First Spring

✨ Magic Potion ✨  Have you ever wondered why prickly plants grow magnificently in deserts? Why tulips sprout superbly during winters? Why Amazon rainforest is so dense and wealthy in verdure? Straightforward response to these inquiries is on the grounds that they live in their natural habitat. They feed naturally, they grow organically and they bloom to the fullest extracting all the essential nutrients and micronutrients from their root source. We, gardeners are fascinated by the process of growth and care of our plants.  We dig, extract and collect all relevant information related to the plant in concern. Later, we apply our learnings at our work station. It could be my small balcony, or other’s terrace garden, kitchen garden or huge parks. We artificially create environment which is best for their healthy growth. The next obvious concern is about the kind of food they require. It depends upon the gardener’s preferences. Some feed their plants with chemicals, others choose ...

  Being Benevolent Last week, I went to my mom’s place for few days. Though, I made satisfactory arrangements for my plants diet but still there were few gaps. During my three days absence, they were being watered only for a single day. On my return, I observed my plants, and realized that in a Dahlia pot, the leaves had turned yellow and they were drooping.   Another Dahlia pot was rich in foliage and its leaves were also drooping but they had not turned yellow. I thought for some quick remedies to fix the issue asap. Before talking about my quick remedies, I would like to share an analogy between kids and plants. My pediatric has prescribed several medicines for boosting my daughter’s overall growth. Most of the time I give her medicines at proper timing, maintaining a decent gap between medicines. But there are days when I stuff her with more than one medicine at the same time. And here all my efforts of being benevolent go haywire. Her system does not support two medic...

  First Spring Of course I have outlived several springs, but spring 2021 is special for me and that is what my title suggests. It is for the first time I have realized that my little balcony can look so colorful and vibrant with little blooms here and there. I had been observing and loving flowers since childhood, but for the first time I am relishing the joy of growing every single flower, in my balcony, on my own. I stay in New Delhi, takes care of my two years old daughter while exploring my new love for gardening. I am a beginner in motherhood as well as gardening, lol. I would surely mention this fact that one of my ex-colleagues inspired me to go on this journey. So I might be helpful for all those who are willing to learn explore and grow their own tiny green rooms, because I believe that we must learn from other’s experiences and mistakes. In this post I will be talking about my Petunias because they have surprised me and made me happy abundantly. I will be giving a...