Thursday, July 9, 2009
Gardening - Vegetable Addition
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Firstly I am a beginner. The garden space I have is 1'3" x 40' on the south side of my rented house. To make it worse the next house on south side is just 3 feet away and is a duplex house. But optimistically I could grow beans, palak (greens) so far very successfully. Motivated by the results blessed by mother nature I further venture out.
Firstly I tilled the soil and generously added cow manure 3 inches under the surface. Removed every piece of stone I could feel with my fingers (need to buy tools). The soil felt more clay and I wasnt prepared. Things to do next time - Add 2 bags of sand, generous amout of compost.
I sowed six tomatoe, six green chillie, nine ladies finger, three Dolichos bean, five cucumber and two bitter gourd. The idea is to grow vegetables close to the proportion of our consumption. Some of my friends grow things out of proportion and try sharing with others which is ok only when the receiver values it!
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When I removed palak, I had left 3 of them untouched. They have now grown fully and maybe in a months time yeild us seeds. Since my garden is 100% organic, I want to harvest those seeds if possible.
My concern is whether the creepers (Dolicosh Bean, Cucumber) will hinder sunlight to my other plants. They are going to be on tall poles and wires (due to space limitation). Bitter gourd wont be a problem as it is in the east end where I only have a weed garden. I will write about my 'weed garden' concept in a separate blog. On the east end of my so called garden my wife is encouraging me to put a chicken coup to get some home made eggs! Will post on that if at all I could do it
useful links
Dolicosh Beans - http://www.seedsofindia.com/Beans.htm
Remarkable benefits of Bitter Gourd - http://www.juicing-for-health.com/bitter-gourd-benefits.html
Happy Growing
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