Sabtu Yang Sentaps – My Garden Story

I woke up on Saturday morning and continued to cuddle with Miki in front of TV watching cartton. I didn’t open the windows and I didn’t let the sunshine in. The cold morning was too cozy to be spent doing chores right? At around nine I finally stretched my lazy bone and got up to fix some breakfast.

There is a door in my wet kitchen that opens up to the garden. While waiting for my fresh brew I opened that door expecting to see my lush heliconia but to my surprise a pair of super cute furballs was sitting on the grass, nose twitching and eyes looking up at me happily as though saying good morning.

OMGGG! The bunnies have escaped. I felt dizziness slapped me across the face! I wanted to pengsan. My plants! My plants…

It took me 5 minutes chasing after that two chubby bunnies. For being that plump they sure run hop very fast. I finally managed to grab them on their long ears and throw them back into their enclosure. I took a deep breath and turned my back towards my edible garden section.

It was no surprise. Most of my plants were gone. I felt my meroyan senses triggered with a force so powerful It was no surprise. Most of my plants were gone. I felt my meroyan senses triggered with a force so powerful I wanted to scream. While tugging at my own hair. And hopping on the ground. But my actions had stopped only at screamings coz then I realize my neighbor, the elderly Datuk was standing from over the fence staring at me meroyaning.
I told him no burglars entered this time, I was just having a panic attack looking at my destroyed plants. He said OK and walked away very slowly and carefully.

Mesti pakcik Datuk tu ingat aku giler kan? My friends are calling makcik-makcik because I have a herb garden. I told them biarlah makcik asalkan hotness! Ko adeerrr??? *pengsan*
Sedangkan kena panggil makcik pun aku pasrah..apalah sangat kena panggil gila!? Abaikan Datuk tu…Hmmphhh

Ok back to my garden. I divided it into two small sections, from patio to porch is for my flowers and other sun-loving plants whereby the section; stretching from the patio to the kitchen is my herb garden. This part is getting about 70-80 percent direct sunlight only and secured from heavy rain.

Kokades and Itam ate my entire dill plant, my entire kangkung bush, pegaga etc which basically make up my herb garden section.  My beloved marigolds that I planted from seed and will bloom bright orange and yellow in a couple of months also all gone! I had just moved them from seedling pots into the ground a couple of days before. They were very nicely lined along the fence and I can just imagine what pretty colorful perimeter they would make soon…

Huwaaaa *meroyan lagi*

Anyway, talking about gardens, I keep seeing nicely manicured gardens with properly arranged plants, pruned and planted in such a way that’s very structured. I see them in most houses that I go to and of course in the landscape magazines in Malaysia.

Owhh… but makcik don’t like structured pokok-pokok ditanam berderet…. Makcik likes shrubs! Natural bushes that’s fragrant with blooms! Makcik wants flowering shrubs!

At our kampong in Kedah, my mother in law has the most amazing flowering shrubs growing around her house and they are so gorgeous! Splashes of orange, yellow, white and purple everywhere! Now I regret not taking pictures. So here are some pictures of marigold shrubs that’s very much similar to my m.i.l’s. cantik kan?

photo by doubledcop in flickr. Kat kampung aku sepah-sepah semak camni! Cantik sangat!!

pic by baldwinm16 on flickr

My m.i.l calls magnolia as bunga taik ayam due to its pungent smell but adoyai in KL it’s use all over as landscaping flowers for events etc.

Anyway.. sure hope my garden will rise again from the destruction of the cutey bunnies! And quickly blooms again and make makcik happy…