August 2017

With all things happening around, hiking ,biking, etc etc little late update :-

Too much heat and out on hiking trip caused the plants little trouble but now they are doing ok.
Got potatoes, spring onions, amaranth / maath , garlic, fennel, dill, mixed salad lettuce and some other things ... many more before and many more now .....

Apples all over , since tree was chopped last year, same with other fruit trees.

Enjoy!!

Yes , just some days and things are really looking great ... potatoes red, white and others doing great got a bunch , spinach has really taken roots, Fenugreek ( methi ) ready, Spring onions/ green onions kind of never ending supply, amaranth (math) green variety again ready , fennel , dill (shepu harvested) ...



Ginger has taken roots .... little late but still ...

Veggies 2017

Well with all other things happening , this just got on back list for posting. Yes, already harvested many, ate them and many more ready to be picked, more on that later. For now, yes have many visitors in the garden this year, rabbit is really having gala time, hope he doesn't find out my veggies yet :) , or well its ok if he eats some, I might dedicate one planter specifically for him.

Mix salad greens, I left one Spinach for flowering/ seeding, Green onions, Dill, Potatoes , Garlic, Daikon, Fennel, Mint and much more...

Growing ginger:-
Last year (2016) ran some experiment but it was little late in the season for growing these things. Many things remained to be posted in the 2016 blog. Might will add them later.
Growing ginger and turmeric. Actually did use ginger leaves for flavor and boiled in water for tea. Since it was late in the season actual bulb when picked was smaller yet much stronger and good.


Growing Turmeric:-

The smell of the leaves is heavenly, at least I like it and did try making "panagi" something like "tamale" made in corn shell. Again the planting was later in the season hence actual root was less but still good enough for making pickle.



Happy gardening... Yes and some visits to farmers market this year , they have some nice produce.

Spring time 2017

Finally spring is here !! Everywhere you can see the signs right from some flower fields to sprouting seeds and shrubs. Things coming alive.

How to :-

So far Kohlrabi, Spinach, Spring onions, Garlic shoots, Mixed salad greens, Daikon and many other things coming up nice. Other trees are flowering good, hopefully will have that many fruits.

Earth Hour- 2017

Earth Hour: March 25, 2017

It is a worldwide movement organized by the (WWF- world wide fund for nature). The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. towards the end of March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.

It was nice to participate by planting flowers, other veggies ( spring is here ), turning off lights and gadgets for an hour and sit by candle lights, solar garden lights.

Garden -

Growing your own vegetables is a nice thing especially with leafy greens or things you use on need basis like herbs, potatoes etc. For rest of the produce or when needed in bulk, one can support local farmers market or use grocery stores. Based on where you stay, the season for growing your own vegetables can be short but well worth a try. If you have a space, have your own small or big garden.

Hilarious conversations are those which state people try to grow their own veggies because they are frugal or some other reasons. Come to think of it, growing something on your own helps reduce carbon footprint, results in less wastage, in other respect one gets non chemical induced fresh produce, your body parts stay functional for longer time as you indirectly stay active, compulsory fresh air time besides one doesn't have to become farmer and leave everything else they are doing to achieve this. Not a bad deal hmmm ..!!

After having some nice container vegetable growing season last year 2016:
Not all the plants and pictures have been posted in the gallery but  some -
2016 growing season glimpses and information:

This year started on very similar lines Kholrabi was the first produce and spring onions second.
Sun has started coming out hoping to see some more things soon !!


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added as of 2/3/2021

One get sick of the nonsense and ppl who don't ask but assume.

We used to do it since childhood .... containers everyone probably in all conuntries now that i have travelled to some keep containers or have in and around their society, like what we did too. Since Orkut times ..... post coming here find pics there.... Even most marathi's here started post that. Yup like everyone if I run into problem or something doesn't work , I find ways to get it solved.  

 

We read and create nonsense as not everything gets written....