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Slender Self-effacing beauties

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We require Coriander almost every day-The Need. Coriander is a fussy herb to grow-The Challenge. And I have the habit of sowing seeds every single day.At least one seed every day- The Passion. This Passion met that Need and took the Challenge head-on. That is the genesis of this idea -to keep Coriander seeds handy and go about broadcasting one or two seeds in every pot, every morning after watering the plants. The result: We get at least two sprigs of Coriander every day from our OTG nowadays. Saved us the trouble of looking for pots to sow Coriander every, now and then. One or two seeds in every pot do not compete with the main plant too. The same technique may work well for any herb/green with a short life cycle. So, natural pest repellant Methi or Fenugreek is a close contender for this arrangement. I have been broadcasting coriander seeds rather randomly around other plants.No complaints. However, have realised that sowing seeds around the edge of the plante

Happy Harvests

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It is the lone Potato somedays. A small bunch of Palak on other days. Two hundred grams of  Beans, Three Brinjals, Quarter kilogram of  Broad Beans or a Bonanza of a kilogram of  Tomato on many days. Quite a few days we harvest seeds. And every 45 days we harvest black gold or compost from our kitchen waste. Compost harvest 4 pots of black gold The happiness with each harvest and the contentment with the yield is the same  be it vegetables,seeds or compost. It is never about the quantity of harvest or yield. It is the promise of each seed that showed up. Here are a few harvest pictures, that never fail to inspire me on no-harvest days to keep calm and garden on. Palak seeds Seed Harvest For my pooja...