My allotment garden is imagined because such a concept does not exist in urban India but its a concept worth implementing. read on to find out what I would grow in this allotment garden, what I'll be wearing and what I would snack on when I take a break from weeding and watering.
What would I grow in this little garden? Coriander/Cilantro, mint and fiery hot chillies. The requirements for my cooking on a daily basis. A couple of types of spinach, cucumber and tomatoes. Maybe I could squeeze in a banana tree or a drumstick tree. How about a papaya tree, one which produces those small sweet papayas which they call disco papayas.Haven't figured out how that name came about. A vine of betel leaf. I don't chew it but it has medicinal properties.
I'd like to have a bee hive too. Bee hives are probably not typical allotment garden fare but I've always wanted to give bee keeping a hand so a bee hive most certainly. You'll find me tending my plot in rubber slippers/flip flops, sunglasses, and an old t-shirt combined with cut offs or a salwar. For a snack I'd probably take a sandwich or chapatis with jam or cheese and water.
India Flint over at Not all those who wander are lost is hosting a blogging bee. Its the first one I'm participating in. If you'd like to join in, you can read more about the event which has a giveaway worked into it by clicking here.The images in this post are from a piece I created about seven years back of a little wild garden bursting with colour and texture. A teeny tiny tropical jungle in a forgotten hidden portion of this apartment complex where I've made my home.There's one such space right outside my bedrooom window where the wandering jew grows uncontrolled and a tropical jungle is in the making.
I hope your weekend is wild or tropical or both.
9 comments:
this might be old work, but it is exceptional! I hope you get your garden, I could not live with out mine! ciao!
Oh I am so glad you dropped by, I had you on my links list and when I lost them I didnt get around to finding you and now here you are. I love your stitches and I love your totally different garden to mine.
yes I hope I get a little garden soon,what is your garden like La Dolce Vita? I'm glad you liked my art piece of a secret tropical garden.
Thank you Penny.Its wonderful to connect this way.
OK, you have totally inspired me. I posted just today a book of some of the pages of Stitched Paper and really thought that doing these fancy stitches were out of the question but you have proved me wrong. I am going to have to stretch my self and try.
If you have any hint would you please visit my blog and add a comment.
Thank you.
I love your work
I am not sure if you could get to my blog
It is www.quiltarchitect.blogspot.com
Thank you for the ideas!!
I would like to write about your embroidery and put a picture with a link to your blog. Would you mind?
It would just be something short...and mostly to refer others to what you are doing here!!!
I was looking at the 'window' embroidery ...where you have a square cut our and then sewn back in smaller. I was wondering if you learned anything from doing this and have a suggestion on how to make all the sides the same???
This looks hard even just getting a space evenly around it.
Tell me more.
What a lovely piece. So full of light and life.
I wonder how different our worlds are? Its wild here alright...windy, wet, cold, dark.
beautiful :-)
So nice to know you and blog....Beautiful stitches...I hope to learn from you...
Namaste,
Gabriela ( Ganga)
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