If you love the green plants, and you miss the nature than you should definitely grow some plants. It doesn’t matter if you live on the countryside or in a little flat in a big city. You can feel the lack of beauty of nature everywhere. And if you feel it, you know what you should do! PREPARE YOURSELF and start Planting!
Story: I am coming from a little village in South Hungary and now I am living in the capital of Hungary, in Budapest. So there is a huge contrast in my environment. During my childhood we had a big seed-plot at home and lots of flowers and plants in our garden. Even inside our house my mother kept quite a few pretty flowers all the time. Especially during wintertime we had lots of plants inside. We took most of our flowers inside to save them from the frost. It was like a big green house. Amazing. As a child I felt like it’s a jungle. Sometimes I played hide-and-seek and imagined that I’m a lion in his personal jungle. So I guess, this is where my feelings come from. This is why my mood is just good whenever I am surrounded by flowers and plants.
If you decide to grow some plants you have two options:
- Sow seeds, this is the cheapest option but it also requires the most energy and patience.
- You can also buy seedling or plants. In this case you can save some work, and you start your tasks approximately two-three months later.
As a little visual example let’s check the progress with a small preview below:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of sowing seeds versus buying seedlings/plants?
+ Much more cheaper: from the price of one or two seedlings (1-2 usd) you can buy at least 2 dozens of seeds.
+ That’s why it is really exciting whether they will grow or not
+ It is amazing to see the transformation from a little seed becoming a huge green plant
+ You can order extraordinary seeds but if you buy seedlings most probably you will buy them on the local market from old people, who are not really aware of this opportunity. You can get much more information about the type of plants, and you can choose the best option for your needs.
– You should replant them quite a few times, so you have to clean up your flat more often.
– Tasks are starting earlier, in February
– Some seeds could not grow, they can be infected by soil as well
But it’s doesn’t matter which option you choose, both of them are really simple. If you can read this sentence you can be sure, that you can do it as well!
+ They produce oxygen from carbon dioxide
+ If you keep them on your balcony it might will bait the singer-birds to your place
+ You can enjoy your own produced fresh vegetable or fruits. And these do not contain any chemicals.
+ It is pure happiness to see something “growing up”
+ You will have a short daily task which gives you a reason to live and wake up every day. Just Think about the Little Prince and his rose.
+ Green color makes you relaxed
Extra tips:
Here are my personal tips to make your ‘own little garden’ successfully
- If you will grow your veggies in a planter and not in a garden, choose wisely. Do not grow big tomatoes rather choose cherry tomato.Although it will be smaller, but most probably you will be able to pick more tomatoes altogether from this type, and it will be also much more delicious
- Keep the seeds in water prior set. They will be really thankful to you! So they will germinate much more faster, but DO NOT keep them in water longer than 12-24 hours.
- Keep the soil humid, the seeds need it to germinate. but do not give them too much water. Most probably you will not grow water-lily. So they are not growing under water.
- Keep in solid warm. If it is not too hot, you can keep them during germination on your heater. We can cheat a bit, because e.g in February the sun is not shining too much, so it can’t do its job.
- If you buy the tomato or pepper seedlings set them deeply in the ground. Approximately 15-20 cms deeper than the root itself. Of course if you replant your own veggies this way, too.
- Give sticks for the plants. We give crutch for the injured and for weak persons to make his recovery faster. Help your veggies, too. And the sticks will show them the way they have to grow as well.
- Keep the pepper and tomato leafs dry. You can make them easily ‘sick’ if you do not care.
- One more time, the water. If you want big veggies, juice tomatoes than the ground never should be completely dried. You can protect the ground from drying out with mulch, and you can use bottles with tiny little holes keeping them humid. Especially if leave your flat for days, think about it.Thanks for reading,
Lets go and make a greener world
“WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTORS, WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN”
Suited Buddha 