I Grew 90% of my Veggies on my Roof During Lockdown. Here’s How..

An excerpt from The Better India article ‘I Grew 90% of my Veggies on my Roof During Lockdown. Here’s How.’ by Gopi Kareliai dated Aug 20, 2020 

Every time she walks on to her terrace, Muthu Nagappan, a homemaker from Tiruchi, takes a deep breath and is transported to her childhood. It is the scent of wet mud and greenery that she experienced as a child, and 30 years later, she is in the middle of it again.

Her mornings begin with watering her lush green garden and plucking fresh vegetables like brinjal, okra or spinach, for lunch. She makes the second round in the evening to check the health of the plants and sprays homemade fertilizers.

While the garden has certainly fulfilled Muthu’s dream of growing her own produce, it has also turned out to be a major boon in the lockdown. Thanks to her efforts, the family is reaping the benefits of organic vegetables and does not have to rely on the market, as every two days, her garden gives quarter kilo of each vegetable.

“Our garden gives us 90 per cent of vegetables for the entire family. We rarely, if ever, step out to purchase vegetables. It also has a calming effect on all of us” Muthu tells The Better India.

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