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[saddafahmed]

i live in dha 1 islamabad, and am seriously thinking of spend summer with kitchen gardening and medicinal value plants for self use. need all sorts of advise as to what to grow now and where to get 'sanjhena phalli' that i read is so good for diabetics and other wise. need advise on where to buy soil testing kit. and has there been eneffort or stucy in what shoild be theh scale of kitchen gardening which will really have an impacton our kitchen budget. thankyou.

[M Farooq]

I assume the "phali" you are looking for is drumsticks of the Moringa tree. It is a huge tree with a very weak trunk. You can very easily start your kitchen garden right from the seeds sitting in the kitchen cabinets for the sake of starting e.g. podina (mint) from the discarded stems, coriander seeds, seeds from red chillies, onions etc, depending on the space and sunlight availability.

[Izhar]

Welcome to the forum, if you have limited space you can start with leafy vegetables and herbs.. for leafy vegetables you can go for:
Spinach, Salad leaves, Sarso (mustard), Methi (fenugreek), Cholai (Amaranthus) etc etc

for herbs you can grow:
Mint, Coriander, Basils, Chives etc etc

[sara]

dont forget fresh lettuce and tomatoes for salads
lemon grass is easy to grow as well , you can get small lemon trees too .

[Asmineing]

I am a newer joiner.I will obey the rule of forum. it my first time to visit this form .
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[haris.kabir]

I am a newer joiner.I will obey the rule of forum. it my first time to visit this form .
i hope we can discussion more .and hope we discuss each other.and learn each other.

Welcome to the forum, sir !

[aykhan]

Welcome. It's really interesting how kitchen gardening interest is so much more than other ....cooler..... stuff

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Welcome. It's really interesting how kitchen gardening interest is so much more than other ....cooler..... stuff

Good bigening for a bigner.