I’ve been gradually collecting things to take back with me to India, and this time one of them is packets of seeds. I’m going to try growing some of the herbs and vegetables that I often use in cooking but are difficult to find in India — sweet basil, Thai basil, garlic chives, and lettuce.
My mum has a fabulous vegetable garden (shown above) which has totally inspired me. She’s been growing vegetables for as long as I remember. Trouble is, this bountiful and readily available supply of goodness has led me to believe that growing herbs and vegetables is easy. Put the seeds in soil, cover it over, keep it wet, and they’ll grow in to healthy plants, right? Well, not necessarily! Now that I’ve taken an interest in gardening, I’ve leaned that there’s a bit more to it than I originally thought.
The seeds should be planted during the correct phase of the moon for a more bountiful crop. Depending on what type of seeds they are, they need to be planted at various depths in the soil. Certain plants require more sunlight than others. Lettuces in particular like six hours of sun per day, but don’t like to get too hot. Then, all sorts of creatures come along to eat the produce. Snails, slugs, moths (and in Australia, rabbits)!
I’m starting to think that I’ll be lucky if I can grow anything at all. I’m really looking forward to giving it a try though!
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What a beautiful garden!
What a wonderful and delightful garden !!!
Well considering the climate of Mumbai, i think you ll land up with some flowers, but anyhow good luc and keep trying !!!
We have a kitchen garden too albeit a small one and grow some spinach, corriander, methi, tomatoes…, the gardener comes tends to them as per each plants requirements as you have mentioned !!!
Shalini, that sounds like a lovely kitchen garden.
I’m sure the produce must smell and taste delicious! Things like tomatoes are always more flavorsome when they’re home grown.
hey the garden seems good. keep up the good work. really like ur website though! can’t seem to get enough of it.
Thanks Soumo! Glad you’ve been enjoying the website too.
Where was that, Amit?
Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand. Kite Flying, swimming in the nearby rivers, rocking climbing, cycling are some of the activities I remember having done as a child. Being amidst mother nature is such a different experience all together. Apart from the beauty, it has some of the most renowned private schools in northern India. Doon School and Welham Girls School are amongst the best and oldest boarding schools in the world. The sad news is, it is getting industrialized very rapidly.
A beautiful place like Dehradun is getting industrialized? There goes the hill station down the hill.
A beautiful place like Dehradun is getting industrialized? There goes the hill station down the hill.
The problem is not with industrialization though, after all it provides for better jobs and a higher standard of living. The lack of concern for the environment while industrializing is the real issue.
I am all for industralization but I dont want it to affect the surroundings in a negative manner. A good example of that is Bhopal and we all know what happened there.
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