For everyone dad is their hero but for me my mom is my hero. She raised us singlehandedly and used to do everything herself. I don’t remember if she took anyone’s help. She was a working women and she wore many hats. The one she was passionate in doing is gardening.
I remember like it happened yesterday my mom as soon she parked her two wheeler she used to give us her hand bag and gets into caring her plants. At least one hour is spent, then she used to come inside the house.
There were tomatoes,chillies,ginger,many varieties of roses, Guava,coconut,curry leaves,Jasmine few varieties,hibiscus few varieties and annuals. After she sold our house as she wants to downsize, age was catching up and she shifted to an apartment. There too in pots she had annual flowers,roses and curry leaves. Not even once she missed watering her plants.
I grew up seeing her love towards the plants and also she used vegetable scraps as a fertilizer for the plants.
The egg shells were crushed in the rose plants. She was found of Water re-cycling,Water used to wash rice/pulses we’re stored for a day and was poured in the garden. only the water which she thought is not good for plants goes into the drain and rest was poured into the garden,like the water used to clean vegetable,water used to boil egg/potatoes were too poured in the garden.
I always dreamt of doing the same. After coming to Canada my dream came true. I have been growing my own food since last few years. Since last year I am doing my own compost. Nothing in my kitchen is wasted. All kitchen scraps goes into the compost bin and all kitchen recycled water goes into my garden. But during winter I cannot pour water outside so I water my indoor plants. My house inside during winter in a mini jungle (forest). Most of the plants in pots are indoors during the winter. I may sound crazy I talk to my plants. It’s always one way communication.
This year I started doing vermicompost, thanks to the wonderful gardeners I follow on insta and YouTube.
The compost I made last year I used it this year and the results show. My plants are happy and healthy.
I am hoping for good yield as last year. I love to share my veggies to friends and neighbours and if anything is left I drop them at food banks.
Since we have a very short warmer months, I try to plant veggies which I can harvest in 90 to 100 days. Planting starts in May and I have to harvest by September.
In my next post I will share few pictures of my vegetable garden. 🪴
Happy gardening 🪴🪴🪴🪴
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