post-typhoon gardening

The balcony got wrecked during the last few typhoons. The terracotta planters we had suffered the most ... 2" thick and completely split by wind knocking the trees around.

Weather has been semi-stable so decided to bring the gardeners over and swap out the damaged pots, repair a few of the more sorry looking palm trees and chuck some flowers into the bigger pots to try and help retain water (the sun is drying out the soil really quickly). 

Work in progress:









Am I old enough to own a green-house? Certainly un-trendy enough. The ultimate status symbol in Hong Kong is not yachts nor sports cars ... we're talking lawn-mowers baby.

All ganja jokes aside, I miss the smell of summer lawns and autumn bonfires when I lived in the UK & Canada. Rancid stinking tofu, bus exhausts and dried seafood just don't bloody come close.