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Things Yogita’s been thinking about
Long-form essays, dispatches and grower portraits: growing food at home in India, season by season.
Laterite soil: the Konkan gardener's special problem
The reddish, iron-rich soil across Goa and the Konkan coast is a real challenge, and almost nobody writes about it. Here’s what fifteen years has taught us.
The traditional monsoon vegetables nobody grows any more
Colocasia, taikilo, ambadi and shevga: a handful of monsoon-season vegetables grandmothers along the Konkan coast still know, and almost nobody else grows. A case for putting them back on balconies.
Stop obsessing about pests
After fifteen years of teaching, the biggest pest problem I see isn’t aphids or mildew. It’s the gardener panicking at the first nibbled leaf. Here’s the calmer way.
Ten things that will go wrong in your first kitchen garden. And it's fine.
An honest confessional from fifteen years of teaching first-timers. Yes, you will overwater. Yes, the coriander will bolt. And yes, it’s fine.
The good bugs: your garden's free pest control
For every pest in your garden there’s very likely a predator that eats it — and most of us spend our time accidentally killing the wrong ones. A love letter to the good bugs.
Ten great vegetables for your winter kitchen garden in India
Winter is the easiest season we get, so make the most of it. Ten cool-weather crops that reward beginners, and where each one likes to trip people up.