The rainy season in my area is still continuing. It doesn't rain every day. There are some days with extreme heat. So, I have to be able to utilize the opportunity well. Today is a fairly sunny day with beautiful clouds in the sky.
I also decided to do some important activities for my garden. A sunny day should not be missed. Especially, when you focus on gardening activities. Abundant sunlight is a blessing to do many things.
I checked some plants that I had to fertilize. First, I fertilized the tomato plants. My tomatoes have borne fruit and the tomatoes have started to grow bigger. This is my schedule to fertilize them after a month ago I fertilized these tomato plants with manure.
For the activity of fertilizing my tomato plants, first I prepared manure and compost with a ratio of 1:1. Then, I mixed the organic fertilizers together.
Before fertilizing my tomato plants, I also loosened the area where the tomatoes were planted. Then I added organic fertilizer.
I hope that my tomato plants will have a maximum harvest with a low level of pest attacks. Because I use organic pesticides, I don't expect much if there are no pests. But that's the cycle in the garden.
At least there are pests but they are not that disturbing and I am very grateful for that. The most important thing is that I can still have a good harvest later.
After finishing fertilizing, I also watered my plants as usual. I consider my gardening activity as a fun and healthy physical activity. Usually I do this activity after breakfast. But sometimes before breakfast, adjusted again to my gardening hours.
I continued to take care of my shallots that I harvested a few days ago. Today because the weather is sunny, so I decided to dry the shallots in the sun. First, I cleaned the remaining soil on the shallots. Then I took plastic ropes to tie the shallots. I tied the shallot leaves together for several groups of hooks. Then, I dried the shallots on an iron clothesline.
Oh, it turns out that the shallots dried in the sun look very artistic and beautiful.
After doing gardening activities, I had some needs to go to the city center. I went to the city center during the day.
So, I also decided to take some 'Me Time' by drinking coffee at my favorite coffee shop.
Because it was a weekday, there weren't many visitors. I was happy with the coffee shop that wasn't so crowded. So, I could spend my time alone with my thoughts.
I ordered an Iced Caramel Macchiato. A cup of sweetness that I deserved after I was tired from gardening activities. Also, it felt like the right moment to cool my body after my body was exposed to extreme heat in the garden.
I also enjoyed some traditional cakes provided on the table. But, I have to watch what I eat. Don't let me eat too many cakes on this table because nothing is free. Lol.
I also work online while drinking coffee in this cozy coffee shop until the afternoon. Before I continue to garden again. Hopefully it doesn't rain.
After returning from the city center, it turned out that the day was still bright. So, I decided to continue gardening because there were some things I had to do and couldn't be postponed anymore.
There was a gardening activity this afternoon. I moved the broccoli shoots to be used as broccoli plant later. First, I prepared the planting medium to plant the broccoli shoots.
I used a mixture of soil, compost, and also burnt rice husks for the planting medium for the broccoli shoots. I hope these broccoli shoots can successfully grow roots.
I used this method before on cauliflower plants and it worked well. But this is the first time I have used this method for broccoli. Hopefully it will work too.
I didn't realize the day passed so quickly. When I was doing gardening activities, it was already dark. I have also finished moving these broccoli shoots in the planting medium.
A pretty fun day with my high productivity. I thank you for those of you who always take the time to read my blog especially about gardening and cooking. I hope you have a productive time and you have fun with what you do. ❤️☕☘️☘️☘️
Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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