Rooftop can be a fertile ground for chemical-free veggies :

Gardening enthusiast R. Vinendran tends to his vegetable garden on his rooftop terrace in Maniyakara Street in Tiruchi.— Photo: Nahla Nainar

: The terrace, often the chosen dumping spot for the general detritus of life, has slowly emerged as an ideal place for kitchen gardens to grow and sustain households with harvests of chemical-free produce.

The appeal of modern-day organic subsistence farming has caught on in popular culture too. This year’s sleeper hit 36 Vayadhinile , remake of 2014 Malayalam film How Old Are You? had the leading woman, finding new meaning in her life through rooftop gardening.

Growing health consciousness and awareness about the harmful effects of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has made growing one’s own produce look like the most promising way out. These are some of the avid terrace gardeners The Hindu came across in the city

Source : The Hindu