Have Your Cake And Eat It Too, With Organic Terrace Gardening

Anyone with a green thumb knows the joy of growing and seeing the fruits of one’s labour blossom abundantly. In fact, in the last post, ProNature talked about some international celebrities who have their own organic garden! So how would you like it if you got to experience the same joy and at the same time, eat food prepared from pesticide-free homegrown healthy vegetables? All of it is possible now with the rise of Organic Terrace Gardening.

If your mind is already racing to see how much area it would require and whether you have the space to even cultivate such a garden, let us tell you that you can start with as little as one or two pots. Once you feel comfortable with growing your own veggies and realize how easy it is, you can always grow your garden as much as you want. The only limitation is your interest and your time.

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If you’re already into gardening and enjoy it, then this is just the next step for you and you will find it very easy. But even if you don’t have too much experience in gardening, workshops are regularly conducted to educate people about Organic Terrace Gardening, it’s ease and benefits. In fact, recently the National Seminar on Organic Terrace Gardening concluded in Bangalore and saw people from all over India come together to share their experience and learn more. For starters, Dr. BN Vishwanath’s book ‘A Handbook Of Organic Terrace Gardening’ is a good guide too.

To start with, you can try plants like mint, coriander etc which are primarily used for garnishing and flavouring. The additional advantage of this is that leafy vegetables grow faster and we’re sure that the feeling you’ll get on seeing the plants thrive and by using then in your kitchen will only encourage you to grow more plants. So you can start with leafy vegetables, chillies etc. and move on to other vegetables in due course of time.

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Maintaining such a garden also isn’t too difficult with it being possible to make strong organic anti-pest solutions right in your house, for example by combining Neem, tobacco, onion, garlic and chilli. If you’re using your terrace and not your backyard, only your roof needs to be free from seepages and leakages. And make sure that your plants get enough sunlight. That’s about it.

Once you start, you’ll realize how easy it is to grow your own vegetables that are free from any pesticides and packed with the pure goodness of nature. It will also make your home greener, adding a feel-good factor and also purifying the air around. Not to speak of the fact that you won’t have to run to the market everytime you run out of your favourite veggies but only run to your garden.

So the next time you cook, you can have your cake and eat it too by taking credit for not only the well-cooked recipe but also the well-grown, healthy, pesticide-free vegetables. Sounds like a win-win situation to us!