A 50 sq m rooftop garden turns into a river of standing water after a heavy rainstorm

When this rooftop first became available three years ago, Old Qiang's mom, a total plant novice, armed with nothing but enthusiasm, loved everything she saw and hauled it all up to the rooftop,

Back then, every day she would stare blankly at this rooftop that had cost her so much time, energy, physical effort and money, yet had no sense of beauty

Finally, taking advantage of a home renovation, she decided to overhaul the rooftop and drew up a detailed list of which plants would stay and which would be let go,

and told her friends to come pick flowers. Many large and small ones were carried away, leaving only the ones nobody cared for still waiting to be chosen......

The rooftop in the afternoon, quietly green

It had been raining heavily for days, and the rooftop drains could no longer keep up. There was a lot of standing water. If it kept raining like this, she didn't know whether water would seep into the living room.

The rain had just let up a little, so I took a few shots

At the time, because we needed 5 cubic meters of soil, finding that much soil in the city was harder than finding anything else. In the end we still bought raw soil (that is, red soil with no fertilizer) and brought it back. Before putting it into the flower bed, we first mixed in a few packs of flower fertilizer

When I bought it, I asked the flower shop owner its name. The plump proprietress, who was holding a bowl and eating, said loudly: "Lover's Tears." I couldn't help but smile. Though it is unassuming, its vitality is extremely tenacious.

Bamboo palm (Guanyin bamboo)

Moss rose (sunflower)

It needs only sunlight, air and water, and its tender, delicate body can bloom with passionate beauty.

The first time my mom came and saw the moss rose, she said: "This is purslane."

I said: "This is a moss rose!"

My mom said: "Oh~~, then this is foreign purslane."

Lotus and koi.

When I was little, in comic books, children would pick a lotus leaf and wear it on their heads as a hat. I was so envious,

Back then, in the north, I had never seen a real lotus leaf, so I fell in love with lotus leaves from comic books.