My Home Garden, Kathmandu Nepal

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Permalink Reply by amna mufti on October 16, 2009 at 11:19pm

Hi Sumitra! I am from Pakistan we share the same story.I love to see Nepal, in spite of all our poverty and ignorance and frivolity of blessed woman ;our countries are beautiful.I don't know about Nepal but in Pakistan at rural scale woman are out to work and in some cities like Karachi they are doing well.I am starting a campaign to stir woman of my area to garden for their kitchen.Keep in touch.

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Permalink Reply by Irene on October 17, 2009 at 2:32am

Hello, Sumitra and Amna --

I am from the United States and I am so happy to read your posts to this list. I think it is a wonderful thing that we can all meet here and share our stories about our gardens. I look forward to hearing more about your gardens and the plants that you grow.

Sumitra, what are brinjals? How do you grow them, and how do you prepare them?
Amna, what is your weather like now? Here we are having an unusually warm autumn, so no frost yet.

I live in a rural area and we have a large garden where we grow most of our own vegetables. My husband and I are vegetarians, somewhat unusual in the US. Because our climate is cooler than many other parts of the United States we grow things like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, chiles, etc. under a plastic cover.

I, too, hope that Mrs. Obama's example of growing vegetables will inspire many, many people to grow more of their own clean and nutritious food. I hope to read more about your gardens in the near future.

Best regards,

~ irene in Washington state usa

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Permalink Reply by amna mufti on October 17, 2009 at 4:01am

Hi irene! Its really wonderful to share our stuff here.Our weather is dry and comparatively hot now a days but nights are getting cold.We cultivate almost all types of vegetable .There is nothing that we can not grow ,sun shines through out the year.Brinjals are eggplants ,you can have one classic recipe in my blog "stuffed eggplants".

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Permalink Reply by Irene on October 21, 2009 at 12:06pm

Hello, Amna --

Thank you for your note. It's really nice to be in touch with other enthusiastic gardeners in faraway places, and to learn about their gardens and their climates.

We are enjoying rather fine autumn weather with some rainy days, but not yet hard frost, so many flowers are still blooming.

I'll look at your blog to find your Stuffed Eggplant recipe, thank you. Unfortunately we are not able to grow eggplant here as summer weather is not hot enough. I tried growing them in a greenhouse but only got flowers!

Best regards,

~ irene

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Permalink Reply by Sumitra Pande on October 21, 2009 at 12:13am

Thanks Irene, Sorry for delay, as you know I am a teacher and a housewife as well, I am bit busy, also the internet services is not available in my home so, I used to go public Cyber for internet services once a week.
As you know I said I live in Kathmandu, the climate of Kathmandu is sub-tropical. Summer is hot and witter is cold. This is winter period but the temperature seldom goes below -2 degree celcius. During winter we grow cauliflower, spinah, peas, carror, radish and others.
The brinjal is an egg plant in USA, which is grown in summer in Kathmandu. You can grow brinjal at your place as well I assume.
I feel nice to work in garden and consume my home grown vegetables, My husband and daughters aslo supports me to grow vegetables.
I am keen to share my experiences with my neighborhoods especially the housewives to grown vegetables in their home. I can send you some photo graphs through internet and if you wish few seeds through postal services Sumitra

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Permalink Reply by Irene on October 21, 2009 at 12:20pm

Hello again, Sumitra.

Thank you for your interesting note. It sounds like you are a very busy person, indeed! What do you teach?

We live in the foothills of the Cascade range of mountains, near Mount Rainier. Our elevation is 425 m, so our summers are not usually very hot. Winter temperatures rarely go below -5 C, but we have lots of winter rain and very, very little sunshine from November to March. We get snow three or four times per winter, never more than 10 or 12 cm and it usually doesn't remain for very long.

I grow cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, collards, chard, brussels sprouts, beets, carrots, parsnips, onions, garlic through the winter with some protection to keep the rain from breaking them down. The potatoes and other root vegetables stay healthy under the soil all winter, so I just dig them as I need them.

I would love to see some pictures of your garden and your neighborhood. And I will send you some pictures of my garden and the area where I live.

~ irene

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Permalink Reply by Sumitra Pande on October 21, 2009 at 12:01am

Thanks Amna Mufti, It was nice to hear from you. We have learned a lot about Pakistan. My husband was in Pakistan and was saying it is a beautiful country especially the Islamabad and Mari. He was saying the people are nice and well cultured.

You are most welcome to Nepal, I live in Kathmandau. Kathmandu is cheap and very beautiful like Mari. If you want to call you can fly through PIA to Karachi-Kathmandu I will try to find suitable place for your lodging, you can share with me also, if you wish. Good luck
Sumitra

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Permalink Reply by MB on November 4, 2009 at 6:15pm

Sumitra, It was so great to read your post. I am from US and visit Katmandu for business in February. I was so surprised on my first visit there to see the lack of agriculture and fresh food . I am thrilled to hear what you are doing and wonder how you might spread the word to other women there. I don't blog much so I am not sure how to have you get hold of me directly without putting my email here but I would like to consider that with you. Maybe someone reading this may have an idea. I would love to come see your garden this February and think about ways to inspire others. I know water is a problem for you but if you are doing it then others can. I'll look forward to your response.

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Permalink Reply by Sumitra Pande on November 5, 2009 at 10:26am

Dear MB, Amna, Irene and all friends,

Thanks for feed back and encouragements. I would like to show you my garden and ways to grow my vegetables. I don't have good camera and also not very handy. But I had some snaps, so I have displaced some of the pictures in "facebook- Sumitra Pande" if interested you can browse the site and give me comments.

Sumitra Pande

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Permalink Reply by Raul Valdivia on November 16, 2009 at 1:03pm

It wouldbe nice if all women followed mrs Obamas example. It would be even greater if men and women followed her example.

Your garden sounds nice. You can produce twice as much if you use hydroponics. You would also waste a lot less water.

It is not expensive, It is very reliable and simple to maintain.

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