Meet Anna Ratnam who grows 100+ plants on his terrace garden with just Rs 500 a mth
An Andhra Pradesh man spends just Rs. 500 a month to grow over 100 plants at home. Anna Mani Ratnam shares how to do this and other gardening tips on Facebook. Anna Mani Ratnam, a resident of Andhra Pradesh's Machilipatnam, grows 100 plants at home, including fruits such as red guava and custard apple. The 27-year-old discusses gardening methods ranging from recycling plastic containers as planters to composting and seed preparation. Mani moved into a newly built home with his family in 2017. He didn't have much space in his previous house to grow veggies or fruit-bearing plants, but Mani had a 675 square foot patio where he decided to create a tiny food forest. Mani's terrace is home to over 100 plants, three years later. These plants include vegetables such as tomato and brinjal, fruits such as red guava and custard apple, and herbs such as amaranthus. Mani spends only Rs 500 a month on garden maintenance and shares his tips and methods with 1,000 others in...