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In land-starved Singapore, a home garden may be a pipe dream for many. But one man living in an HDB flat made it work, and he is enjoying the fruits of his labour. Since May, Maurice Chow has been sharing photos of the melons he's grown on Facebook grou'The happiness and satisfaction motivates me': Man's passion for gardening bears fruit along HDB corridor
In land-starved Singapore, a home garden may be a pipe dream for many. But one man living in an HDB flat made it work, and he is enjoying the fruits of his labour. Since May, Maurice Chow has been sharing photos of the melons he's grown on Facebook group Home Gardening Singapore. In a video posted on July 4, Chow showcased a rock melon which he had been tending to since over a month ago. He was seen cutting into the melon, still attached to the plant, and showing its vibrant orange interior. «Harvested my rock melon today,» read the caption. When asked by a netizen how the melon tasted and whether it was ripe, Chow responded: «Tastes okay. Yes, it's ripe.» The home gardener also posted a picture of his current home gardening project, a watermelon, to the Facebook group on July 18, garnering more than 4,600 likes and 300 comments. Manually pollinates flowers Speaking to AsiaOne on Tuesday (July 23), the 58-year-old interior designer said that he managed to grow, as well as harvest various fruits using seeds over the course of five years. Read more