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By Sandy, on April 28th, 2009
 It was really windy last week. The wind was blowing fiercely that my two pots of magic beans kept toppling so often that I finally gave up getting out to the balcony and trying to keep them straight. It was then I knew I should find a more suitable place for my climbing plants as soon as possible, somewhere with good support for the vines to grow, avoiding the plants from collapsing.
And I am happy that I have found a water pipe which I have never taken any notice of until now.
Haha! Anyways, I hope it works 🙂
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 54 – Training and Supporting My Climbing Beans
By Sandy, on April 16th, 2009
 While some girls don’t find my tabletop cactus garden – In the Outer Space – absolutely lovable, all the guys, whom I have shown this tabletop cactus garden to, like the garden right at their first sight. Maybe it’s the strong contrasts of colors and shapes in the cactus garden that most guys find very cool about. I am not sure why. But anyways, I love these cacti. They are just soooo lovely 🙂
Continue reading Tabletop Garden – In the Outer Space
By Sandy, on April 14th, 2009
Cactus makes very good tabletop gardens. There are many species of cacti, some with outrageous colors, some with small yet flashy flowers, and some with weird shapes and sizes. We can use cactus to make a very big tabletop garden crammed with various types of cacti, or we can use some baby cacti to make a petit tabletop garden as small as a coffee cup.
Ideas of cactus garden are limitless. Just be creative and give it a try. I guarantee that you will find a lot of fun in making tabletop gardens with cactus too!
Continue reading Tabletop Garden – Cactus Garden
By Sandy, on April 12th, 2009
When we pot our plant for the first time after getting it from a garden nursery, or repot our houseplant when it has outgrown its container, we have to choose a new container with the right size for our plant.
Using Garden Containers Too Big
 When a houseplant gets too large for its container, its roots will start circling around inside the container, and restricting themselves. If our houseplants appear to dry out more quickly than they used to, but are otherwise healthy, the plants are probably pot bound. Continue reading Containers for Houseplants – Size Matters!
By Sandy, on April 10th, 2009
Ok! Here is a lesson that I have learned recently – Don’t try to save ourselves some work by planting our houseplant in a container too large, for we could damage or even kill our plants!
 
Continue reading My African Violet Doesn’t Like Its Big House
By Sandy, on April 4th, 2009
 I didn’t pay much attention to my magic beans after I repotted my plants and put them in the balcony. And when I checked them out a few days later, I found that the “I Love You” bean and the “I Like You” bean had already grown so much.
It is not until later, after some quick research, did I learn that many climbing plants are actually fast growers. Hmm… may be my magic beans are ones of these fast growing climbers huh.
 
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 33 – My Magic Beans Are Climbing!
By Sandy, on March 29th, 2009
 Here is a list of the most common houseplants that are suitable for indoor gardening. The houseplants in this list are mostly easy-to-grow, low maintenance, hardy plants that fit the busy lifestyle of us, the city gardeners.
Continue reading Suitable Plants for Indoor Gardening
By Sandy, on March 27th, 2009
2 out of my 6 magic beans are growing very fast, and the crystal soil can no longer hold up these big and heavy plants stably anymore. It is definitely time for me to repot these magic beans into a bigger container. And instead of growing these plants indoor in crystal soil, I have let my magic beans grow in regular soil outside my balcony.
   
I didn’t check my magic beans for a few days after day 20. And when I did, I was surprised by how fast some of them had grown 😯
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 26 – Repot to a New Home
By Sandy, on March 17th, 2009
For the sake of watering, I have kept all my plants in my tabletop garden – Bento Box in individual pots. By doing so, instead of watering the plants in my tabletop garden together all at once, I can pick and water only those that I find are thirsty.
With individual pots, watering my tabletop garden – Bento Box becomes an easy task. Here is how I water my tabletop garden – Bento Box.
Continue reading How to Water Tabletop Garden – Bento Box
By Sandy, on March 11th, 2009
 Finally, my magic beans have emerged from the crystal soil. And now I can see their faces 🙂 No matter how many beautiful flowers and potted plants I have, somehow, I just feel very exciting and magical whenever I witness the process of a seed growing into a baby plant.
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 10 – My Magic Beans Are Growing!
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It was really windy last week. The wind was blowing fiercely that my two pots of magic beans kept toppling so often that I finally gave up getting out to the balcony and trying to keep them straight. It was then I knew I should find a more suitable place for my climbing plants as soon as possible, somewhere with good support for the vines to grow, avoiding the plants from collapsing.
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