Post date: Feb 10, 2020 11:31:31 AM
A recurring theme at the gardens I visit is this:
How can I grow Indian vegetables and flowers?
My answer to that question is: Grow local.
That answer is not an empty stricture or judgment. It is an earnest appeal.
When you grow a food garden, you sustain life. You feed not just yourself, but a large population of insects, birds, animals and life that thrives on that ecosystem.
The lawn that is nobody’s food, is a sad waste of time, money and effort. That battle is so tough to win, but I shall persist without sounding too activist about it. I digress.
My appeal to food gardeners is to consider the plight of the local insects, bees, butterflies, birds and animals that don’t understand your Indian jasmine, for example.
They are looking for food. For familiar habitats. Lost to urbanization. They are looking for native plants, flowers, bushes, berries and trees that nurture them.
By failing to grow what is local, we may have decimated several of these species.
When you choose to grow food, spare a thought for life. To know more, reach out to your local Audubon society to learn how to grow a native garden.
Pasting a link below that may help. Thank you for listening in. I sincerely hope you will spare this a thought.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/02/07/yard-sustainability-native-plants/