How to care for cauliflower in your garden

Growing Cauliflower - Easy to grow from seed... grow this winter vegetable in your garden

Organic fertilizer from your kitchen to the garden

Many of us follow organic methods of gardening. Here are a few tips that we use at home for fertilizing our plants using organic methods.
Chickpeas/Channa is a legume that is used a lot in Asian-Indian cooking. It is usually soaked overnight before it is cooked. We usually add a teabag to the container in which it is cooked. My husband says that it enhances the color and flavor of the chickpeas.
Once cooked, the water is drained and discarded.
But did you know that this water is rich in nutrients and fertilizes your plants?
Let the liquid cool to room temperature, dilute with some water and pour at the base of your veggie plants. This is a natural fertilizer.
The same thing can be done with water in which eggs have been boiled. Cool this liquid to room temperature..add some water and pour it at the base of tomato and pepper plants. Calcium in the water in which eggs r boiled will prevent Blossom End Rot on tomatoes. I usually crush eggshells also and add to the soil along with the water.
Many of you might already be doing this.
Would love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.
Happy Gardening !!!

Composting - Easy method

Composting is the process in which organic matter decays and is used to enrich the soil to grow new plants. It is a method for us to effectively manage our kitchen waste.
This video shares a simple method of composting our kitchen waste on a regular basis.

Tips on growing tomatoes

Tomatoes are grown in most kitchen gardens.
Learn some tips on growing tomatoes, prevention of blossom end rot and getting a plentiful supply of tomatoes thru the season.

Please watch this video for tomato growing tips

Guavas from our grafted plants

We have 2 plants, one in a drum and another in the ground.
Picked the 1st set of fruits produced by the plant. They are small...but sweet

https://youtu.be/cL3RLeA3DcE

Passion Fruits

Passion fruits are considered an exotic fruit. But it is a fruit that can be easily grown in a place with tropical weather. Our 1st passion fruit vines were gifted to us as a house warming gift by my grandmother's sister. We planted them on the sides of our front porch and guided the vines onto the metal structure on our front porch. The vines grew wild and thick with beautiful foliage and gorgeous white flowers. Soon these gorgeous flowers that bloom only for a day, turned into delicious passion fruits.

We have 2 varieties of passion fruits - yellow and purple. They bear fruits at different times with 2 fruiting seasons every year. These vines are very invasive and must be pruned once every year after the fruiting season.

Passion fruits are a rich source of Vit.C and antioxidants that boost immunity. It also has iron content and increases haemoglobin.
During the passion fruit season we make homemade juice which a healthy drink for the whole family.
When we have excess fruit, it is sold to our local supermarket.

Sharing an article that was published in the Pune Mirror on Mar 5th 2020

A part of this story contains a write up about my gardening experience and tips on growing passion fruit. The passion fruits shown in the picture are from our garden.

This is the link to the article
https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/…/articleshow/74481780.cms

Organic Homemade passion fruit juice

Sharing some pics from our garden

Our passion fruits for sale at the local supermarket