Mahmood's Garden
General
At the flower market, Amsterdam
I was extremely restrained yesterday as I bought only one single root of a climber I’ve had my eye on for a long time. But I do have my eyes on several others which I hope to get on Friday just before getting to the airplane back home 
Want greener grass? Pee on it!
That’s not too far from the truth actually, urea in the human body carries waste nitrogen out of the body in urine, it’s the same chemical component that releases nitrogen where it is most required, the stuff is packed with nitrogen! I normally spread urea on my lawn after cutting it once every summer and it almost instantly turn luscious green.
New Plumeria
I bought this new king of plumeria from a garden centre this morning and promptly found a place for it in my garden. I have no idea what type of plumeria it is. You could clearly see that it’s leaves are a bit “weird” and unlike any frangipani I have seen before. The garden centre [...]
I was starving my babies
Honestly, I don’t know much about orchids other than they are some of the most beautiful plants in existence. You might remember how I fell for them and went semi-crazy and bought a whole bunch of them during the recent Bahrain International Garden Show, brought them home and gave them some TLC. At least, I [...]
Cuttings border
The first phase of the new “cuttings border” is now complete. I’ve spent most of the day clearing the grass and preparing the area for planting. I mixed in 4x 50kgs bags of cow manure and 350 liters of peat moss for good measure. This are is part of the front garden and it receives [...]
Welcome
Bahrain was famed throughout its history for its palm groves so much that is was – at one point – said to be called “The Land of the Million Palms”; sadly, this is no longer true due to various reasons the most important of which is the tremendous growth this country has experienced through urban [...]