Get dirty this Season

For the ones who love gardens and flowers, there is no greater joy in getting downright dirty with mud around your fingers, plant the saplings and watch it grow!

Having your garden to tender can give you a wide range of benefits. Research shows it can lower your blood pressure, alleviate worry and insecurity and make you feel happily content.

So whether you want to dig up the soil or buy pots for your apartment, here are some wonders for the garden.

Roses

Beauty. Pure beauty.

Easily and widely available. A must for any garden. Easy to tend to. Available in various colours – white , yellow, red, pink, orange or multi-coloured. Choose your own rose, the one that suits your personality.

Dahlia

The attention grabber of your garden. If you live in a tropical country, this is the one for the winters. Blooms big and stays long. Enlivens your garden like no other. Various colours available in saplings and seeds.

Marigold

Not the gorgeous one after the roses and dahlias but definitely has its own style. Very easy to grow and requires almost zero effort. Comes in amazing shades of single and multi-colour. It wards off mosquitoes too- so definitely invaluable.

Aloe Vera

Here’s an herbaceous one without any flashy flowers. Aloe Vera juice is amazing for skin care. A very handy plant for those interested in nature healing and care. This is also a quite non- hassle plant which stays in your garden for many years.

The holy Basil (Tulsi)

A wonderful plant grown mainly in the Indian subcontinent. It acts amazingly against cough & cold. Makes the body strong and immune to germs if taken regularly. It is considered holy and a must-grow in many Indian homes.

And Tomatoes!

Go organic. Grow your own veggies. Stay healthy. It’s easy to grow tomatoes. Just throw over some tomato seeds and water regularly. Use your kitchen leftovers for manure like boiled tea leaves. Within a few months, you will see your own green tomatoes appearing. Marvel as they take on the red hue. Home grown veggies are not only good for health but also taste more delicious.

So go ahead and get your hands dirty in the holy mud.



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