Naisargik Kitchen Garden, Uttarakhand

pumpkincollage2021-09-28

Experiment and experience of magical nature with seed dispersal.
Papaya, Mango and now Pumpkin climber.
Plant/trees naturally and spontaneously growing with only seed dispersal and least/no disturbing mother nature at work.
Seeds thrown of fruits/ vegetables brought from market for consumption.
No seeds bought for sowing.
Also, an example that crops can grow of ‘single growing season’ seeds using seeds of their harvest.
Nature and its magic at play. Ideal enviornment gives growth to mono purpose seeds.
Wild plants (inedible, usually discarded ones, name unknown) also growing in sync on which climber is taking support along with Papaya trees.
Flowers in climber help other plants also grow properly due to pollination. Bees, butterflies, birds at work in wild ecosystem.
Just natural garden -
- No pesticides
- No fertilizer
- No pruning
- No hybrid seeds from market

Further details and guiding points

Time duration: 3 years 9 months approximately

2018: Several seeds dispersed.
General statement by all that nothing would come up from seeds of fruits of hybrid seeds.
Next season several seeds turned into plants.
A jungle of papayas. Several plants were cut so only fee could grow and fruit. Spacing.
Next year small fruits which were mostly eaten by birds. Less crop, inferior quality.
2019: 2-3 papayas used for making halua.
2020: Size of fruit bigger. Used for making sambhar.
2021: Size of fruit bigger than previous years. Plucked late. Curry preparation. Still flowering in September. Plants bearing fruits. Coexisting with climbers.

Time duration: 1 year 4 months approximately

Intense mango harvest at ancestral home first time in 2020.
Good seeds. Dispersed in Nehal Wild Garden.
6-7 plants came up.
2021: About 4 can be seen now from distance.
2 growing properly with space for growing.
General statement always made that nothing will come. Mother nature’s magic never fails to mesmerize.