Home gardening – A peace of mind
27th January 2021Few major points we can keep in mind while doing home gardening –
- Select the right place where you can get proper sunlight, space and water supply.
- Prepare the soil.
- Planting the proper seeds, the proper way.
- Add required water.
- Give your plants room to grow.
For me, growing veggies in my garden is fun and it gives me a total peace of mind. My plants are my friends these days. Its totally rewarding when you start growing your plants at home.
Few more plants that took up home gardening space are spinach, green peas, tomatoes, green chilly but my favourites are Mint and Tulsi.
Mint – Mint also called pudina is really very easy to plant at home. we love to have fresh pudina ke chutney. they are amazing.
Pudina is highly medicinal plant and also widely used in many ayurvedic formulation for stomach problems.
I mostly grow mint from mint cuttings. I take the cuttings which have roots with them and directly plant them in pot and after few days we can see many new plants grow from that cuttings.
People also plant Mint from seeds, but I prefer cuttings only. They quickly spread all around your pot.
Benefits of Mint leaves –
- Improves brain function.
- Mask bad breathe.
- Easy to add to your diet.
- Improves cold symptoms.
- Helps relieve indigestion.
- Helps weight loss.
- Good for skin health.
- Removes dandruff.
- Treats headache.
- Beats fatigue.
- Promotes hair growth.
Tulsi – Tulsi is a sacred plant, also called as Holy basil. In Hinduism, tulsi is worshipped as a goddess and every part of the tulsi plant is revered and considered sacred plant.
Hindu people plants tulsi plant in front of or near to their home. A person who waters and cares for Tulsi daily is believed to gain Moksha. Every part of tulsi plant is revered and considered sacred. This is the native plant of india and is very aromatic.
We grow Tulsi at our home with the help of seeds. I saw when the seeds grow at tulsi stems in my pot and water them appropriately.
Benefits :-
- It has anti bacterial property which helps to relieve cold.
- It helps to ease acidity.
- As an antioxidant it detoxifies the body.
- Consuming Tulsi water gives us a healthy body free of stress, anxiety and depression.
- Helps relieve congestion.
- Helps weight loss.
- Reduce body inflammation.
- Used for various medicinal properties.
- Boosts immune system.
- Helps in diabetes.
- Protects heart ailments.
- Leaves are good for kidneys.
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The best way to be close to nature and be relaxed is, the kitchen garden. The informative post sharing all the benefits of Mint and Tulsi inspires to have such space.
Me n my son have picked up gardening in lockdown. It’s fun but messy. It’s totally worth the experiences and learning about nature in the same time. We are not experts but memories of colors, air, freshness and all the vitamin c makes up for every thing.
Me n my son have picked up gardening in lockdown. It’s fun but messy. It’s totally worth the experiences and learning
These are two important herbs in our lives and part of my balcony garden too. I also grew mine from the cuttings.
Wow, what a joyous read!
I love gardening and truly believe in its goodness. Kind of helps me calm when there is a turmoil in the mind. I enjoyed reading this post and have to say that you have penned the benefits of having a mint and basil plants in the home garden very aptly. We have a wide range of veggies and herbs at home, from mint, tulsi, lemon, chillies, thyme, dill and mustard, etc.
Tulsi and Pudhina are medicinal plants and can be grown without mush of an effort. Thanks for listing detailed benefits, few of which I wasn’t aware.
Tulsi is an all in all beneficial plant, you list is a perfect reference. Mint leaves too I have tried and they sprout beautifully, I keep them handy, obviously a few of the FRESH ones are equivalent to a bunch of market bought ones, using fresh ones means using less but getting the same benefit.
I just love home gardening. It’s sure give me peace of mind. I usually put a pot of mint and aloe vera in my kitchen.
Mint and tulsi great source of antioxidants is part of kitchen from age old times and they becoming a part of our garden is simply a wonderful Idea.
Mint and Tulsi are very useful. You have collected good information about them and shared with us.
Gardening is not just a hobby but a passion for us. Especially after Shrav was born, we decided to give fresh greens on regular basis and that’s how we ventured into organic gardening from being a hobby flower grower.
Mint & Tulsi are must-haves for the home gardens. I am in the process of revamping my little garden and I must tell you what therapy it is to spend time with those little plants and mud.
I love your home gardening ideas. Mint is a brilliant addition to one’s garden. 🙂
Home gardening is very therapeutic and I have just started it. I am planting basil and tulsi. Your article helps in understanding it better.
My mother does home gardening. She will enjoy reading this .
Your series is indeed very informative. We always grow Tulsi in our home garden since it is a boon for someone like me who struggles with drug allergies. Mint is perhaps the easiest to grow. Give it regular water and it will flourish.
Love your topic..it is my favourite. I love my garden and I think its the best therapy for anybody to grow to watch and to eat the organic produce. What can be better than this?
Mint is my all-time favorite when it comes to home gardening. Just the smell itself is so refreshing. Last year I had a lot of Pudina and we enjoyed chutney from home grown pudina.. To me the best satisfaction is like sowing a seed and watch it grow into a plant
Mint is my all-time favorite when it comes to home gardening. Just the smell itself is so refreshing. Last year I had a lot of Pudina and we enjoyed chutney from home grown pudina.. To me the best satisfaction is like sowing a seed and watch it grow into a plant. It is like birth of a child. If you have space, keep some water underneath your plant. Birds will come to drink water. It is beautiful. One can also experiment with Japanese technique of making a bonsai or a vertical garden.
Gardening is so therapeutic. And growing stuff that you can use in cooking is such a rewarding thing. You feel such a sense of accomplishment when you harvest. I have grown mint, chilli, tomato, lemon, coriander and palak.
Wow loved the post. your post has reminded me my childhood time when my mom used to grow pudina in our home garden and we used to enjoy home made pudina chutney. thanks for sharing tips . I am feeling inspired to try gardening at our place.
Your passion for gardening is indeed an inspiring one. My love for gardening has bloomed more from last year. Even I use pudina every day of my garden only. Totally agree; Mint and Tulsi are the banks of beneficial attributes that everyone must have at least two to their home.
My mother loves gardening, if she were alive she would have loved to read this post. I am not a gardening person but these sound good…!
Gardening or spending time with nature is truly therapeutic. Tulsi nad Pudhina are medicinal plants and can be grown without mush of an effort. Thanks for listing detailed benefits, few of which I wasn’t aware.
Gardening is in fact a great hobby and is therapeutic. It helps calm one. I enjoyed reading your post.
Gardening is a great hobby. In this day and age when we live in cities with less and less space to engage in garderning, it is a great creative effort to create a good garden. To me the best satisfaction is like sowing a seed and watch it grow into a plant. It is like birth of a child. If you have space, keep some water underneath your plant. Birds will come to drink water. It is beautiful. One can also experiment with Japanese technique of making a bonsai or a vertical garden.
Agreed, i give water and food specially to birds daily. Yu are amazing.
Mint is my all-time favorite when it comes to home gardening. Just the smell itself is so refreshing. Last year I had a lot of Pudina and we enjoyed chutney from home grown pudina.
Mint is my all-time favorite when t comes to home gardening. Infant, last summer I had a lot of pudding and we enjoyed chutney from home grown pudina.