It is a delight like no other to grow your own food.(SOWINGS) It is actually farm to table and you cultivate what you want to eat, which greatly impacts the demand of vegetables and avoids any wastage of food. As in one of my articles I told you about veggies wholesale markets or Mandis where a lot of food gets wasted on the daily basis. (Pyrolysis one. Do give it a read)
The food that one grows with their own hands is fostered in a sense of contentment and respect. It’s a sustainability culture which has to be developed to benefit our children as well as to improve the planet generally. Growing food in our homes is a very smart method of using precious property and reducing the carbon footprint of the delivery of foodstuffs.
In autumn we are busy cleaning up the summer spent crops and yet, despite this late season, certain veggies can still sprout. It might be chilly, yet in the old season, life is still there!
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Planting seeds in the fall can help you get a head start on your annual show. You will not only save money on plants, but fall-seeded plants will blossom earlier than spring-seeded plants.
The planting of summer floral plants in fall may look such a long way away, but a stunning early exhibition will repay its prior preparation. In fall, many annuals may be seeded and will be successful in winter. You will have a lot earlier blossoming show in Autumn, not in Spring The advantage of seeding.
Always arrange according to the schedule when a seasonal garden begins in summer or winter. First list your plants and read them up as soon as they need to blossom or bear fruit. Confident Source Seeds
Here’s a list of veggies to help you with searching so that you can make a well informed choice to reap fruitful results
| Vegetables | Growing Months | Harvest time (days) |
| Beetroot | August – December | 80 – 90 |
| Cabbage | September – January | 95 – 100 |
| Capsicum | October – January | 95 – 100 |
| Carrot | August – March | 75 – 80 |
| Onions | All seasons | 150 – 160 |
| Peas | September – January | 55 – 60 |
| Radish | September – January | 45 – 50 |
| Spinach | All seasons | 35 – 40 |
Radish
For early fall planting, radish is a solid choice. Squeeze one of the exquisite elongated winter types or Asian radishes like daikon, mooli radish, watermelon radish and chunky ‘Spanish Black’ into the last seeding of traditional Summer Radishes.
Seed in rows wherever space permits then to leave around 2 cm from summer type to 6 cm from winter type. Alternatively, plant radishes to pots so that when colder weather approaches, they can easily be taken up and covered.
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Beetroot
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Now in every kitchen garden, beetroot is a guaranteed favourite. The beetroot thrives in moist, well-fertilled circumstances and attracts not too many pests. Easy to grow (even if you are a newcomer). It is best planted in the soil, but you can also cultivate beetroot in pots, so that it is suitable for a large number of gardeners and gardens around the country.
Most varieties of soil and circumstances accept beetroot. However, it does not damage to customise the place for your beetroot crop that has a light to medium, or a slightly alkaline or neutral, soil optimum, with a good drainage if your garden or polytunnel plots are now empty.
- Make sure that your soil is wet and before sowing with organic materials and a general fertiliser.
Capsicum
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Capsicum does have several varieties with various delicious hues such as red, yellow, green, purple and even black, despite its being a single species! Capsicum has also found application in medications due to its good health advantages, in addition to its use as spices and vegetables.
- For cultivation of capsicum, either its seeds are either sown directly on the ground or cultivated indoors before seedlings are transplanted outside. Before transplantation, fill the soil with compost, manure, compost tea or panchagavya
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Carrot
Carrots pair nicely with most plants, notably chives, garlic, rosemary, and sage. Grow Spring Onion White Lisbon next to carrots to prevent Carrot Fly.
However, members of the Umbelliferae family should not be planted near carrots since they cross pollinate, which is crucial if you want to conserve your own seed.
Only the best, undamaged roots should be stored; remove the leaves and place the roots between layers of sand in a sturdy box, making sure the roots do not contact. Store the carrots somewhere cool and dry, and inspect them regularly to remove any unusual rotting roots before they infect their neighbours. Carrot tops can be eaten raw or cooked in a number of meals, including beverages and salads.
Spinach
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Spinach is one of the most delicious and delicate of all leafy greens, yet it is noticeably lacking from many gardens. What’s the reason? Growers who planted spinach in April and received just a tiny crop of undersized, dry leaves before the slender centre flower stalk developed, suggesting the plant was ready to bolt or run to seed, were likely frustrated.
Spinach is a cool-season vegetable that was traditionally farmed in the fall and winter.
Shorter days and lower temperatures encourage spinach to thrive and blossom into the ricfh greenery that it is.
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Many veggies, it is claimed, grow better in chilly temperatures. However, as the temps drop, they taste much better, tastier, and trust me when I say that. In the midst of the frigid weather, all you need is a warm blanket and some tasty meals. afterall What could be better than homegrown food!
Submitted by Rashmi Ahlawat
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