My interview with Actor Mandira Bedi on her book “Happy for no reason”… Thanks to #WomensWeb, I got to Live my fan girl moment and had a blast chatting with the quintessential Diva and Fitness icon. For me, she’s ‘Shanti’ through and through. I distinctly remember that at the time when
Every time I visited my farm I kept making a mental note to pay a closer visit to some of the medicinal plants that has been growing like weeds everywhere on my farm. I spotted the beautiful Thumbai poo (Leucas aspera), Ammaan pacharisi (Euphorbia hirta) and Keezhanelli (Phyllanthus niruri) very
English Cottage-style Garden Pathways… This was on my list of things for my farm. Design-wise I have been trying to bring in a Cottage garden feel to my farm and what’s a cottage garden without its characteristic flagstone, pebbled pathways right? So, after putting off for long, we finally got
Welcome to our half-acre food forest. We created it five years ago while working fulltime in the city and working on our farm on the weekends. This is where we grow our seasonal produce – tomatoes, lady’s finger, brinjals, gourds, basil, radish, leafy greens and so much more. Though it’s
I have been talking about this for sometime now and it’s finally done. It was my dream to have arbors built in my garden spaces. We had a big pergola entrance covered with bougainvillea already and ever since that, I wanted many more miniature arches and arbors at different points
This post is going to be very different from what I usually write about but nonetheless sustainability related for sure. I am going to share a very interesting perspective on sustainable Decor. Yes, DECOR. I am excited to share that I am working on my farm house interiors. This is
I started making soaps because I wanted chemical-free soaps for my family and reading the labels of commercial and even the-so-called herbal soaps disturbed me. Our skin is the largest organ in our body which absorbs anything you apply on it! We should definitely feel comfortable knowing what’s in the
As I look around the messy dining table and the pile of laundry, I get a ting of frustration at having to go over all these everyday mundane chores yet again…for the gazillionth time. Though I like to have a beautiful table linen spread out before dinner and cook a
My gardening philosophy is quite simple: whatever the garden is for, it’s got to be beautiful. Today we are talking about a Cottage style flower garden! Style-wise, I want most of my spaces to be like those English cottage gardens in all their free-flowing glory with their pinks and pastels.
