When plants say: Good Food Good Mood

The 21^st century is an era of plastic. We have plastic all around us. From food to our basic necessities everywhere the plastic is ruling us. Man is reaching heights of success, reaching the moon, the stars but at the cost of something that will all kill us one day. Recent studies say that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish. Organic food and nutritious diet will become a myth after a few generations.  The environment is degrading day by day. Our lifestyle and food habits to using essential commodities are all leading to more use of chemicals, pesticides, harmful substances, and plastics. 

Can we as individuals contribute something for the ailing environment? Can we minimize the use of plastic and adopt a few lifestyles that are environmentally friendly. This lockdown promise yourself that we shall be adopting a healthy way of living with minimum use of plastic. I adopted mine. This long period of being homebound I got to observe the vast difference between what we learn and what we actually practice. Societies are full of intellectual beings, but a very handful of them are actually following the principles of being educated. We all know about waste food management, organic fertilizers, say no to plastics, and lot more. But do we actually preach all that we read?  This article will once again throw light on a simple habit that I adopted eventually making it a lifestyle. The outcome was immense satisfaction and a sense of pride in my little effort.

Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are derived from animal matter, animal excreta, human excreta, or vegetable matter. I used the vegetables matter to give life to my plants. Each day we all use a lot of vegetables from onion, ginger, garlic, potato peels, tomato peels to cooked foods. Eggshells and tea leaves are magic in their own way. Most of the time, these wastes are just thrown away or keep it aside in some alienated areas.  So pick your own spade and start working. Just quickly go throw the essentials and create your own corner of Stay Green, Stay Healthy. 

•     Collect your vegetables, tea leaves, and eggshells daily.
•       Take a pot/ vast or any big container made of mud and add a drainer to it.
•        Make some holes at the bottom of the pot.
•        Put some pebbles over the holes.
•     Collect some dry leaves from your garden and crush them before placing over the pebbles.
•        Put your waste vegetables, tea leaves over the dry leaves.
•        Next, put some mud over the vegetables and throw eggshells above it.
•       Sprinkle some water over the eggshells and cover it to keep it aside for a few days in a shady place.

A day or two later, look at the drainer, you will see some thick brownish color liquid. Use this water to your plants and vegetables and see the growth in a week. The green leafy plants and vegetables that all of a sudden became so useful for us during this lockdown were always ignored. We water them, we nurture them, but maybe that wasn’t getting the perfect blend of vitamin and minerals.  This organic fertilizer created in a simple way replaces the chemical fertilizers giving room for better health. Your garden too will be healthy with good fruits and vegetables. 

      Thank you for reading.  Step out and give life to your plants and vegetables.