Crocheted Flower Pot Cozy

It's been months since I made this flower pot cozy. My hands ached to try the pattern the moment I found the design from... hmmm... sorry I couldn't remember if it was from Pinterest or from a link party I attended.

Flower Pot Cozy

At first I thought of crocheting one for myself. One that I could use with my plants. Yes, I love plants. I discovered I had green thumb more than 10 years ago when I took my parents from the province to live with my family in the city. With the help of a friend, I was able to secure a permit from the city agricultural office that allowed me to bring along cuttings and seedlings from my mother’s garden in order to minimize possible psychoemotional reactions on her part to the sudden change of environment. I had no choice but to re-create a haven for her in our yard. She would then water the plants every morning and afternoon. For me, that was the beginning of a new career at home.

That explains the name of my blog site--- Garden Chef's Needle and Pen. But ever since our late dog Moshi showed special interest in my plants, especially the flowering ones, and my late father became bedridden, I didn't have the luxury of time to tend to the plants anymore. I'm sad to admit that I don't have a garden anymore. I just maintain a few greens in pots lined up in both sides of the garage and just allow them to grow on their own. I pray I could get back to gardening very, very soon!

Now back to the main feature of this post--- Sara Sach's Flower Pot Cozy. It's actually a hanging pot cozy but I crocheted one without the hanger that I decided to give as a gift to Charisse, my colleague at work. I was inspired by her Flora and Fauna Journey in FB that I thought she would like a flower pot cozy for one of her potted plants. She grows a variety of succulents and it would be fun dressing up one of them. And the color, it's her favorite!

There, what do you think?

I wonder if Sara would love this?

Thank you, Cha, for sharing these photos. I superlike them!!! They encourage me to make more.

Flower Pot Cozy

Oooopppps... before I forget, here's Charisse and her veggie plantation at home.

📷Thanks to Charisse's FB Flora and Fauna album

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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Pesto Spanish Sardines Pasta: A Remake

There's a saying that goes, "One is enough, two is too much..." Uh uhhh, not for this!!! I'm referring to the Spanish Sardines Pasta which was my welcome post this year. My daughter, Ayana Grace, bought a bottle of pesto from the grocery store last month (she usually does...we seldom run out of pesto sauce in our cupboard) and I just wasn't able to resist making another try of the Pesto Spanish Sardines Pasta so here it is... Ingredients: 2 tbsps reserved oil from bottled sardines 2 tbsps olive oil 1 tbsp minced garlic 1/4 cup diced tomato 1 cup flaked Spanish sardines 1/3 cup Pesto sauce 1/4 cup pitted black olives 1/4 cup button mushrooms 1/2 kilo pasta noodles, cooked according to package instructions salt and pepper to taste Whole pieces of Spanish sardines (1 piece as topping per serving) Parsley for garnish Steps: In a large saute pan, heat oil from sardines. Add olive oil as needed. Saute garlic until fragrant. Add diced

Ensaladang Mustasa

It's back to work today, after five days of rest, something I've been looking forward to. As if the long Christmas holiday vacation was not enough :) Well, days just seem to fly so fast! Thanks to the additional non-working holidays brought about by the Pope's visit to my country, the Philippines. I had time to relax, stay at home, bond with family and yes, sort picture files in my computer. In between social networking, of course, I cooked for my family. With my husband home, there has to be fish and vegetables on the dining table. There was a bunch of mustasa (mustard) leaves left in the vegetable bin. What could be a better and perfect partner to fried fish than Ensaladang Mustasa (Mustard Salad)? Very simple and easy, here's how I did it. Ingredients: 1 bunch of mustasa leaves Rock salt 2 medium-sized tomatoes, sliced 1 small onion, sliced thinly 3 tbsps vinegar Iodized salt, ground pepper and sugar to taste Steps: 1. Cut mus

Ensaladang Alugbati (Malabar Spinach Salad)

This post appeared in my Facebook memories today. I'm glad it did! I featured this salad in my FB page a year ago. Alugbati (Malabar Spinach) Salad (Ensaladang Alugbati). This came up when I received for the first time this bouquet of alugbati from Erik, my officemate. He shares with us fruits and veggies fresh from his garden.

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