Life Experiences Indonesia - Germany (Traveling, Fashion, Plant, and Food)

selfmade macrame  I want to share with you how to make a macrame plant hanger yourself. I started to make them last year because I needed some for my hanging plants, and it's also a good way if you have a small apartment. It makes your apartment look more beautiful in my opinion and it is better than a hanging basket plant made of metal or plastic. Making a hanger is very easy. What we need are a macrame cord, scissors and a potted plant. Usually, I choose a neutral color for the macrame cord. How long you choose your cord depends on how big your plant pot is. Normally, for my big plant pots, it's enough that the length of the cord is as long as your outstretched arms. In this article, I show you the simplest way to do it. Let's begin. Steps: 1. Cut three cords with the same length. Cut each in half but keep them as pairs. Tie the pairs together at one end. This knot forms the bottom of the hanger. Put your plant pot on the knot to make sure it fits. 2. Then t...

Avocados are yummy and healthy. But growing avocados commercially usually needs a lot of water, per one kg avocado around 1000 ltr. of water. So much water can have a huge impact on the land and fields and farms. So is there a way to eat avocados with a good conscience? Yes! Just grow them yourself. However, growing them yourself, you have to do an air layering method, to get a quick result. It works if you have already a big avocado plant or maybe your neighbour has it :P lol. In Indonesian we often shared plants as well.  Anyway, I will explain the air layering method later in my blog.  Some Experiences in Indonesia  Avocado is one of my favorite fruits. When I was in Indonesia, I loved buying avocado juice. I had a favorite fruit juice seller who made a tasty iced avocado drink. Unfortunately, when I was back home, he didn't sell it anymore.  However, in Germany, they don't eat avocado in that way. They eat it with bread or toast with  some salt and ...

I think before I continue to talk more about plants in my blog, it's better that I tell you first about the different kinds of substrate you can use for your plants. It's one of the most important things to choose the right substrate for your lovely plants.  Generally, you can use green plant soil for all your houseplants. However, some plants need special substrate, like cacti and succulents. Furthermore, you don't want to see fungus gnats in your apartment flying around. But sometimes, we didn't think so far.  Wait a moment! Substrate is a growth medium for plants. Sometimes, we are confused about the difference between substrate and soil. They are the same, so, if we talk about the substrate, it includes soil, grow stones, coconut coir , sand , expanded clay aggregate, and so on. When I was doing gardening for the first time, I just bought some soil without thinking about the future. So, what happened after repotting plants into the soil?! I saw so many fungus gnats ...