MISTER LINCOLN ROSE

This daughter "Mister Lincoln Rose" bush blossomed for the first time. She is almost two years old. She was propagated from a 4 inch cutting from her mother who live in our previous house in Kansas. Her friend "Peace Rose" did not survive.

GARDEN 2017

Got two rounds of bountiful yield of Mochaikottai (kind of Indian field beans). Thanks to Dr. TRK for providing the seeds.

TULASI 2016

Hope they survive this winter...

CURRY LEAF PLANT 2015

Two varieties of curry leaf plants (moms) with their offsprings (daughters).

MARIGOLD 2013

PEACE ROSE 2013

Peace rose has become my favorite rose. When they bloom, this variety gives yellow petals with pink margin. A day or two after blooming, the pink color shows up predominantly

GARDEN 2013

What a fun to grow vegetables from seeds. Apart from fun, our two year old understood what life and death is!

GARDEN 2012

This year, we successfully grew the flowering plants from seeds...alyssum and begonia. Red bell pepper, cayenne hot pepper, eggplant, roma tomato, cherry tomato plants gave a high yield. Herbs basil, cilantro and mint came out well too. Overall, this year was fruitful.

GARDEN 2011

This summer my parents were here. My dad grew okra plants from seeds, there was a good amount of yield. We planted Petunia in our hanging baskets. Below is a picture showing reflections of the hanging baskets on our window. By the way, this year, the roses were even more bigger than the last year, not to mention no fertilizers were used.

GARDEN 2010

In spite of having a huge yard in our new house, I was not able to do much of gardening this year because of my health conditions. However, I chose few plants – Mister Lincoln Rose, Peace Rose, Wintergreen Boxwood and Crimson Pygmy Barberry to start with. We bought them and Mahesh with the help of my chithappa/uncle (an expert at gardening) planted them in our front yard. The plants are doing well, see below for pictures of rose plants. The red rose gives heavy damask scent whereas the yellow rose with pink edges gives mild fruity scent. We have got some indoor plants too...pothos/money plant, bamboo, couple of Dracaena family plants and a white orchid. Hope to do a better job next year.

BIG BOYS

This year, we planted the "big boy organic tomato" plant. Although it has to be grown on direct sun, we grew her indoor. However, we kept her out for few hours every day. She gave rise to several young flower buds. I was so excited but the excitement did not last for long. The flower buds turned into immature flowers. Finally, she got two matured flowers. I was excited again! Soon, the flowers gave rise to pea-sized green fruits. They rapidly grew bigger but did not ripe for a while. It is so sad that, at this stage, we left her alone and went to India. My thoughts were upon her. It looks she had accumulated enough ethylene while we were in our vacation. Yes! we came back and found her with her two bright big boys!

GARDEN 2003

This was my first independent garden. The plants were in the balcony during sunny days and were indoor during chilly days. This was in the apartment where I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Missed my Tulasi plant. Had to leave her behind when I left to Germany.