Go organic this winter!!
After the scorching heat and the messy rains, winter comes as a sweet disguise. The weather is pleasant, the mood in the air is eclectic, and there is a feeling of being outdoors…
Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the oldest known diseases. An Egyptian manuscript mentions the phrase “the passing of too much urine” to describe the prevalence of the disease then, while in India, the great…
Herbs Continued
How are the tomatoes doing? Did you know cucumber is 95% water? So, how are the Cucumbers doing? What about Basil, Mint and Dill? Did you try their leaves yet or are they…
Herbs
Herbs have played an important part in the existence of Man for millennia’s. These are the foremost constituents of Ayurveda: translated as Science of Health, that is probably the oldest existing system of…
Useful Insects
Beneficial Insects As plants grow, it simultaneously creates a world of its own. With your care, other plants begin to emerge. Earthworms, ants, etc call the soil their homes. Butterflies add some colour…
Do-It-Yourself | Plants in Pet Bottles
To get started with growing your crop you don’t need to have hectares of farm land. You can use just about anything that can hold the medium where your crop will be sown….
Organic Pesticide – It’s time you made the switch
A gardener’s enemy are pests. They can destroy your entire garden by the time you finish reading this article! To see that you continue reading this fortnightly column, we’ve listed a few tips…
Lively Soil and Happy Plants!
Many a times you’ll notice that, especially, as a beginner that your plants have shrivelled and died or have become someone else’s food (pests). At such times you need to realize that such…
…And this is why you should go organic!
Farming practices traditionally were of the natural and organic kind, whether it were huge hectare’s of land or just a small little garden. It kept the entire ecosystem in balance. It maintained a…
Whitefly – How to get rid of them
A friend of mine has been facing severe issues from a well known plant pest known as ‘Whitefly’. She called sounding worried as Whiteflies are troubling her garden esp her Jasmines; This has…
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