We are more than one year old in Delhi now. Gardening was among many of the items on the list ‘struggle to adjust’. One of the reasons we chose this rental place was the huge terrace (double the size of the living space) and the potential to have a bustling veggie garden. It has been a bumpy road to say the least.
The weather was perplexing. How do you get any length of any season when you go suddenly from bitter cold to extreme heat? The warming up in March brought insects and infestations like I have never seen before. Aphids, white flies, and things unknown to me that burnt the plant to a stick in just one day. Then there were birds – mostly pigeons and peacocks that feasted on every young shoot in sight, leaving nothing to grow to even a foot of height.
I was cleaning old photos today and found many many photos of plants, infestations, and other garden related things, captured to share with my facebook and whatsapp groups. They have been a godsend. It was amazing to see how the terrace garden has grown to what it is now in spite of all this, from the first three pots left by previous tenant and some plants I got from Pune. And more importantly, the photos of veggies we ate in between since last June and now. Overall, a mixed bag.
The starters from Pune and initial plants bought in Delhi:
Some photos of produce, flowers, and seedlings. I need to take more as motivators to flip through when going gets tough 🙂
devayani tirthali 