Turning Dry Leaves into a Beautiful Garden

Sujata Naphade

Cultivating vegetables in a plot for three families using soil and dry leaves

We developed the area about 3500sq ft. area with using only dry leaves from brown leaf Group. And soil present in plot as it is.

Before developing, the plot is full of grass and weeds. We pull that weeds and put that on the same place as green mulch and added dry leaves about 50 to 60 big ghon (gunny bags) and covered all dry leaves with soil by adding jiwamrut also once in a month.

We planted many plants that we require in our daily life as vegetables and fruits like brinjal, tomato, chill, bhendi (Lady Finger), Palak (Spinach), methi (Fenugreek), coriander, ambadi, bitter gourds, bottle gourds, ridge gourds, pumpkin, basil, oregano, thyme, five types of Pipli, Betel leaves, Mulberry, Fig, Guava, Apple, Banana, corn, ambatchuka, all types of beans, moong, strawberry, Chikoo, Shevga, passion fruit.

Using brown leaves we balance the ecological cycle as plant take nutrients from Earth give it back to Earth in form of dry leaves.