We had a major hiccup in our gardening prospects this year. We renovated our property and painted the house in Summer but in the process lost many of the container plants and few others in the ground garden. Our garden is an organic one and we have absolutely not used any chemicals in the past three years. We guess the odour from the new paint did not go well with the plants and also suspect the workers did throw some of the washed paint water nearby the plants,we know not for sure but there were a lot of casualty this year.
We had around 15-20 rose plants but only around four survived,that too, only after many valiant efforts. For the past few months we have been picking out the dried plants and trying to nourish the soil again and re-start everything. We have bought new rose plants,around ten I guess and they are slowly settling in. We lost all our mint (both in the ground and the containers) and just recently I have planted a few stalks in a grow bag.
We had around 15-20 rose plants but only around four survived,that too, only after many valiant efforts. For the past few months we have been picking out the dried plants and trying to nourish the soil again and re-start everything. We have bought new rose plants,around ten I guess and they are slowly settling in. We lost all our mint (both in the ground and the containers) and just recently I have planted a few stalks in a grow bag.
October is a good month to start growing methi/fenugreek and we just harvested our first batch. We had plenty of methi in just one harvest actually.
The lone chilli plant that survived is giving few chillies then and now.
The flat runner beans are only now coming up.We normally do it on Aadi amavasai day that comes in late July/early August but the seeds that we sowed on that day were all lost in our renovation activities. These three plants are the result of our fifth attempt to grow them and fingers crossed they start flowering by Jan at the least.
The rose plants that were newly planted are thriving thanks to the recent bout of rains.The jasmines are still blooming even though the summer is long over.
The part of the ground garden where we grow our snakeguard plants are ruined given the fact not one of twenty seeds that were planted over there in these three months took life. My very last attempt did work and now there is a tiny single lone sapling of snakeguard climbing up and we have procured a marigold plant to help in curing the soil off the paint chemicals. It is like almost starting over all again but we are enjoying the process nevertheless.
The rose plants that were newly planted are thriving thanks to the recent bout of rains.The jasmines are still blooming even though the summer is long over.
The part of the ground garden where we grow our snakeguard plants are ruined given the fact not one of twenty seeds that were planted over there in these three months took life. My very last attempt did work and now there is a tiny single lone sapling of snakeguard climbing up and we have procured a marigold plant to help in curing the soil off the paint chemicals. It is like almost starting over all again but we are enjoying the process nevertheless.
