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Life on the balcony
Living in an apartment must not keep you away from having a healthy green space.
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A night out... with plants
Looking around my garden, it was so satisfying to see the seeds I planted had grown and produced fruit.
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Are you going to pig out today?
18 million of the one billion hungry people globally are in Pakistan. Act now to combat food insecurity.
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Prepare your garden for winter blooms
For people living in Karachi and Lahore, the last week of September and beginning of October is ideal for planting seeds. Which seeds are you sowing this time?
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Potatoes - my first love
Potatoes aren't just something you eat! They are plants you can grow.
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A vegetable paradise in the middle of winter
I love the way seeds have been engineered to create interesting looking crops but deep inside I don't feel a connection with hybrids. I always feel they are not natural.
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Be nice to bees...or else
Floods, aliens and meteors won't bring an end to life on Earth but this tiny creature, the bumble bee may become a reason for human extinction.
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Counting raindrops in Thar
Imagine you live in a desert where it rains just once a year, your house does not have any pipelines and your only water source is a well that is 3-4 kilometres away...
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Spreading the colour green
Presents don't have to cost a fortune. Walk through your garden and you will find plants and flowers that can bring joy to any face.
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How to chit potatoes
Forget politics, forget gossip, everyone loves potatoes. Why not grow your own this season?