Experts Stress For Adopting Kitchen Gardening
Sumaira FH Published September 12, 2018 | 06:26 PM
The agriculture experts have stressed the need for adopting kitchen gardening as it was not only a healthy activity but also provides cheap and hygienic vegetables for consumption.
FAISALABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Sep, 2018 ) :The agriculture experts have stressed the need for adopting kitchen gardening as it was not only a healthy activity but also provides cheap and hygienic vegetables for consumption.
According to a spokesman of Agriculture (Extension) Department, radish, carrot, spinach, turnip, coriander, etc. can be sown to get healthy vegetables during winter.
Seeds of these vegetables were available in the market as well as at agriculture department.The people should cultivate these vegetables which were not only pesticide free but fit for human consumption and keep the people healthy, he added.
He further said the people can grow these vegetable in pots, plastic bags, crates, boxes and open spaces in their houses.
The agriculture department has also started a campaign to educate and impart training to the people so that they can get maximum benefits from kitchen gardening, he added.
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