The Continuing Saga of Cleaning

I spent a lot of time cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning last week. December has come and gone, yet I was only able to do a general cleaning just last week. The only year I didn't do a Pre-holiday cleaning. It's a never ending battle of juggling time and priorities. And I just can't be good at everything—I have been trying my best though, the reason I'm blogging now. lols

I find it so hard to clean and revive a neglected garden. Weeds are everywhere! Plus the wall crawlers I have planted more than a year has become so invasive that it even crawls to where it should not. Since I used to have a variety of beautiful pants around my small garden, we've found it so hard to paint the walls behind them, so I decided to just plant a wall crawler. I wasn't able to take photos, but I'm sure you are familiar with it. The crawler plant has tiny leaves that are meant to camouflage walls. I remember being so excited to see it growing and slowly crawling our walls, but after experiencing how difficult it is to manage, I almost completely regret having it. Imagine one would have to trim it at least once a week to prevent it from going crazy. And if you don't have a hired gardener, then good luck! So please wish me luck! =)

Anyway, to continue the saga of salvaging my garden, I purchased few plants I used to have.

A type of Malaysian Mums...

Candle flower...

And one of my favorite shady-loving plant: Impatiens. Its flowers may look so ordinary—similar to Periwinkle, but I like its pretty foliage. I've started propagating it through cuttings.

Yay! A happy gardener is a happy gardener. =)