Gardening : Pure Relaxation

Gardening has been a therapy for me; a way to release all the stresses and demands from office works.  Well, of course, aside from cuddling and kissing my little girl, gardening relaxes me and brightens my mood.

Ornamental plants in different colors...

I grow up seeing my parents' interest on gardening.  They used to tell me to help them maintain the garden or help in the gardening chores whenever there were new plants.   However, I used to tell them that I was not born to plant or rather I don't have a "green thumb", for that matter.   Haha!   It's just me being lazy.  I would rather sit or lie on the couch, watch a TV show or read a book.   (Imagine a middle child's life where the older siblings being so responsible in almost all the household chores including gardening.)   So to make the story short : I have now my own family with our own home.   It would be so dull and boring if I went out of our house or just peek out of our window and look at our yard that's so empty : no plants or flowers; no greens or yellows or reds growing in our yard.  

So I have to face a big challenge here : TO REALLY KNOW IF I HAVE THAT "GREEN THUMB".
My mother gave me a generous cuttings of her plants and planted mine on November 2013 (the month we transferred on our own home).   After which, I also ask a several plant cuttings from my friends.  

After six months, know what the color of my thumb now? (drum rolls please.. Teeehee..)   Yup, certified green thumb.   The plants now grow beautifully in our yard and not only that, they made our home more liveable.

Once they already have their roots out, I transferred them to a big clay pot to make them look beautiful..

Love their color combination...

I could forget eating my meals just to finish what I'm doing in the garden.  My husband would sometimes complain that I am into a different world once I'm out to do gardening.  Who can blame me?   Gardening is just so addictive...

What are you doing to release stress?  What are your gardening experience?  Share it here; I would love to hear those.