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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When planning a garden, plan to grow some wild flowers around your yard or deck.
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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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This season setting up the kitchen garden! Some herbs and some potted plants for starters!
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Some trees are unique and we remember them for much longer than others. Sharing some such special trees!
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Those who follow the old farmers almanac and their planting calendar to plant indoor and outdoor plants will find it helpful!
Continue reading “Indoor planting schedule for January 2022”Growing poinsettia indoor plants
The beautiful poinsettia plants used during Christmas for decorating our homes, can continue to grow indoors.
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Variety of jasmine flowers from around the world!
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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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Sharing a few unique flowers from around the world!
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Last year on Sep 8th, we had spotted many Praying Mantis around our home and yard.
Continue reading “Deja vu – Praying Mantis”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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Happy harvest – home grown sweet melons (cantaloupes)
Continue reading “Gardening – Cantaloupes”Saving water outdoors
The video by American water company to save water especially outdoors was quite helpful!
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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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Feels great to see flowers blooming around!
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Watching plants grow, bear flowers and fruits is like watching the miracle of life.
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The soil pH can change the health of plants and the colors of flowers!
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In over 60+ days radishes planted outdoors are ready to harvest.
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Not planting a seed, or re-planting a small grown plant, planting a tree is an art in itself!
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Anyone who has seen Avatar movie will relate to the climax scene, where everyone circle around the tree of life!
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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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While most of the seeds sprouted within a week, peppers and eggplants took about 3 weeks to sprout indoors.
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Got to re-plant some of the sprouts outdoors this weekend! Slow and steady progress….
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It has been about a week and most of the seeds have started sprouting. Got some time to fix the yard and clear the raised beds.
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Started seeding indoors earlier this week. Some of the seeds have started sprouting!
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Those who are waiting for spring to start gardening, now would be a good time to start seeding indoors. In 2-4 weeks, the plants can be planted outdoors!
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It has been around 16 days since I started the project. First harvest today!
Continue reading “Microgreens – Week #3 – ready to harvest”Flowers and emotions
Flowers can be used as a way to send messages and communicate. Every flower seems to have an emotion or feeling attached to it. People working as florists seem to have a good understanding of these! Was interesting to learn about some of them!
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Last week I had started growing Microgreens in just water, to see the quality of the produce without soil. Sharing week 2 progress.
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Finally, I got to get my own Microgreen growing kit. Instead of trying it out in home trays, ordered one formally. Growing microgreens in water!
Continue reading “Learning to grow Microgreens – #1”Indoor plants care during winter
Indoor plants need extra care during winter season. Sharing some tips that have worked for us.
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I cut an orange from my home delivered groceries and was surprised to see the color inside. At first, I thought it was a grapefruit – but tasted much sweeter than sour. Realized it was a blood orange! I am a big fan of blood oranges now!
Continue reading “Blood oranges (not Grapefruits)”Praying Mantis – a good luck charm
When you have a garden, you get used to seeing a variety of insects. Sometimes seeing specific birds and insects seem to convey a specific meaning across cultures. Found it interesting to see a praying mantis and started learning more about it. Sharing what I realized in the process!
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How many of these flowers can you name? Test yourself!
Continue reading “Quiz 30 – Beautiful flowers”Every Gardener needs to know these this year
If you are gardening this season, you need to be aware of these three issues to save your harvest and health.
Continue reading “Every Gardener needs to know these this year”Growing Microgreens – simple and healthy
This seems to be easily doable at home requiring very less space and extremely healthy! While it can be constant source of inspiration, lively hobby, it can also add on as a source of income..!
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This is the season where gardeners are used to seeing anthills and many varieties of ants moving around. Interestingly, some have gotten rid of their anthills by making them into collectible art valued at over $3600 per piece!
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Gardening
Gardening is a very relaxing hobby! Especially to those who work in very stressful jobs, it can help calm down our minds to a great extent! Sharing some pictures from my garden on Earth Day!
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