As You Sow...So Shall You Reap...

I grew up watching my mother's nagging sessions with mali baba (gardener), telling him things like bougainvillea needs pruning or the honeysuckle is dying, papaya tree is growing too tall or the rose bushes need proper spacing or fertilizer. I used to have a Champa tree (Plumeria) too, back home. However she never said anything about that. I don't know why but I always thought Ammi brought that tree in her dowry lol. She was so attached to that Champa tree, always sitting by it having chai, making little garlands of champa flowers or reading something beside it. Years later I came to know that my Nanajan(grandfather) potted that plant for her and few days later he passed away.

 

Anyway I digress, there was a fuss about something, always and forever, with the poor mali baba who was literally vexed by Ammi. Reason was my mother's garden, which was very dear to her and still is. Since I started gardening on my own I now realized why Ammi was so protective about her garden/plants, you start loving them like they are your babies :)

 

After sowing cilantro seeds couple of weeks back, I made sure that everyday it's getting enough sun and water or needs fertilizer may be? Can't describe the excitement, was ecstatic when I used few sprigs of fresh coriander/cilantro from my garden in cooking :)

 

Now I can't wait for mint and purple coneflower to peep out of the soil and smile at me :)

Done