Hi all. My name is Lavanya from India.

This is my entry for the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season-2 Week-3, by @Scouts y sus Amigos, organising contest Nature Scout.

Due to our busy city life, we all miss the beauty of nature, especially fresh air. Due to heavy pollution, we are not getting fresh air.

If it's continued like this, soon we will need to use oxygen cylinders for living on Earth. For avoiding these problems, plating and growing plants is the only solution.

Because all we know is how plants clean dirty air and provide pollution-free air for us.

A lotof them are still telling us that we don't have space. That's why we not planting trees in their homes. But I don't agree with those words. There are a lot of ways to grow plants. Some plants grow even in tea cups. Some plants grow any where , those don't need any care also.
It grows itself, so must grow at least 1 or 2 plants in everyone's home. Then it is only possible to eliminate pollution from our Environment.

I am from a small village. We have a mango field and a home garden in front of my home. I also have plenty of coconut trees, crusted apple plants, papaya trees and many more surrounding my home.

But now I am living in a rental home in Chennai City. We do not have that much space here. But I have a roof top garden in my home.

Here I am planting Hibiscus plants, Alovera, Mony plants, Karpuravali, Tulasi, and many more small and medium-sized plants.

My children are in charge of taking care of them. On every Sunday, they will manage things as needed. watering, cleaning, setting up needed support and many more. Kids also learn and show a lot of patience in learning gardening.

Another thing is that we make needed fertiliser at home using leftover vegetables and fruits. So we are getting healthy fertilizers. That's why our plants grow and give us good crops.

No commercial fertilisers are used; only homemade fertilisers are useing.

Some Tips for Caring and Attending to Gardening.

• First Choose what type of garden you need. Like flower gardens, vegetable gardens, herb gardens, or anything. After choosing, decide on the place where you want to grow.

• Then search for tips and tricks regarding it only online. We get a lot of stuff on it. For example, if we want to grow an herb garden, Then it needs little space. We can grow it very easily, but it takes less water and needs the care of watering. Also, we need good sunlight.

• Most importantly, for healthy growth, we need good soil. If possible, take them from nearby nurseries. Otherwise, prepare the compost soil by yourself by using veggies and fruit skins and waste. It took time, but it gave good results.

• Now,selecting good plating beds is also not an easy task. Based on our area, temperature and weather we need to choose because play a big role. Some plants only grow in cold places, some grow under any conditions. So, knowing the details regarding it, choose the correct planting beds as per your choice.

• Plant in the correct season. Some plants grow in the summer season only, some in the autumn, so choose the correct plant based on seasons too.

• After plating, watering at the correct time is also more important. Watering correctly quantified is a good choice. So maintain it. Don't water more or less. What does it require? Only watering. It's enough.

• Some plants need regular maintenance, so always regularly visit plants and spend some time with them.

By following the above tips and tricks, we can grow any garden very easily and enjoy the beauty of nature.