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Gardening Porch is a blog about gardening in a pot for people that love gardening but only have small porch in their house or apartment. By planting in pots, we can have our mini garden even in limited space. We can grow vegetables, flowers, and other favorite plants such as ferns, succulents, even fruit plants in pots. We can learn together how to make our plants thrive and healthy. Let’s share our gardening tips and experience here!

What pesticide do you use for your plants?

Me? I don't use chemical pesticides at all because it smells so strong, I'm afraid it will affect my birds' health although they live indoor. I grew 2 cherry tomatoes in pots and they grew pretty good to the blooming stage till some pests got them :( The infestation was so bad I had to pull out one of them and let the other one lived long enough until the only fruit it had was ripe... Well, at least I still got one tiny tomato for my 1 month work taking care of them! :D The photo below was when they were healthy...

Growing cherry tomatoes in pots


The next pic was after the bug infestation... :(

Growing cherry tomatoes in pots

I've heard about organic pesticide made from spices + vegetable oil. Have you tried it? Do you make one yourself? What ingredients do you use? :)

Feeding a wild dragonfly cooked chicken

While gardening, some animals visit me, like butterflies, dragonflies and lizards. Sometimes I feed them something. :D So here are 2 photos of a dragonfly which I fed steamed chicken with a toothpick. He ate it happily, half of it. After cleaning his hands and refusing the water drop I offered with a toothpick, he flied away again. Would you like to hear other animal stories from my garden?

Feeding a dragonfly chicken with a toothpick

photo of a dragonfly eating chicken

 
 
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