Container Garden for World Environment Day:
In the current world that we are living in, there is so much distress for resources, so much pollution around the world, it is time that each one us takes responsibility for doing something good for the environment.
Whichever part of the world one is staying, one such simple idea would be to create a small garden be it a small area in your backyard, terrace, small balcony or area around the house. Container gardening is a idea that can have a collective impact on the world.
While your container garden has a profound impact to the environment in small or big way, every household counts, every balcony, every apartment and every garden counts.
Here are some good ideas for container garden:
Grow fresh vegetables that helps the environment and at the same time supports your family's health through fresh food.
Bush and Pole Beans for easy and bountiful harvest of beans.
Summer Squash
Tomatoes for variety cooking.
Fenugreek or methi for becoming free or control sugar/diabetes problems.
Spinach for good digestion and ultimately to good overall health.
Lettuce for summer salad needs that will keep you cool through hot summer days.
Flower Garden:
A beautiful, fragrant flower garden is desirable to you, your community and the environment.
Lilies for beautiful bloom
Geraniums
Jasmine or mogra for sweet fragrance, relaxation and Puja flowers.
Herb Garden:
Create a herb garden for your kitchen needs.
Herbs are easy to grow and can be easily grown indoors.
Parsley, thyme and oregano for flavorful vegetarian pasta, pizza and tasty Italian or other western cuisines.
Cilantro for flavor, health and garnishing tasty Indian vegetarian curries.
Spice Garden:
Spices are healthy and are heavily used in Indian cooking and used around the world for cooking that add flavor and aroma to food.
Red pepper,Cayenne pepper are some of the spices that can be used while Indian cooking and also some of other cooking like Thai which use spices like cayenne pepper heavily for their curries.
Cloves for tooth pain and to make good flavorful tea masala.
Thus this World Enviroment Day, if you already have your garden you can add more to it, otherwise gift a container garden gift to others and inspire them to contribute as well. Thus we can make this world a better place to live!!!
Special Tribute: Tribute to Indian army which apart from keeping India safe, does peace keeping missions around the world and on this special World Environment Day also planted thousands of trees around India.
