Kaleidoscoopes

Friday, September 11, 2020

PANDEMIC FORAGING

We are the ignored...
We are the long forgotten
Dandelions, Chickweeds, Amaranthus & many more
Come find us & the treasured secrets of Life - we hold

We were brought across the oceans

Bound & tossed aboard the ships

in pouches & satchets

We held the aroma of motherland

close to our breast

We nurished the lonely hearts

of the early sea farer

We healed the aching wounds

of the foracious land-stakers

We were Food,Tea &Tincture

for the settlers as they called themselves

Now history of settlers & immigration long forgotten

Modern farming with no balance

No bulls to plow or graze or recycle, yet

Suburbans kill anything other than grass

Weeded out & thrown away

As intruders in the current scheme of civilized world

We still persist and thrive peacefully

Take root by the wayside or anywhere we could

For it is GOD's will...

That we the forgotten should not forget

How important we are

For the survival of Humanity

For the sake of Mother earth

We shall prevail with patience

Though blamed as the undesirable intruders

Weeds or immigrants!

-by VeerajaR

Sunday, August 30, 2020

During pandemic every bit of food item is precious. Especially, fresh green vegetables... Here is how I grew leaks from the cut out stump we normally throw out. All you need is patience, water & preferably kitchen window sill or Florescent light would be fine.

Note the roots & the growth above the cut end of stump, almost a foot after 1&1/2 weeks. You can use it to flavor your soup of if you prefer, you can plant it in a pot. it can provide you regular size leaves and even flower and bear seeds to expand your garden

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Cucumber Pest

Pest control the organic way.... Diligent checking of the leaf undersides & removal by hand (tissues) & applying Neem powder to affected leafs & pinched stalks. The bugs were carefully wrapped in tissues & flushed in toilet, Good Bye!