BlogHide Resteemsprabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoHow to Preserve Tomatoes in The Most Delicious WayTomato is one plant which never disappoints in terms of produce, if basics are done right. In our organic terrace garden tomato is in fact one of the most highly producing plants (here is my earlier…prabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoGrowing These Four Herbs in Your Garden is Super EasySometime earlier I got a request from one of my readers to write a post on how to grow coriander from seeds. I was a little surprised that I had not made a post on it already. And when I checked I…prabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoGreen Ninja - The Urban Farming Workshop for KidsGreen Ninja - The Urban Farming Workshop for Kids Date - 24.11.2019, Venue - Aikyam Green Ninjas fooling around I am very excited about this post. A few days earlier I got an opportunity to…prabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoOrganic Farming for Mitigating Climate ChangeThanks to Greta Thunberg, people around the world have been woken up to climate change crisis. Some critics have already termed it as just a passing fad and some have also harshly criticized the…prabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoTerrace Gardening Workshop AnnouncementHello Everyone. This is a quick post about my upcoming Organic Terrace Gardening Workshop in Bhubaneswar. This workshop was long overdue, but I am very happy that it is finally happening this…prabalmallick (60)in food • 5 years agoHow to Grow Cluster Beans in ContainersCluster beans is something that I never liked eating. It has a mild bitter taste which takes a little bit of getting used to. But when you acquire the taste it can become one of your favorites. For…prabalmallick (60)in food • 6 years agoFani, Aftermath and Way AheadA terrace garden being on the terrace is most vulnerable to strong winds. And when the wind speed reaches 200 kmph, disaster strikes; quite literally. And that is what happened to our rooftop food…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoSketching The Transcendent Sundargarh - IITwo Days of our Sundargarh sketching trip had gone in a jiffy. The first day it was all about Sundargarh town and the second day the beauty of Tangarmunda, its people and the food had left lasting…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoSketching The Transcendent Sundargarh - IPlan for a sketching trip of my sketching club to Sambalpur was in place; a perfect plan. Everything taken care of including stay, food, travel and even the locations that we were going to sketch…prabalmallick (60)in food • 6 years agoHow to Save Tomato Seeds for Planting Next YearThis winter has been a bad phase for our garden. Almost 70% of our produce has either been eaten away or destroyed by monkeys. Only root vegetables like radish, carrots, turnips etc have been spared…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoA Holistic Approach to Science EducationThis paper was presented at National Conference on Science Education at RIE, Bhubaneswar held between 29.11.2018 and 01.12.2018. In Hindu mythology, Hiranyakasipu was an Asura king who was…prabalmallick (60)in food • 6 years agoGarden UpdatesSome good news first. Organic Terrace got featured in Oh Desi website this month. Oh Desi is run by Mumbaikar Sneha who writes about healthy living practices through Organic and Natural products.…prabalmallick (60)in food • 6 years agoHow to Grow Lettuce at Home in IndiaMy first introduction to lettuce was through a burger. When I got the burger with green leaves protruding out from it, I was like..... 'Oh I think they forgot to cook the greens'! But with the first…prabalmallick (60)in food • 6 years agoBook Now Available in Full Color PrintAfter I released my book 'Organic Urban Farming, The Indian Way' in e-book form I got a lot of requests to do a printed book as a lot of people are either not conversant or comfortable with an…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary – EpilogueEpilogue 27 April, 2018 I saw a dream. And in just over a year’s time it has come to be fulfilled. I thought on this day I’ll be the happiest person on earth. But today I don’t really feel happy or…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary – Chapter VIISin and Redemption 29 July 2017, Day 6 of the shoot After the Jnan Ghosh shoot we pushed on to Harrys' (now called Tikkas'). The footage of earlier shoot at Harry’s had gotten deleted by mistake.…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary - Chapter VIThe Insignificant One 29 July 2017, Day 6 of the shoot When sun comes out after continuous rains of almost a week, it really does look bright and glorious. The light looks fresh and the greenery…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary - Chapter VHead or the Heart? 27 July 2017, Day 5 of the shoot Painting at night under outdoor lighting is an exercise in self belief. The outdoor light makes all colors look almost same. It is difficult to…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary - Chapter IVA long due wish fulfilled 26 July 2017, Day 4 of the shoot The Canteen at Nehru Museum, popularly known as “Kali Da’s”, was not on my list of places to paint; because it never existed twenty years…prabalmallick (60)in art • 6 years agoIIT KGP En Plein Air Diary - Chapter IIISaying a Prayer 25 July 2017, Day 3 of the shoot It had been two days since our last shoot and the rain God has not been benevolent. To be fair, He had been kind for some time and we had shot at…
