some greens or should I say, leafy veggies

Hi,

Sorry, I broke all my new year resolutions- fertilizing my plants regularly, watching out for pests, posting updates regularly and all that.

What with something or the other cropping up, I just had enough energy to make sure that my plants don't die on me. Still lost a few this year :(

But, in spite of an irregular regimen and less sunlight, (now that my terrace has been covered with a corrugated sheet), some of my plants hung on and seemed to be telling me, "Hey, don't give up, we are there for you!"

To keep my perennials company, I sowed some veggies seeds and now have something to be happy about :)

Over to my new plants :))

Malabar spinach

Malabar spinach is extremely easy to grow.I grew it first from cuttings bought as the vegetable and then got my own seeds from those plants. 

Cook it as a dry sabji with besan or make fritters

Also called पूई (pui) in hindi, मयाळू (mayalu) in marathi

Spinach/ palak

Spinach/ पालक (hindi) grows very well in winter and in shade on my terrace, here it is mixed up with some other greens- green amaranth

I had planted mint in the same pot as I did not have a pot ready, thought I will remove the mint when it roots well; but the palak took over too fast.

Red amaranth

लाल साग (Lal saag) in hindi, लाल  माठ (lal math) in Marathi.

These plants have loads of nutrients available to them from the soil. I started filling the pot with kitchen waste + newspaper, topped it with some soil and sprinkled the seeds.

One month later the leaves are ready for harvest and the compost should be ready too!

Stir fried with potato and onion, yummy!

Will I have the will to harvest when it is time?(pun intended)

Happy Gardening!