Comments on: Garden Log, June 2010

By: Sai Geetha

Sai Geetha — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:14:35 +0000

Hi Indira garu,

I love ur website. Your interest and effort in growing these plants has helped me also get some interest now. The way u show meticulously the various steps to cook. U wer one of my inspirations to learn and love to cook. Thanks a lot for the encouragement u give people like me who r new to the world of cooking.

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:24:28 +0000

Hi,

I had a bountiful year barring a couple of problems

My valor beans were very prolific, but they taste very leathery and after 45 mins of boiling are not soft. This happnes no matter what size I harvest it.

is there ANY American squash that comes close to Dosakaya in its taste?- I really like it but my Dosakai come in very small

Your site is wonderful, please keep up the good work

By: anil janamanchi

anil janamanchi — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:17:19 +0000

Indira gaaru,
Got a small question on gardening.
I have this huge wildly spread chikkudu teega but no
‘kaayalu ‘. Can you help?
Can we cook something with the leaves they look so
fresh and nice.
same question about my Dosakai teega…plenty of blooms – no fruit.
dhanyavadam….you website is fantastic.
-Anil

Hello Anil gaaru, thanks for your previous note and good words about my website Mahanandi. I am a big fan of wonderful work you are all doing through Anjali center. It’s great to see your comments at Mahanandi.
About the chikkudu and dosakai – either it’s because the seeds are not of good quality. or when they are planted close together, with so many sucker plants close by, sometimes they go into repressive mode and do not produce flowers and fruit. Keep the dominant plant and remove the small and sucker plants nearby. Avoid overfeeding with nitrogen based fertilizers. Hope you find these tips helpful. Good luck with the harvest.
-Indira

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:27:27 +0000

We just harvested mesclun greens, cilantro, dill from our garden today! The radishes and beets are coming up and making us smile at their eagerness! Transplanted zucchini and the cukes today! Lot of tiny chards and spinach have come up. Tomato plants have some flowers.. Met a great gardener in the community garden!

And I finally understand why chinese farmers have umbrella hats! Tooooo hot to garden during the day!

That’s wonderful, Kay! I feel very happy for you. Wishing you bountiful harvest for this summer season.
About the umbrella hats, I know.:) I’ve been looking for the same one to buy for my head, but no luck so far.
-Indira

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:47:23 +0000

Hi Indra,
I am looking to start a raised-bed like yours but I have afew questions.

1. How did you keep grass from coming into the raised-bed? Did you use landscape fabric at the bottom of bed?

2. Where did you get soil for raised bed and if you mix them yourself what’s the ratio? They can be very costly if I have to buy them in bags.

3. Did you use cedar or pine?
4. What did you do to stop weeds from invading raised-bed?
5. In what size did you make these beds?

Thank you so much…..waiting for your response.

By: Resh;)

Resh;) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:22:21 +0000

Hi Indra, you’ve got green fingers & are creative in the kitchen. Something I aspire as well. I just started growing tomatoes, recently, but they ususally have blemishes or ripen before reaching a decent size. Any clues???

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:42:17 +0000

Indira,
I tried planting turai seeds fresh from the vegetable but the plants never grew and so I dried the seeds and then planted them, again no plants. I live in NJ. is there anything special i need to do? Turai is my fav veggie

By: Indira

Indira — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:35:35 +0000

Thanks all for your comments. Manju and Kay: You are always welcome to my home.:) Hi Rashmy: Austin weather suits veggie gardening. Here is the link to my planting details. Good luck with your garden. Sue: Most of the Indian veggie seeds are from friends, from India. Amaranth seeds, I got them from a local Chinese grocery shop called Wel-Farm.

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:28:29 +0000

Indira,
Where do you get all of your seeds for Indian veggies and greens…ie., turai, amaranth etc?

By: Rashmy

Rashmy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:04:25 +0000

Indira,
I started looking at your garden log and I am amazed.. Awesome effort and I am glad it is paying off so beautifully for you!
I live in Austin here and have lot of interest in gardening, but havent been successful though.. Would love to get some tips from you..Also if you’d care to mention when u started planting – Feb/Mar, that will be gr8.. Hats off to you for setting up an amazing garden..