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Winter is one time of the year when you can expect your vegetable garden to really thrive, from my experience. This post is a handy guide on what to grow in your kitchen garden in winter. Vegetables, flowering plants, and most herbs grow best in pots /containers at home in winter in India. Also, make note of the tips on how to care for them. What you can grow in winter in your home garden There is very little that can go wrong. In summer, you face the risk of plants getting scorched or dried up if you forget to water them at least once a day. On the other hand, monsoon brings with it deadly tales of pests and creepy crawlies of all kinds. That’s why when it comes to gardening, I love winters. Vegetables are fresh in the market this time of the year, and the variety endless from carrots…

Tending to balcony garden has been long overdue. I lost some plants this summer to pests including my favorite orange hibiscus which has flowered maniacally over the past two years. Sometimes, the white sticky pest you see on these plants come from the neighboring infected ones or there could be something wrong with the soil itself. In this case, it came from the adjacent white hibiscus. It was a busy gardening day yesterday. Got half a dozen plants from the Jeevan Bhima Nagar nursery. If you haven’t been in a while, it’s a good time to drop by as the nursery is well stocked with flowering plants, edible herbs and vegetables. I picked a 7-layered scented jasmine, large red hybrid hibiscus, Ixora red, okra/ladies finger/bhindi, hilli, and tulsi. Repotted them myself so it was quite some task but loved every bit of it. Redecorating the balcony is in store over…

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6 Vegetables Perfect For Growing in Pots this Winter

Gardening: Plant some vegetables and flowering shrubs