My rooftop garden came to my rescue during lockdown

An excerpt from The Hindu article ‘My rooftop garden came to my rescue during lockdown’ by Radhika Sundararaman dated May 24, 2020 

I started my rooftop garden exactly a year ago with almost no knowledge on what it takes to grow a vegetable plant at home. Today, I have evolved to a point where I can share my harvest with neighbours even during these times. It all started with my daughter, who was 2.5 years old, who loved lady’s finger. I started with vegetables like lady’s finger, brinjal, spinach (amaranthus and palak), curry leaves, tomato along with a few flowering plants. Over the last one year, I joined a few groups on Facebook that guided me on how to prepare manure organically as well.

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