My home garden: grow your own food.

Well you all know how much I love organic and natural stuff. Hubby calls it my organic sh*t.

I'm taking my organic sh*t to another level by channelling my inner Jamie Oliver and growing my own food.

I started growing some vegetables from seeds in our home garden when I realised what a huge balcony we have with so much under-utilised space.

I started out with capsicum seeds and before I knew it, small flowers started blooming which subsequently blossomed into round, colourful bell-shaped peppers we call Capsicum.

 

 

First try at gardening in 2013:

 

 

These photos were taken sometime in 2013. Fast forward 2 years to 2015, I'm still growing my organic veggies :)

In fact, I recently noticed some eggplants blooming in our home garden.

Initially, the seedlings had aphid and mealy bugs infestation (white, fluffy pests that suck the sap of your plants until your entire crop dies).

I mixed my own concoction of natural pesticide using Young Living essential oils - Peppermint, Lemongrass, and Thieves in white oil (bought from nearby Nursery).

 

I sprayed on the plants and totally forgot about them until recently Hubby noticed little bulbs budding from their purple flowers.

My plants are healthy and thriving indeed.

Even the Capsicum are doing well.

 

Source: Pinterest

 

 

Home gardening is actually not as difficult as you think!

All you need are trench pots, good soil, and seeds!

My veggies are grown on organic soil and compost, and fertilised with organic earthworm castings, and Young Living essential oils to prevent pests.

No GMOs/ harmful pesticides and ambiguous substances.

I like to know what goes into my food because the same food go into my children's bodies :)

 What about you?

 

 

* I'm a Young Living distributor and my member ID is: 1841945.