UKHCA 2022 - Annual Brochure

Sharodiya Durga Puja 2022
শারদীয়া দুর্গোৎসব ১৪২৯
My Heaven on Earth, my garden (Bhagya Reddy)
I was born and brought up in a city in India. Since childhood I never knew how to grow a single plant
till about 3 years ago. Now I can happily say, I am sort of a pro
or an expert . Here are a few tips and tricks I would like to share
with you from my experiences. Gardening not only gives pleasure
of seeing things grow and giving fruitful results, but it also takes
away mental stress. It’s my heaven on earth where I get to relax
with a cup of coffee too.Dinner plate dahlia is my favourite flower
so let me start with that, it is almost bigger than my face. All
you need is dinner plate dahlia tubers to buy around April/May
and plant them either in pots or in the soil directly. It
grows faster in the soil and has bigger-sized flower blooms.
Year 1: My garden picture on the left for your reference - Here is the
picture from my first year where I tried sunflowers, petunias (without
knowing they are perennials ) so I ended up in my second year , planting
all the plants and flowers again. Pro-tip: Check if the flowers/plants
are annuals or perennials and how much shade is
required.
Year 2: Lockdown started hence I got time and started
thinking and doing more for the garden, hence the painting of the fence - it gives
a massive transformed look to the garden as well as the plants. I was imagining
clouds and forest so here is the result, picture (on the right) for reference.
Here in the picture you can see lots of blooms and as well vegetables
and fruit trees. (Cherry, apple, plum --- these might take 3 years to
fruit) Strawberry and raspberry is easy to grow and they come back
every year too, an easy and reliable option if you like
these fruits.
Growing tomatoes is really easy: Take the seed from
your home grown tomato and press it in tissue. Place
that in the small pot and let it germinate. Once 5 - 6
leaves have grown, change to a bigger pot or plant in your garden.
Pro tip: Watch for any black ants or other insects and take necessary
precautions as required.
Here is the full pic of my garden where I have more than 20 varieties
of flowers and 8 fruits as well as some leafy vegetables which
grow back every year.
Beetroot was grown from the end part of beetroot bought from store:
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