools are closed on this day. So I'm excited these days. Today, my father and I spent the evening preparing to plant new plants in the yard.
About 2 weeks ago, my father sowed mustard seeds in a pot. Now, those mustards are growing in abundance in one place. And we also want to plant some okra plants for the rainy season. So today my dad and I are planning new pots for the plants we will be growing in the rain.
When growing plants in a small backyard, my father uses three methods. The first is to plant them in the ground, and the second is to use recycled products. As for the recycled materials, we use plastic bottles and plastic baskets. Because those materials are easily available in the market. For today, my father and I used big plastic baskets.
In the first stage, my father used large plastic baskets and discarded bags. The baskets were obtained from the market and the bags were used as recycle bags. First, my father placed the basket on the bag, measured and cut it. Then he put the cut end into the basket. In the same way, he covered the entire circumference and bottom of the basket with the cut end.
The reason why the inside of the basket is covered like that is because there are many holes around the sides and bottom of the basket. The holes allow the compost and soil to easily escape, so it is protected like this.
Then my father added some rotting leaves to the bottom of the basket.
The bag shown above is my father's compost bag. My father used that compost about 6 months ago. It is made from coconut hair, dry leaves, and waste materials. My father opened the bag and put it in the baskets.
Then my father carefully mixed the compost with his hands.
Then my father added dried leaves to the mixture.
Finally, my father added soil from the pots he no longer used and level the soil.
Now we are ready to plant. Tomorrow we will start planting new plants in those areas. That's all for today. Thank you all very much for reading my post to the end. See you in the new post. Bye Bye. 🍇
