What started with just 4-5 plants, has now bloomed into a garden with hundreds of plants that provides the family with organic food, pure air and a cool temperature even in the rising heat of Delhi.
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“I failed even in growing tomatoes which are the easiest. Once I tried growing potatoes but the plant ended up giving me chillies,” says Dr Shivani Kalra, who is now growing watermelons and various other vegetables in grow bags like a pro.
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“My mother, who was a gardener, inspired me to grow a mini forest using natural gardening methods like mulching, composting, soil-regeneration, seed-saving and companion planting."