Truth to be told, Gardening was in my blood right from my childhood. I used to assist my father while he took care of the garden. I started by running around bringing him the correct tools from within the home. It slowly matured to learning the art of weeding. Then my father got more busy and watering the plants became my duty on weekdays just before I went for my playtime. By the end of high school days, i was capable of doing almost all the gardening stuff by myself but my dad stood there for supervision.
Plants actually speak to you and if you show them care they flourish and make you smile when they bloom. They become a part of you and you like their parents.
But then my focus changed to Board exams, then engineering entrance examinations and then 4 years of engineering. The day I got a job and I moved to bangalore, gardening was a calling and it was always in my TODO list. But work life and small 1 BHK apartments always left me longing. Finally I shifted to a bigger house in the suburbs, and I could finally have a start of my dream.
The ideas have been big and in the back of mind. I have a desire to have a cozy small beautiful garden. But instead of getting all ready plants, I thought it better to start from the grassroots. By grassroots I dont mean literally but as matter of fact, from seeds and small plants which can be pruned and shaped as per my wish.
In the process I expect to make faults, do something idiotic, but at the end I plan to learn the needs of each plant I grow and give the utmost care to them.
I figured out the information is very scattered over net and nothing typical for Indian tropical weather. Most sites do talk of american and european techniques. So in the process of finding struff myself, I have taken help from internet, the local gardeners in nurseries, some neighbors who share equal passion for gardens and some through my learnings helping my father in his garden.This blog is more of a diary and a reference for others like me.
Your suggestions and inputs are most invaluable and most welcome. Crossing my fingers and off I start. wish me best wishes and luck.
Plants actually speak to you and if you show them care they flourish and make you smile when they bloom. They become a part of you and you like their parents.
But then my focus changed to Board exams, then engineering entrance examinations and then 4 years of engineering. The day I got a job and I moved to bangalore, gardening was a calling and it was always in my TODO list. But work life and small 1 BHK apartments always left me longing. Finally I shifted to a bigger house in the suburbs, and I could finally have a start of my dream.
The ideas have been big and in the back of mind. I have a desire to have a cozy small beautiful garden. But instead of getting all ready plants, I thought it better to start from the grassroots. By grassroots I dont mean literally but as matter of fact, from seeds and small plants which can be pruned and shaped as per my wish.
In the process I expect to make faults, do something idiotic, but at the end I plan to learn the needs of each plant I grow and give the utmost care to them.
I figured out the information is very scattered over net and nothing typical for Indian tropical weather. Most sites do talk of american and european techniques. So in the process of finding struff myself, I have taken help from internet, the local gardeners in nurseries, some neighbors who share equal passion for gardens and some through my learnings helping my father in his garden.This blog is more of a diary and a reference for others like me.
Your suggestions and inputs are most invaluable and most welcome. Crossing my fingers and off I start. wish me best wishes and luck.
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