First Kitchen Garden

Growing up, I remember my parents very involved in gardening. It never intrigued me, but Hey! !who does not like rich verdure?

Thence, I decided to plant some vegetables and fruits. By no means, I am an expert. As a matter of fact, probably my level of horticulture knowledge is same as my kids .But the Internet is remarkable now. After getting some basic information and devising our kitchen garden. We went to the home depot,bought tomatoes, green chili,strawberry,basil, plastic planter box liner*,organic potting mix and organic plant food.

We wanted to get our hands dirty,the moment we reached home. My elder one helped my husband in filling the pot with the potting mix halfway through. We carefully removed the plants from their plastic cover and placed them in the box. Then gently covered their roots with the mixture of potting mix and plant food**. More than my kids,I am hankering for tomatoes. Kids were delighted to plant their own individual pea plants.***

Altogether, it was a very gratifying experience because it was our first project as a family. It was a learning lesson for all of us- playing in the soil,planting,teaching kids about nature and how delicate it is.

Time has changed a lot since my childhood. As a parent, I am trying to do my best, for my children to appreciate and admire the nature and not to take it for granted.

* I am planning to make wooden planter boxes myself. So we settled for plastic planter box liner.

** The Home depot guy was Courteous enough to answer and explain our questions.

*** We got germinated peas from the local fair, the next day.