A round around the OTG

It started last year when we took a couple of pots upstairs to help the plants escape a bug infestation.The terrace slowly started gathering more containers over the year and now we have what can be called a 'organic terrace garden'. So I will give a quick tour of some of the plants growing in our OTG..

Our very first attempt at growing red onions...we did not plan to grow them at all but a chance finding of three sprouted bulbs from the grocery shopping bag led us to plant them. I just inserted them as a whole into the soil with just the tip protruding out and they took off to a great start. One such bulb which has separated into five individual plants is shown below.Methi is giving company to these gorgeous bulbs.

A little experiment with spring onions inspired from the internet. Growing spring onion in a bottle is a very popular idea rounding the internet and I had wanted to try it for sometime now. So around new year planted some small bulbs and this is what they have become. Pretty cool,uh!! That is mustard micro greens at the top end of the bottle.

Harvests for every single day.. a proud moment really.We are not there yet but I can safely say we are half way there to sustainability w.r.t our produce from the garden.Most of these produce are from our OTG.

Brinjals.. finally. It has been three years and every year, we would plant a few brinjal seeds, one or two would come up and grow to a big plant and most will end up without producing even a single brinjal. It was hard to look at all the dried flowers falling off and the plant  (and us!) finally giving up.I swore this would be our last year attempting to grow our favorite vegetable and sowed some seeds last Diwali. We had six good plants and they are in three containers. After careful observation, we corrected many mistakes from our previous tryouts and this time voila, we have brinjals at home..finally.

Roses..I will confidently declare that I have finally learnt the art of growing roses(touchwood). I think the rose bushes like the terrace very much,there are record number of blooms this winter, the buds decidedly big compared to last years and the plants look leaps healthier.

Finally a peak at our guava tree performance.It grows in the ground but peeps into the terrace :).Our tree prolifically produces fruits twice per year.This years first season is underway and we are having a jolly time picking them up while roaming in our OTG :o).
I have a few more to show but not now..will add in them towards the end of the month.