Keep Your Coins To Create Your Own Garden

Maybe you think they are just coin. Nothing to do with this. But, when you collect them, you can use them to buy something that you’ve ever imagined. Believe me, the coin is more important for me. They aren’t just a little part of the money, but they saved my life to give me a dream, called it “education”. In this article, I’m not telling you about my life story with these coins, but I’ll show you my own garden which was created by coin

Don’t think my garden is a real garden, guys…I don’t have a garden, even yards! It’s just that little space big enough to create my dream garden. Such as many people who live in Singapore, they live in an apartment, no garden, no yards. How lucky me, we moved into the first floor three months ago. So I do have enough space to grow some plants and flowers. Actually…there’s some space that we use to hang our laundry And my husband built a tent on it. So, I thought it looks like a mini greenhouse for my plant and flower I have a greenhouse!!

But, I got a problem here…it’s not easy to create my own garden. It’s because the price of plants and flowers is quite expensive in Singapore guys…, yeah especially for me. Maybe for other people, it’s cheap, but for me, it’s expensive So it’s not easy as I’ve ever thought! To create a garden, I need to collect many plants and flowers, right? It needs more money, yeah a lot of money. What can I do in this situation??…What will you think about that??.. My solution is….yeah…I had to collect coins!

 

Plant and flowers aren’t cheap (for me especially). For examples, the price of one pot of portulaca is about SGD 5-SGD 6, one pot of Catharanthus flower is about SGD 6, a pot of begonia is about SGD 7 – SGD 9, a pot of anthurium is about SGD 10, a pot of gloxinia is about SGD 9. Another kind of plant and flower would be more expensive, for example, a pot of sunflower is more than SGD 10, big a potted orchid is about SGD 20 or maybe more. And…you won’t believe this, a pot of pineapple plant is more than SGD 50 on Lunar new year! And many other expensive plants! I can’t handle this situation, guys…So that’s why I must find another way to collect plant and flower

In the first step, I have to collect coins. Maybe it just 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, or SGD 1. But…when I keep them for several months or a year…wow! They’d be enough money to make my dream come true! I have to be more patient to do this. Don’t worry if your own garden isn’t growing fast. It’ll worth in another day

I don’t have enough money to buy all of the plants or flowers that I wanted. So I’ve chosen another way. This is it…I bought some flower/ plant seeds. I bought sunflower seed, four o’clock flower seed, dahlia flower seed. In another month, I bought some seeds again, like globe amaranthus flower seed, zinnia flower seed, sweet william flower seed, and any other kind of seed. Yeah…I’m going to do this every month Actually, it’s not really every month I buy some seeds. Seeds are cheaper than buying a pot of flowers/ plants. 1 pack of seed, just about SGD 1,69!!

The second step, to grow my seed, of course, I need a potting soil or garden soil and a pot. So, I must buy them all guys…1 pack (5L) local potting soil is about SGD 2, 5L import potting soil (from Germany) is about SGD 4. Another compost potting soil (5L) is about…SGD 3. One more…I need fertilizers guys…I choose chicken fertilizer…1 pack of chicken fertilizer is about  SGD 2. So, when I got enough coins (about SGD 20), I would go to the garden shop and buy some pots, 1-2 packs of potting soil/ garden soil, and 2-4 packs of chicken fertilizer Sometimes I buy growing plant or flower, a pot or two pots growing flower and plant. That would be like a pot small orchid, or maybe kalanchoe, portulaca, or begonia. Yeah…I’d buy a pot-growing plant/ flower, only if I couldn’t find the seed (the plant/ flower I wanted).

This is it…my garden project which was created with my coins! Isn’t it great?! I’m so happy! I’ve started to create my own garden three months ago. Once a week, I’ve always been gardening. I can grow flowers and plants that I wanted. Even sometimes I failed, many times I failed to grow some flowers and plants. But don’t worry when you got this situation, because it’s learning by doing, am I right??…When I failed to grow flower/ plant by seed (like sweet william flower, dahlia flower, capsicum, and many other), I’ll try, try, and try again to grow them

Look, now I have many pots of portulaca. For the first time, I just had two pots of Portulaca. But now, it’s more than ten pots of Portulaca, maybe 15 or 16 pots!! How much you must pay for 15 or 16 pots of Portulaca if you buy from a garden shop?? Don’t ask me, ‘cause you can grow in your own hand. Growing flower or plant by seed is cheaper, right??…I like this way Now, my portulaca plants are more than 10 pots, maybe 15 pots. Every 3-4 months after blooming, I replant them again. The key is…patient!

Do you want to know what are the plants and flowers I have now?? Yeah…the biggest pinky flower plant, it’s Impatiens Balsamina, My flamingo flower called it Anthurium, my unique flower plant, it’s four o’clock flower, my incredible flower, there is Catharanthus flower that blooms much time. Another else, Thai Basil plant, Mint plant, Jasmine flower, some Orchid flowers, Cactus plants, Aloe Vera plants, Money plants, and many others. And of course, I have been growing some gingers and flower seeds ( like Cosmos flower, Sunflower, Capsicum, Tomato). Let see in a few months later…

After three months of planting plants and flowers, my garden has been growing such a nice yard. Even it’s just a small space, but there is a lot of plant and flower. But don’t think it like your big garden guys…, ‘cause it’s impossible for me to have a real garden. But I am happy and love my garden so much. Nothing is impossible, right?? Even if I don’t have a garden, but at least I can create my own garden. And even expensive to create a garden in Singapore, but I can keep my coins then create it

Happy gardening

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