Articles by Vinita

Typically, urban children today are given little or no opportunity for physical contact with nature. They spend less time in and with nature – so how can they build a relationship with it?

Companion planting is a core element of organic gardening. This has proven to have improved the yield of surrounding plants and even improve the flavour of neighbouring plants.

Your little garden is not just for your plants. It supports a lot of animal life too. Do you see butterflies and squirrels in your garden?

Powdery mildews and mealy bugs are the biggest problems faced by gardeners. Here are some non-chemical, DIY solutions to keep them away.

It is important we keenly observe the type of insect and the nature of ‘attack’ before shifting to panic mode and seeking out a solution to exterminate the organism completely.

We normally discard the cauliflower leaves and beetroot leaves. But they are packed with nutrition and taste great too.

Contrary to popular belief not all weeds are unwanted, useless and harmful. There are some weeds that extremely useful for the gardening enthusiasts.

Seeds are critical to organic urban farming. Seed saving requires time, effort and attention but there is satisfaction of having saved seeds from your own garden for your own use!

Ganesha Chaturthi is just round the corner and instead of scouring the city or the internet for eco-friendly clay Ganeshas (there’s no way you could possibly be thinking of using any other type), read through

There is something about the notion of composting that really excites me. Just think of it – with just a simple change of container (a composter/compost pit instead of dustbin), there’s a whole new world

Here I was merrily plucking tomatoes from my garden as and when i needed them in the kitchen, till S – our domestic help – told me that she had just bought it for 40

In my search to find a method to recycle grey water from the washing machine, I chanced upon an exciting alternative to detergents: Soap Nut (Sapindus Mukorossi, locally called  Ritha or soap kai). Of course,