Herbs in my Garden

 Growing herbs in Garden can be beneficial in many ways for the amateur Gardener too as Herbs are easy to grow and generally require minimal efforts to grow and can be harvested in  a  short period of time . 

It is a wonderful plant to enjoy gardening with advantage of growing plant that can be used in culinary arts to increase smell , taste and flavor of the cuisine.

                                                          A   vertical Herb Garden 

  It can be started in a small space and  you don't need a green thumb to grow and cultivate harvest of herbs and still enjoy the unique fragrance and flavor of each herb in your garden.

Growing and care

Herbs can be easily grown through their seeds and some of the herbs can be even propagated through stem cuttings

                                                   Spinach grown in Left over old oil can 

They do not require much space or fertilizer for growth and can be grown in shallow pots for that matter in  any left over container.

                                                           Fenugreek growing in a pot

Herbs are best plants to grow for those avid gardeners who don't have patience for plant to grow and bear fruits or flowers .

                                                             Basil grown in a sack 

                                                        

Petunias are coming out nicely after rise in temperatures

                                                        

A flight of pigeons captured

                                                                  

A sunset to remember 

                                 

     

Veggies Summer Harvest

Nothing can be  more tastier and healthier than the home grown fully organic veggies.




                                        Cucumber for rehydration of  body after intensive heat 
                                                                           

The tasty Brinjal for summer recipes

Capsicum 

Drumstick or Moringa the most nutritional veggie for whole body health and development

Cherry tomatoes are giving  in constant harvest from last three months

Spinach for Iron content in body

Summers are at their peak in our region ,Temperature is being roaming between 40 to 45 degree c'.It has become impossible to spent time outside in the garden and plants health is also worsening with every passing day.We are expecting monsoon at the end of month which would resurrect new life to the garden.                                                                                                                         

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Veggie Corner : Harvest and Preparation

Growing food in your space not only gives you fresh and chemical free harvest ,but is much more enriched with nutrients and taste much better then the store bought ones.

Winter season in our climate gives opportunity to easily grow bountiful harvest in your available space without deploying any special efforts .

It gives a self pride to pluck your hand grown vegetables and gives regular exercise to your body.


My veggies are all set to pluck giving aroma to different  cuisines

                                                
            French beans are so easy to grow and germinate and they give early harvest too


                                                                     

Radish is one winter vegetable that is so tasteful with high nutrient content ,It takes just a more than month to grow them from seed                                                                                                

                                                       Radishes are all set to dig out

Another unique flavored bean contrary to French beans is Labalab Beans popularly known as (Semphali or Balor) in our region

Most loved vegetable which comes in Seed pods i.e. Peas

                                                          A Pea flower rising with dawn

Potatoes are grown for bounty harvest from single potato 

Potatoes in Poly bags 

Tomatoes to give tangy flavor

                                                       Green Chillies to spice up cuisine

Carrots grown in earthen pots

Fresh taste of green leafy vegetables   can rejuvenate your body

Fenugreek

                                                                        Coriander

                                                                       


                                                                            Spinach

Preparation And Plantation                                                                                                          

Winter vegetables does not require much space to grow .We can use old containers ,earthen pots ,old oil cans anything tangibles that are wide in size .If you have barren land u can easily sow seeds of Carrots,Radish,green leafy vegetables ,peas dividing sections for each vegetable .

Soil preparation for planting vegetables in containers

For soil preparation u need porous soil u'll require                                                                                 

- Garden soil, 60%                                                                                                                                      

- River sand or bajri  30%                                                                                                                           

- Organic manure    10%                                                                                                                            

Plantation :

Green leafy vegetables like Fenugreek,Spinach,coriander and others are directly sown in places or even in shallow planters since they have small roots.                                                                        

Carrots ,Radish,beetroot,turnip and all other edible root vegetables require deep containers to       propagate itself and are sown directly .                                                                                   

Peas,Beans,Tomatoes,Eggplant,Green chilli,capsicum and alike vegetables can be sown at a place then further transplanted according to your space within germination.                                            

                                                                                                                                          

In next post I 'll discuss how to grow potato easily in poly bags and get bounty harvest.

   

Happy Gardening .

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