Despite my busy schedule, I managed to put up two feature articles on the Green Culture Singapore (GCS) website for members of the discussion forum to read.
Many thanks to Richmond Tan, one of the moderators from the forum, who has contributed an article that depicted how he constructed a plant rack using readily available materials, some of which were salvaged from renovation waste! His plant rack is rather innovative and allows commercially available metal plant racks to hang comfortably against the parapet wall.
The second feature article that focussed on the growing of the sand ginger was written by myself. From my own growing experience, this ginger is perhaps the only smaller-growing edible ginger that is rewarding to grow in the high-rise apartment. I found this plant is able can grow quite well and does not dry up as easily as other space-saving edible gingers such as the common cooking ginger and Chinese key (Boesenbergia rotunda).
Make Your Own Plant Rack!
Are you an apartment gardener at a loss as to how to elevate your plants so that they receive sufficient light for growth along your corridor? Read this feature article written by Richmond Tan to get some ideas to build your own plant rack using cheap and readily available materials!
URL – http://www.greenculturesg.com/articles/oct08/oct08_plantrack.pdf
Grow the Sand Ginger!
Botanically known as Kaempferia galanga, the sand ginger is a true ginger that belongs to the same plant family as the cooking ginger. Unlike the common cooking ginger (Zingiber officinale), the rhizomes of sand ginger is not something that most people would be familiar with. Both rhizomes and whole plants can sometimes be seen on sale in selected wet markets in Singapore, such as those in Little India and Geylang Serai. Read this feature article written by Wilson to learn more about this interesting ginger and how you can grow it at home!
URL – http://www.greenculturesg.com/articles/oct08/oct08_sandginger.pdf
