Motivation

Yes.
A lot of plants died - at least 3 plumerias, Thai Basil, pink Amaryllis, supermarket lemon seedlings, local mint, a variety of succulents and avocado.
It somewhat discouraged me but I renewed my motivation and want to focus on edibles instead. The new apartment seems to have better sun exposure but it doesn't look like it helps.

Ginger. I planted another bentong ginger root in. It hasn't send a shoot out yet.

My crazy basil.

Gardenia sprouted so many flower buds and still can't bloom. I was told that the soil wasn't acidic enough that it couldn't absorb the nutrients so I ran out to buy the necessary stuff. I've been spiking the soil with Miracle-Gro (although I bought Mira-Cid but I haven't use it yet since I still have Miracle-Gro, I should have checked my inventory!)

Well, the soil is definitely acidic but what could have gone wrong?!

The kaffir lime seedlings have grown and started to smell like one. It didn't smell like one.

Sowed Clemson okra and all germinated. Transplanted the seedlings few days ago.

Only one out of 4 snap peas sowed germinated. Soaked the remaining 4 seeds last night and have just put them into the soil. The pinkish stuff you see around the seeds were to prevent rotting.

Yes, another avocado.

Another couple of cordylines that I got from the bouquet of flowers (below) my boyfriend surprised me before he left for Greece late last month. 

Water-rooted Thai basil again, this time I'm letting them root more.

The plumeria branches I found 2 months ago. I pulled them out from the pot just because. Now one of them has an inflo.

So now... let me share with you what I have new in store/balcony! We recently went to Greece and Austria and of course, I took some stuff home!

The Alpine Strawberry aka wild strawberry from Austria! They don't look too good now but you can see some might survive. The fruit is the tiniest and has more intense flavour.

Purple magnolia! Below is the mother tree. Behind the tree was white grape. It's a long shot but I'm experimenting in rooting them in water and soil. 

I also brought back 3 varieties of mint: brown mint, balm mint and peppermint. Doesn't look like one of the variety can survive so I pulled one bunch up and try to revive by putting them into water since the roots still look alright. I think that one is balm mint. 

A variety of succulents! One of them is flowering :)

Lastly, this baby came from Santorini. Yes, I took it from the resort we stayed. This should survive since Santorini weather can be harsh

2 tools that I invested recently. The white watering can is from Ikea and the red spray is dirt cheap from a hardware store. It holds a litre.