Container Gardening

I started growing chili peppers on my balcony by accident. A friend gave me a small nursery plant on a […]

I never planned to grow okra on my balcony. For years, I bought it from the market like everyone else—small, […]

I started with tomatoes. Everyone does. But after three seasons, I realized leafy greens were what I actually needed. Tomatoes […]

When I started container gardening on my Hyderabad balcony three years ago, I filled every pot with terracotta. It’s what […]

Three years ago, I bought a pepper plant thriving in the nursery’s greenhouse. The label said “full sun,” so I […]

My summer tomato plant looked healthy through July. Then in early August, the lower leaves started yellowing while new growth […]

I bought a healthy tomato seedling from the local nursery in late August, confident it would thrive on my balcony. […]

March arrives in Hyderabad and my container choices become urgent. Winter crops are finishing. Heat is approaching. I have a […]

Every winter season, I make the same decision around August: buy seedlings from a nursery or start seeds myself at […]

One basil plant produced so much foliage that I had more than I could harvest. Rather than letting excess growth […]