Hi my loving Hivers,

How are you my dear friends? I believe you are doing well starting of the new week. But today holiday for us because full moon poyaday. Yesterday I was busy while riding and walking among the garden who is maintaining superbly by mother in law. Also this is my first post publish to the Hive Gardening community. Within last two months I couldn't posted any kind of gardening contents because I was focus to prepare different dishes since my home. I got full advantage via visit my mother in law's house in Sunday holiday. Today I want to share what about experience I got.

Mother in law cultivated over twently turmeric plants in her garden. I saw she made over 2kg turmeric powder located it the kitchen inside the bottles. Currently turmeic powder price is cheap than over two months in the market here. Turmeric is available in whole dried potato form or in powder form. It is also used as an ingredient in the preparation of curry mix. It is also used to dye fabrics and to make special dyes. Turmeric is a commonly used ingredient in Ayurvedic medicine. Turmeric is often used by Hindus as an antiseptic in everyday life and at religious ceremonies.

According to her, the annual rainfall for paddy cultivation is mm. 1500 or more is required and the ideal ambient temperature for good growth is between 20 - 35C. Soils with poor drainage, heavy gravel and clay soils are also not suitable for turmeric cultivation. Yellow crop prefers sunlight but is widely grown with little shade.

This time more ginger plants growing in the garden than when I visited before two months. Ginegr is very useful natural medicine to everyone. Many people like to drink a cup of hot tea with ginger when they are tired from their hard work. Ginger is in great demand in the country and many people are interested in cultivating it as a commercial crop. Ginger is cultivated as a single crop and as an intercrop. Mainly used as a curry seasoning. It is also used as a flavoring in the food industry as well as in the manufacture of beverages.

Over fifity chili plants available in my mother in low's home garden. Some chili pods came out from the plants. Mother in low planting most only for kitchen usage. Only few corps sell to the market agents. Chili is an essential ingredient in everyday cooking in our country. Therefore, there is a good demand locally for dried chillies as well as raw chillies. Chilies are one of the most lucrative crops in the world. There are two main reasons why farmers have been cultivating chillies for a long time. They are the ability to preserve the harvest without difficulty and the uniformly good price available. Chilies can be grown in all climatic zones of Sri Lanka.

Capcicum is another good corp for enhance the spicy flavor to our dishes. Capsicum has a moderately spicy taste. It is a crop that can be grown in wet and dry climates. It is also a crop that can be grown in pots in apartments as well as in a small backyard, just as our mother-in-law used to grow in polythene bags. Capsicum pods obtained after ripening are not suitable for successful cultivation.

There are only few small eggplants growing in the polythen packs. With adding water it gives very fresh looks. Eggplant is a popular vegetable in the local and foreign markets. The root system of this crop does not penetrate deeply and requires regular watering. The need for micronutrients is very low. Eggplant, due to the small size of the seeds, it is not advisable to plant the seeds directly in the field. Seedlings obtained from nurseries should be planted in the field.

Even today the cultivation of local potato varieties brings many benefits. Among these are the advantages of being a potato crop that can be grown on any small or large plot of land, using only organic fertilizers, yielding less labor and less impact of diseases and pests.

I previously mentioned mother in law cultivating plants most only for home usage. So few papaya fruits harvested not ripe yet. However papaya raw fruits are bigger one. Papaya is not an unfamiliar fruit to us. It can often be found even in our backyard. Or it is not difficult to grow a plant. Papaya helps to keep your skin healthy and radiant and heals wounds on the blood cell walls.

I found small lemon plant growing very slowly in the garden. Compost manure giving good supporting service to grow it. Lime is used as a flavoring and medicine. Lime is one of the indispensable ingredients in our local food and other ingredients that are used in conjunction with it. Lime is one of the most popular plants in the dry zone for home gardening. Almost every land in the dry zone is a good place for lime cultivation. Due to this, the cultivation of lime has become successful to the extent that we are able to produce the quantity required for local consumption.

• It has now been found that regular consumption of soursop can reduce the risk of cancer cells growing. Soursop is a fruit rich in vitamin C, which has the potential to boost the body's immune system. It can also be prepared as a soursop drink. You can easily prepare this drink at home.

Me and my daughter walked among the corp plants. Somewhere had wild plants. The wild plants growing faster than corps plants. It's situation of the mother nature.

My daughter usually prefer to stay very close to banana plants because she love to eat bananas as a dessert. She was little bit tired while climb the small hill. Som of banana plants growing there. Those banana plants growing automatically without extra maintaning.

I have found soursop matured fruit grew top of the tree. It was difficult to break climbed tree. It has now been found that regular consumption of soursop can reduce the risk of cancer cells growing. Soursop is a fruit rich in vitamin C, which has the potential to boost the body's immune system. It can also be prepared as a soursop drink. You can easily prepare this drink at home.

Big curry leaves tree available on the land and then I removed some of curry leaves from tree for carry my home. Curry leaves enhance the taste of the food and so many healthy benefits contained it.

                                    Bird's nest 

                             Lizard on a leave of pepper

These days very good season for pepper farmers because now the time for take harvest from it. In this land I found many pepper vines and wife climbed the small tree to break the spikes of the pepper. She enjoyed lot on the tree. I previously mentined about advantages of the pepper usage. It enhance the flavor of the local foods.

Manioc can be grown under any weather conditions. But manioc yields decrease when sunlight is low. Therefore the sunlight should fall on the manioc plant. manioc is also a plant that is pest free. Very nutritious as well as medicinal properties. Mayocca is high in calories and high in carbohydrates. As with all potatoes, manioc contains many micronutrients, including salts and vitamins.

In the other land I could see small tree estate maintained by nearest house owner with few workers. We could enjoyed walk and stay among the corps plants. I hope next time will more grow than this time.

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