Gardening-Simplified

Feeling the loss...We lost Goldie, our pet budgie love bird on 14th August at 5.15 pm. The struggle... she  entered  my life on 22 January 2013 and taught me so many lessons in life, discipline, never  every  give up ..and of course dedication and self less love. Only I was allowed the  privilege  to stroke her  feathers  , she had bit my son when he tried this! Innocent Mischievous look playing hide and seek Goldie, my pet love bird ..my Golden Monk...love bird, passed away evening at 5.15...she was a survivor...she entered my life on 22 January 2013..was sick with tumour in her stomach.when we bought her.quiet type.....she lived a well disciplined life...was very clean and shiny, really Gold...she was bit by the blue bird and was about to lose one foot...but she survived...her leg healed...I had made special room space in the large cage for her...since May 2015 she was suffering from boil near eye, which was heal ed after two surgeries......

This is so so so Awesum, Thanks a  Ton Chitra for sharing this happiness with all of us!  these wonderful photographs of the Majestic Brahma Kamal flowers.What a great Video capture experiencing the moments with the bloom. It has been noted that there are many who pray, respect and wish for while the flower blooms, there is a belief that Brahma Himself appears in this form, a God of Creation, and only when he is pleased does the flower bloom. Thank you so much Chitra! Over to Chitra! Hello Rizwana, I am Chitra from Pune.....came across your blog while  searching for nurseries in Delhi where Brahmakamal plant can be  bought (for a friend)!  The Bud Flower Slowly opening Brahma Kamal Flower in Bloom Fully Bloomed Awesum Sight Flower Closed early Morning 4 Buds of the Nine Buds Due to bloom in a couple of days on Brahma Kamal Plant I have a Brahmakamal plant ...

Corn Maize pakoras recipe step by step Rainy season and hot pakoras go hand in hand, always in the chilly rains we love too eat fresh fried bhajiyas. No,  I usually prefer healthy food but these are too tempting to not eat in cloudy atmosphere, cold chilly rains! Onions and potato pakoras are traditionally famous but new healthy options can be  made with frying vegetable pakoras. Spinnach, methi, brinjals, lady fingers all can be fried with using batter mixture for fresh pakoras.  I have tried and they taste Awesum. Try different types, slices of gourds, brinjals, lady fingers slit, cucumber slices, bolied egg slices, and enjoy. Corn bhajiyas step by step recipe Batter prepared for pakoras 1) Step one choose corn, bhutta of soft seeds. dried seeds do not give tasty pakoras. 2) Sharp knife remove the seeds. use batter of besan. Fresh hot pakoras of corn, Maize pakoras at home 3) Add green chilies coriander, turmeric, salt to taste. 4) keep for some tim...

The Fluorescent Pink Chinese Rose bloom attracted this yellow beautiful butterfly Butterflies are still a symbol of happiness, freedom and luck. Right from childhood these angels in awesum colors have fascinated me. From so many colors, designs, patterns butterflies are really God's best gift of art. While I have captured and shared so many butterfly pics here, from the large sized moths to tiny small colorful ones they search for Sunflowers in Full Bloom Caterpillar Huge one Finger Size nectar and sit on the colorful and most loved blooms where they get most of the sweetness. Yes was a bit shocked and screamed with this huge one that cam as a symbolic message from the universe, expecting major changes in my life and warning to beware and awesum good luck. Camouflaged among the background bamboo plants exactly same colors shading Then there was this wonderful large sized one that looked exactly like the Bamboo plants it flew over, maybe it was about to lay eggs...

Cordylines Cordylines, most beautiful elongated leaves in vibrant shades of red are the most commonest and most loved as they have an awesum color that breaks the design of green in your landscaped garden greens and provides great view.  Cordylines come in many colors and shaded leaves. C Australis, most commonly grown every where, is the hardiest. Central growth in circular fashion growing tall like a purple tower. Red , creams, purple, burgundy, black striped leaves look really Awesum. Cordylines is a genus with about 15 species of monocotyledonous plants family Asparagaceae, sub family Lomadroideae. The scientific name is Cordyline. The name Cordyline comes from a Greek word Kordyle means "club" referring to the club shaped base, underground stem or rhizomes. The plant is very easy to grow and each tall plant gives out small babies from sides that can grow along the mother plant or if planted in other pot give out a fresh new plant. I really like the shaped variet...

Aloe vera plants have been thrown away from so many homes with wide spread knowledge of feng shuii shar energy plants, and just feeling so sad for these fleshy succulents that do not require much care but yes they do have spiky thorny edges. So many people are just removing aloe plants from home gardens and windows that Feng shuii Masters quote, this has thorns and it affects life, relationships and creates hurdles in life. Practicing feng shuii since past more than two decades and having read immensely on this subject sharing my knowledge.  Is it Ok to plant Aloe Vera in Garden in Feng Shui? In feng shui we always encourage to plant lovely colorful blooming plants or ornamental plants with showy leaves. I do agree that they produce shar energy, poison arrows and I too have experienced this when you move past this, a scratch or skin abrasion, always. But this beautiful Aloe vera plant has so many benefits and itself is unique. It also gives immensely beautiful blooms, a stalk, li...

Awnings are a basic necessity now especially with the heavy down pours and welcoming monsoons! Not only does the  water come inside our home but it also is dangerous as the floor of the garden becomes slippery with continuous flowing water. While I  so love my little space  under the sun and so do my plants for this time of the year a partial awning is absolute necessity.  So while we call an installation personnel he is so shocked by the strong winds and heavy down pour in high rises ,  above floors. While we focus on design and colors of attractive awning materials, cost,  the practical reality is something else, and costly awning  is not always good, So just  wanted to share what we learned! How to Choose Awning and Awning materials for home and garden- 1) Awning  Materials has to be thick and water p...