Lockdown garden notes from a terrace and a balcony in Chennai

An excerpt from The Hindu article ‘Lockdown garden notes from a terrace and a balcony in Chennai’ by Prince Frederick dated Apr 26, 2020 

There are two takeways: One, lack of access to resources should never be a constraint; and two, a garden in every home can make things easier for conservancy workers.

First things first. Interest in vegetable gardening seems to be on the rise during lockdown. Here are two random examples pointing in this direction — Raghu Kumar of Organic Garden Foundation reports that calculating the first thirty days of the lockdown, point to a spurt in membership that is three times the average monthly increase. Prakash Rajasekharan of Inspiring Organic Terrace Gardens talks of a gallop in the numbers.

It may have to do with the desire for self-sufficiency, fuelled by the ongoing hardship in purchasing vegetables; and two, availability of time due to the lockdown as a factor encouraging fledgling home gardeners to pick up new skill.

But now, resources for beginner and fledgling gardeners won’t be readily available. Those with green thumbs, especially those engaged in regenerative farming, however say it is a problem that can be tackled, effortlessly and cost-effectively – we’ll get to that in a bit.

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