Anyone Can Grow https://www.anyonecangrow.in A journal about growing food at home in India. en-IN Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:12:35 GMT Laterite soil: the Konkan gardener's special problemhttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/laterite-soilhttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/laterite-soilThe 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.Yogita MehraSun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The traditional monsoon vegetables nobody grows any morehttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/monsoon-vegetables-nobody-growshttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/monsoon-vegetables-nobody-growsColocasia, 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.Yogita MehraWed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stop obsessing about pestshttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/stop-obsessing-about-pestshttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/stop-obsessing-about-pestsAfter 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.Yogita MehraMon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ten things that will go wrong in your first kitchen garden. And it's fine.https://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/ten-things-go-wronghttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/ten-things-go-wrongAn honest confessional from fifteen years of teaching first-timers. Yes, you will overwater. Yes, the coriander will bolt. And yes, it’s fine.Yogita MehraSun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The good bugs: your garden's free pest controlhttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/the-good-bugshttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/the-good-bugsFor 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.Yogita MehraMon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ten great vegetables for your winter kitchen garden in Indiahttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/winter-kitchen-garden-veghttps://www.anyonecangrow.in/journal/winter-kitchen-garden-vegWinter 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.Yogita MehraSun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT