A list of medicine and food everyone can grow in barrels/pots/buckets if land is scarce

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Thulasi (medicinal for anti viral/immunity effects and used for salads and tea)

Camphor (medicinal for colds)

Karapincha (medicinal for cholesterol and food taste enhancer)

Pavatta (medicinal for removing phlegm)

Traditional yams/tubers (the list is exhaustive and we have carried part of the full list in these pages. We will be publishing the entire list next week. Among the most common are kiri ala, innala, raja ala. These can be grown in sacks which can be cut in about seven weeks which is the timeframe when the produce can be expected. There are seasons for each of the yams and we will be writing on this next week. Traditional yams and tubers and best grown along fences.

Beli (leaves and fruit medicinal for eyes and stomach and overall health)

Lime (medicinal and taste enhancer)

Garlic

Onion

Ginger

Turmeric

Chilli

Pepper

Mung Eta (Mung beans)

Kohomba (can be grown in barrels if land is scarce)

Udurassa

Nil Weralu

Kola Veralu

Kos and Del (if land available). If land is not available we can think of seeding in old buckets or pans and then selling these to those who have land. A national policy of uprooting useless beautification plants in public places and cultivating these above crops should be thought of to enhance the concept of national food sustainability).

Mangoes, plantains, ambarella, papaw are fruits which could also double up as vegetable and could be curried and could also be grown in large barrels in cases of absolute land shortage such as in urban areas. The Harmony page will feature such examples in the weeks to come.

Murunga (easily cultivatable even in large pots and with high nutritional value).

The above are a few basic food and medicinal produce we could start cultivating today itself.