Gardening-Simplified

World Earth day a movement to bring awareness of going eco friendly and saving resources. Loss of mangroves, plant life, animal life and fishes dying in the sea , all due to emissions from commercially made good factories and by products, wastes from such units leading to an alarming reduction in Earths resources has brought the question to reduce carbon print. Do your bit to save Earth! World Earth day 22, April 2016 The movement began in 1970 as a day to celebrate the planet and encourage people to be more environment friendly. Recycle, reuse, Reduce, Upscale, Reinvent, hand made, all terms are now in focus. Reduce cutting down trees, choosing hand made products over commercially manufactured products and encouraging artist supporting their skill and families is taking center stage. People not only opt for hand made products , they are also unique one of a kind and then the satisfaction , emotional healing, of doing your bit for Mother Earth! Energy consumption has to be reduce...

 Mahabaleshwar is such an Awesum place, a beautiful hill station, much cooler temperatures, located in western Ghat ranges. high altitudes and a boon for strawberry lovers! the juicy strawberries high in Vitamin C are grown here as the climate suits its growth , there are so many,  oh so many strawberry plantations, and its such an treat for all the tongue licking  dishes, ice creams,smoothies and milk shakes. What more so many fruit products from squashes to jams and sweets made from freshly grown fruits. For any Garden Plant lover, an Obsession towards exotic blooms, this is a Haven! Panchgani is a more serene place with Plateau , one of a kind. Its a land of flowers, as the climate is so favourable for exotic blooms all year round that Spring and Summers are best here!at Mahabeleshwar.!Great Destination, Tourist Spot! layered red hibiscus plant  After winters we do have a few losses and Thanks a Lot to the Awesum ones who have given me so many majestic blooms...

Amaryllis exotic blooms and red Anthuriums! Hippeastrum ,A genus of about 90 species and over 600 hybrids , they are bulbous plants with tall long green leaves. The main attraction is the large sized blooms that come up on a single stalk. Each flower is six to seven inches wide, and every stalk has five blooms. Colors Anthurium, Periwinkle Aboli a corner  Kamini Whiite fragrant blooms Mogra Night Blooming Jasmine Hippeastrum Amaryllis flowers Close up of Hippeastrum Amaryllis flowers Curry leaves plant has flowered Unusual plant with tiny balls like growth and very small white flowers Hippeastrum papilio AGM , unusual  white flowers with deep red streaks. and touches of green. Hippeastrum Belinda -deep red flowers. Hippeastrum Star of Holland- red with white markings. Hipeastrum bestseller -cerise pink flowers Red Lion-strong red flowers. Welcome to the family! added some more colour to our garden and our lives! Searching for exotic ra...

Fire Cracker Aboli  Crossandra infundibuliformis Aboli plant fire cracker, added a new one, while we had the peach coloured plant loved this one, its a soothing mango colour! and I also love the blue ones, heavenly deep blue, they look Awesum , but did not find it, will keep looking for Blue colored Aboli flower plants. The Aboli plant is usually selected for their beautiful blooms and bush remains ever green if grown in proper sunlight. The flowers have three or five asymmetrical petals, and leaves are glossy green. Most loved by women as these form a beautiful hair decorations, gajra and garlands, along with fragrant jasmines and mogra flowers. Aboli plants are also loved for their magical crackling of seeds. Its an Awesum experience to hear and see the seeds crackle and burst. This is a beautiful way of nature for propagation of this Aboli as the seeds spread and then grow into new plants.With religious symbolism the plant also is considered auspicious and not many are ...

Cowdung cakes, cowdung upli, the search for good quality cowdung, as we know cowdung is the best food, great fertilizers ,  for our loved ones, and however much we keep adding ready mixes from plant nurseries there are no such miraculous results as we can see by adding cowdung to our garden plants. Always the search continued to get great quality cow dung, of course it is not possible to pick up the droppings of our majestic cows and buffaloes that go for a walk on our roads! well I actually had brought wet cowdung and dried that on my terrace, but not so well received by my husband and son, because it really takes time to dry and the smell is, well, you know , ! Then another time was large ant larvae in the bought  cowdung and the whole garden   was a mess as the large red ants took over my beautiful plant containers making the soil porous and was  heck trying time to clear them off washing and thorough bathing! and of course the red  ant bites! enquiring a lo...

 Bleeding hearts a very beautiful unique flowering vine that grows like wild with its rare flowers.  A vine it loves to cling to other plants growing surrounding it. What attracted me to this vine was the unique colored flowers. the bracts are white with tiny red flowers. I thought these were bougainvilleas or maybe they are a cross breed variety of this. Amazingly beautiful contrasting colors the flowers are really Awesum! Given little guidance in growing the vine looks pretty beautiful with its unique blooms , the bleeding hearts vine. Bleeding Hearts Vine  This time I tried to keep the newly bought plants from nurseries in the nursery packs itself,  plastic bags with holes,  as many times the new plants do not adjust well to repotting immediately in new large sized pots. As the plants did not show any change I cut off and saw that they were all full or roots. This is very important to repot the plants bought from nurseries as they may...