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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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)
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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!
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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!
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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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Planting & Nourishing calendar for your zone
For those who garden, growing seasonal vegetables and fruits and knowing what to grow when comes naturally! A novice tries to look for supporting information, tools and technology to get there! Sharing what I have learned during my gardening ventures..!
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Garden Gadgets & Apps
Gardening is a physically exhausting activity, especially if you mow your own lawn and also plan to grow veggies and fruits in your yard. Simple gadgets help us greatly! Sharing some of the gardening gadgets I found interesting and useful! And some I would want to try – just for the fun 🙂
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Lichens on trees in the yard
Seeing green patches on my trees, I checked with Home Depot if there was something wrong with the trees and if they were infected! I did not get a proper response. I was told to just mulch and wait for it to go away! No product, no solution to treat it, not even sure what was it. So, I let it be for a few years. Then, I found out it was Lichens growing on my trees 🙂 Now, my curiosity was triggered!
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Hydroponics and the future
Few years back I heard the term Hydroponics for the first time when there was an event at the local school showcasing the latest trends in gardening. Was an interesting concept! A year later, my mother sent me a video link to show how farming was done vertically. Amazing concept!
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Rooftop gardens
While researching about what can be done to revive bee population, came across very many cities and city-builders, architects considering the option of building rooftop gardens across bigger cities. Cities being now called as Big cities, will become global cities attracting twice to ten times the population from suburbs in the next ten years (Courtesy: Internation Management session at Wharton)
Pictures are google-searchable and I do not own them. However, they seem to be portraying a story.
Learning from Bees
Bees are a critical part of our eco system. Bees are pollinators that are vital to our food chain. Close to 1/3rd of our food will not be available without bees. So, does that mean humans will die if bees dont survive? Yes.
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Lovely concept for those who garden, even great when we can share what and how we do with our neighbors and friends and do it as a community. What started in Geneva is continuing to inspire many across the world 🙂
