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Spring is the perfect season to set up an organic kitchen garden. Just think about it: you’ll not have to run to the market for fresh stock of fruits and vegetables, but get chemical-free produce right in your backyard. With the disturbing headlines about the artificial colours, medicines, pesticides, etc, used in vegetables, now is the time to grow vegetables on your own.
No matter if you have a huge garden or a balcony, there are some easy-to-grow vegetables that are perfect to be planted in the spring season. Read on to plan the seeds to sow and make your home garden an organic production house of fresh vegetables.
Tomato
Tomatoes are one of the most used vegetables in a typical Indian kitchen. From salads to all sorts of gravies, tomato is a vegetable that cannot be missed. If you’re looking for something to add to your kitchen garden this spring, tomatoes are the clear winners. Just ensure that you use well-drained and slightly acidic soil. Fertilise regularly, and you’ll get healthy and fresh tomatoes right in your home garden.
Carrots
Carrot, or gajar, is used to make a healthy glass of juice, a crunchy salad bowl, a dry sabzi, and even desserts like gajar ka halwa. To plant the highly versatile vegetable in your home garden this spring, you’ll need sandy soil, dig about half an inch and then sow the seeds. In just about 70-80 days, the carrots will be ready to harvest.
Radish
Mooli (radish) is a root vegetable that grows quickly and thrives in moist soil conditions, which is perfect for a typical Indian home garden. Thus, to add this nutritional vegetable to your salad or while making mooli paratha for breakfast, you can rely on your home garden’s fresh and pesticide-free produce.
Cucumber
If you love the crunchy vegetable as a part of your salad bowl or as a fresher in your beverages, why don’t you cucumber with the seeds in your kitchen garden? This spring season, you can directly sow cucumber seeds into the soil, and the vegetable will be ready to be harvested in about 2 to 3 months. To get a healthy plant, you’ll need to keep trellising it to keep the fruits off the ground and prevent disease.
Spinach
The green leafy vegetable spinach is another must-add to your kitchen garden. Not only can it be easily harvested in spring, but also the organically grown palak would be a great addition to your diet. You can simply choose a spot that gets direct sunlight and occasionally sprinkle natural pesticides like neem oil to prevent pests and diseases.
