Indoor house plants for winter season

To all those who celebrate!

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Old farmers almanac

Sharing the old farmers almanac to understand the planting schedule for this season.

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Gardening – Growing red chillies

Feels great to see colorful vegetables growing on plants… especially bright colored ones!

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Pot of flowers

A small pot of flowers can lift our spirits!

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Gardening – Growing Mint

Mint is one of the easiest plants to grow at home!

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Gardening – Indoor flowers

With indoor plants, fall blooms are also beautiful!

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Gardening – Seeds

It is a nice experience to watch the plants grow from seeds to bear fruits and flowers and ready to seed again!

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Gardening – Cherry tomatoes

During a trip to the grocery store, got a box of cherry tomatoes!

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Lettuce heads

Trying to grow lettuce with lettuce heads!

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Trip to local botanical garden

A botanical garden has a variety of herbs, flowers, shrubs and plants that grow local to the area.

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Daily motivation #233

One small positive thought in the mornings can change our whole day, and impact those around us!

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Figs

Figs growing in potted plants bearing fruit is a pleasant sight to see!

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Weekend shares

Some gardening, some homemade snacks, some time with family… stepping into the weekend is a process of letting go!

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Daily motivation #225

One small positive thought in the mornings can change our whole day, and impact those around us!

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Hydroponic strawberries

Growing plants with just water is Hydroponics, a recent development on the agriculture front!

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Daily motivation #223

One small positive thought in the mornings can change our whole day, and impact those around us!

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Spring flowers

Planted a few variety of roses in pots this year… they started blooming…

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Earth day

A day to consciously think about Earth, soil, preservation, sustainability and what we are leaving behind for our next generation.

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Growing wildflowers

When planning a garden, plan to grow some wild flowers around your yard or deck.

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Committing to plant one tree

While I have planted many seeds over my lifetime, some have grown into fruit or vegetable bearing plants, flowers and herbs, I have only planted one tree in my whole life.

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Kitchen garden

This season setting up the kitchen garden! Some herbs and some potted plants for starters!

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Unique trees

Some trees are unique and we remember them for much longer than others. Sharing some such special trees!

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Indoor planting schedule for January 2022

Those who follow the old farmers almanac and their planting calendar to plant indoor and outdoor plants will find it helpful!

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Growing poinsettia indoor plants

The beautiful poinsettia plants used during Christmas for decorating our homes, can continue to grow indoors.

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Jasmine flowers

Variety of jasmine flowers from around the world!

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Beautiful photographs

Some pictures outright make us wonder, some inspire us, and some others make us forget what we are dealing with and bring on a smile on our faces!

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Unique flower – Calypso

Sharing a few unique flowers from around the world!

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Deja vu – Praying Mantis

Last year on Sep 8th, we had spotted many Praying Mantis around our home and yard.

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Spotted lanternfly – see it, report it

If you live in NJ and see a spotted lanternfly, you are requested to report the same!

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Gardening – Cantaloupes

Happy harvest – home grown sweet melons (cantaloupes)

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Saving water outdoors

The video by American water company to save water especially outdoors was quite helpful!

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Gardening – Growing mini-lotus plants in pots

Growing lotus plants is not easy. It takes a lot of care and the right soil-water-temperature-sun mixture to grow and nurture them.

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Gardening – Flowers blooming

Feels great to see flowers blooming around!

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Gardening – Baby eggplants

Watching plants grow, bear flowers and fruits is like watching the miracle of life.

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Gardening – Soil pH

The soil pH can change the health of plants and the colors of flowers!

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Gardening – Radishes ready to harvest

In over 60+ days radishes planted outdoors are ready to harvest.

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Learning to plant a tree

Not planting a seed, or re-planting a small grown plant, planting a tree is an art in itself!

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Earth Day wish

Anyone who has seen Avatar movie will relate to the climax scene, where everyone circle around the tree of life!

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Learning from trees

What can we learn from plants and trees that grow around us? Neural networks? Brain connections? Sharing what I learned from trees over the past few weeks!

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Peppers and Eggplants

While most of the seeds sprouted within a week, peppers and eggplants took about 3 weeks to sprout indoors.

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