Jan 8, 2014

Hanging garden

Space is one of the most common constraints an urban gardener faces… Solutions are easy to prescribe but a tad difficult to implement. However, one of the simplest solutions is baskets.

While you can not completely do away with pots, hanging baskets do have their own pros:
  • Ease of display: They are better visible from outside a balcony
  • Doesn’t occupy the precious square foot of an apartment balcony
  • Lighter to lift and rearrange
  • Planting and replanting are easier: You just need to dig out few palm-fulls rather than a 16” pot.
  • Better suited to plants with smaller roots:

Few snapshots from my basket show for this winter:




And yours??

Chrysanthemums (Guldoudi) update

Remember our little chat regarding planting guldoudis....

As the guldoudis' season recedes in Delhi, here is a quick look on how my grownups looked around November/ December.

My wild picks from neighbourhood park resulted in two containers of soft pinks blooms: I love :D




Planting early meant I had a good show for at least two good months. Not bad, I say!!