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- Where do you live and garden?
- Chak Shahzad Islamabad
- How long have you been growing food?
- 4-10 years
- Dream garden travel destination:
- Lake View Islamabad
- Favorite foods:
- mughal
About Luffah Sponge
Luffa sponges are the fibrous interiors of the fruits of the luffa sponge gourd plant (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.). A tropical member of the Cucurbitaceae, the luffa sponge gourd plant is an annual vine with tendrils and large, cylindrical fruit that are edible when young.
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My Grand Ma’s Antique Chest
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 2:00am — 3 Comments
Sweet Potato Kheer (sweet dish) recipes
In Indo-Pakistan it is mostly used to prepare delicious sweet dish called kheer.
Kheer is a traditional south Asian sweet dish made by boiling rice, sweet potatoes or wheat with milk and sugar and flavored with cardamoms, raisins, saffron, pistachios or almonds.
It is typically served during a meal or also consumed as a stand-alone savory.
The dish is also consumed at Muslim wed… Continue
Posted on December 15, 2009 at 6:42am — 9 Comments
Pakistan: “Home Kitchen gardening to crush hunger”.
One third of Pakistan population is below poverty line and more and more people are falling into poverty trap.
Four to five people in the Pakistan commit suicide every day and a large number of these cases can be attributed to the victims’ inability to make ends meet. Unable to feed the family’s, many poor people are turning to petty cri… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:30am — 12 Comments
A Buddha Tree.
It was believed to be several hundred years old .it was a pipal tree (ficus religiosa). Residents of Islamabad were generally unaware of the significance of this tree.
This tree remained unnoticed except that people passing by used to look at its old gnarled branches and wonder about its age.
One day a man from Japanese embassy while jogging took a break in the vicinity of this tree. Sud… Continue
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 6:25am — 3 Comments
Hillary Clinton In Pakistan.
Hillary Clinton In Pakistan.
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kicked off her three-day trip to Pakistan at a time when Peshawar was rocked by a horrible blast.
On her fifth visit to Pakistan, Clinton says she is here to “turn a new page” in US-Pakistan relations. “Intent of my visit is to… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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- At 1:36pm on December 9, 2009,
Nilopher Sikander said… - Welcome to new members. my email is ( nilopher.s@gmail.com)
- At 3:56pm on December 8, 2009,
Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said… - Nilofar sahiba, there is a large resourceful chapter, group, community of kitchen gardeners in Islamabad. In fact we are the pioneer and oldest around... You are welcome to VEGEGARDEN NETWORK.... please visit us at our NARC facility or at our chak shahzad gardens.... my contact is; 0300-5003910
- At 12:52pm on December 8, 2009,
Nilopher Sikander said…
- Hi . This is nilopher and I am serious about Kitchen Garden Chapter in Islamabad.
- At 11:29am on December 8, 2009,
Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said…
- Sorry, I mean Thursday 10th... please confirm if this ok with u...
- At 12:56am on December 8, 2009,
Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said…
- It will be a pleasure... ca we keep it for Thursday 9th around 12 noon. We will give you a complete round of NARC facility.
For coordination, my cell is: 0300-5003910
- At 12:41pm on December 6, 2009,
Nilopher Sikander said…
- Hi
This is Nilopher, sorry to take so long to answer.... anyways we at Kitchen Garden are active again.We did quite alot earlier and are ready to open a chapter in Islamabad if we have interested people to join our club.Or you help us do that. Regards
- At 9:42am on November 26, 2009,
Muhammad Nadeem Iqbal said…
- Cactus you saw is used for cows and buffaloes. It is good to get good milking. Traditionally this was used to have good production. Excellent results.
- At 11:09pm on November 14, 2009,
Kathryn said… - In regards to the catus, Everett is correct it dosnt like being overwatered. There are ones that flower early and some later.
I just read your comment about luffas Salma, I think they are great. I used to grow them and sell them at local markets and put them into soaps that I had made. In Turkey they use them in the villages mostly for washing dishes. I have also seen them used for stuffing matresses. I think they are a very good green solution for many purposes. I am still using a couple I grew in Australia 5 years later.
- At 4:01pm on November 14, 2009,
Everett McDonald said… - Hello again Salma, Your favorite food "Mughal" is that a paticular kind of
food or a cuisine? When I look it up I only get references for a famous Indian
restaraunt in Maryland and references to the Mughal Empire.
Oh yes, canabis the nuisance plant, the United States government thinks
it's a nuisance too, they spent untold millions flying around trying to find
it and kill it before someone else finds it and smokes it.
- At 3:40pm on November 14, 2009,
Everett McDonald said…
- Hello Salma, Kathryn is right it's a zygocatus, My wife Nancy puts it out on the front porch in spring and leaves it there watering occasionally. The porch faces
east so it doesn't get the hot son from about 11AM on. In October when
she sees the first buds appear she brings it in and puts it in a sunny window.
Don't water while it's flowering or they'll fall off. Nan says it thrives on neglect.
We have had some that didn't flower untill December, I'm not sure why this
one flowers now. Maybe it's the particular kind it is.
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