Hyderabad Organic Food Mela-2012 on 3-4th March

This is the notice I had received from one of our Garden enthusiasts.Anyone interested can attend.
“It is our pleasure to inform you that, CSA and Sahaja Aharam Consumers Coop wish to bring organic food producers and consumers together and create awareness about organic food to this extent we plan to organize ‘Hyderabad Organic Food Festival – 2012 on 3rd & 4th of March 2012 at IICT staff club premises , Tarnaka, Secunderabad.
‘Hyderabad Organic Food Festival – 2012’ aims at creating awareness about good, seasonal, nutritionally-dense food & drinks, Cloths, NTFP etc that has been produced in a sustainable and ethical way and bring consumers directly in contact with the producers. This two days event will have a rich display of diverse foods, grown organically, processed locally and packed in a healthy way by the farmers and farmers’ cooperatives.
The specialities on display including Brown Rice, Millet based foods, Vegetables, processed foods, Pickles and publications on good food, home & terrace gardening, handicrafts,NTFPs, etc.

you can also see and learn from the live demos on composting, home gardening, terrace gardening etc and get the required material”

Last time , I attended I had paid some subscription. I do not see such plan here. It looks like it is free.

Enjoy!

ATM Cave Adventure in Belize

ATM Cave Adventure in Belize.

Oh no not me, but Lower Dover- Belize.

A lovely blog, with pretty birds.

Enjoy.

Corpse flower?

I know , I am lucky this week. I keep getting such good links with good stuff, I simply have to share it with you all Garden lovers. Another rare flower I found in this wonderful blog.

Enjoy.

will they , won’t they? Cabbages.

I have gone slightly off the track for the last few posts. I have been surfing the net and found such interesting stuff, I had to share it with all you readers. Meanwhile, the garden is preparing itself for the on coming summer, and the heat in Hyderabad. Most of the tender plants on the upper terrace is getting wilted due to heat and this is not shivarathri and Holi, yet.

I am posting the few snapshots from my garden, and believe me, I do have a cabbage garden now. Almost all the seedlings have taken up to my containers and are flourishing, along with the early worms. To prove my point I have posted the photographs of all the cabbage plants. Right now garlic with a few drops of kerosene and soap solution is sprayed, to fight the pest.

A few other plants like broad beans, roses,snake gourd and unknown gourd is also in this gallery with a few flowers too.My red palak is also flowering and I am awaiting seed harvest.

I am keeping my fingers crossed for a good crop, but who knows. Will the Cabbages form or won’t they?

Carnival time

If you remember Farah Khan , you are not alone.
But this is for real,. Splendid photograph. I could not help blogging about it.
Have a look.

Flowers or tea cups?

I have never seen flowers like that. I do not know whether they are grown in Hyderabad or in India.

Have a look and let me know if anyone has them. At Ryan’s Garden.

Enjoy.

My first ever – Liebster Blog Award

Liebster means “dearest” in German. (Source)

I was nominated for this award by Asha Ram, who has a beautiful garden with lots of exotic flowers. The photographs that she posts on the blog are a pleasure to see and to wait for. You may find lovely colored flowers that are not normally grown by all . Asha also
chronicles her travels in this wonderful and informative travel blog called “Let’s go on a holiday Chill, take a koffee break.”

Asha, you can not guess, how much surprised and pleased I was to be considered for the award.Thanks you so much.

Accepting the award, I am choosing 5 of my favorite bloggers..

Jeanne Subramaniam – The patience with which Jeanne tries out plants in her apartments is something to take note of. Shade loving plants or sun loving vegetable plants in containers, her blog is about her trials and successes.

Ananthoo-Anathoo writes about our country and people who are making a difference by using green methods.An educative blog from a young person, who is the returned NRI.

Floriculture- It is a commercial venture no doubt, but the colors of the flowers and the methods of cultivating shared in Dr.Krathi Raj’s blog caught my attention. Where can one understand floriculture better?

Sujata – To smell the flowers along the way and to admire the colourful chrysanthemums, I love this blog from Delhi.

Uppal Life after retirement is considered with trepidation by many , but not for my blog friend Uppalji. She has varied interests , is positive, shares and spreads her energy through her blog.

here are the rules ( copied )

Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
Link back to the blogger who awarded you.
Pick (up to) 5 other blogs who fit within the award parameters (less than 200 followers). -I am not sure about this .
Inform them that you have chosen them by leaving a comment on their blog.
Copy and post the award on your blog .

Thank a lot to all my readers who have encouraged me with their comments and suggestions.