Love and care for the plants

Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.

Plant care and watching them grow is the little thing which brings joy in my life. It is my daily routine that I spend time in my terrace garden with plants. Actually plants respond to your love and care. When I touch them with love and care the leaves glow and respond by making little movement.

It is really satisfying when you plant a seed or sapling and watch them grow big. For sure they need their food in the form of fertiliser, water and sunshine coupled with our love & care.

I have developed a beautiful terrace garden in my apartment. See the pics below

All the plants are grown from either seeds or saplings. This is my private terrace and I spend daily one hour taking care of the plants. Most important thing is removing weeds from the pots. This is essentially needed for healthy growth of the plants. This is my best stress buster.

I have another garden at the building common terrace where I grow vegetables for my own consumption. I grow Brinjal, Beans, Spinach and chilli there.

It’s not so easy to develop a beautiful garden. You need some homework while selecting the plants. Certain plants need direct sunlight and few plants need indirect sunlight. Indoor plants need shaded areas. Even for watering the plants you have to follow the need of the plant. Few may need daily watering and others may need weekly watering. At the same time every plant has different needs of nutrients. According to their needs we have to feed them.

I use all organic fertilisers and pesticides. I use worms compost or cow dung compost as a fertiliser. I use shampoo water and neem oil for Mealybugs. This is typical type of insect, the plant will be infected with. This is so bad that it will kill the plant completely.

It is pure joy and happiness to care and nurture the plants .

Have a great Sunday ahead and keep smiling 😊