How To Grow Your Own Food With Chetna Bhalla @GetMyHarvest
Meet Chetna, a techy by profession who runs a YouTube channel called GetMyHarvest since 2020. She lives in Amritsar, Punjab, and loves plants and life. She shares her passion for terrace gardening on her channel, where she grows herbs, flowers, fruits, and indoor plants.
She loves to share tips and tricks to help others start their gardening journey. She is on a mission to create awareness among her viewers such that they can get at least one meal per week from their kitchen garden. She also teaches life lessons from nature.
Some of her popular videos are;
Different plant stands in my home
In this video, Chetna shows how she uses different types of plant stands such as arch-shaped, bench-style, trolley-style, and vertical stands, some of which she has customized from a local vendor and others she has bought either online or from a popular store.
- She uses these beautiful stands to display her plants and create a beautiful green space on her terrace as well as inside her beautiful home.
- She also explains the advantages of using plant stands, such as fewer insects such as ants on the pots, saving space, adding aesthetic value, being comfortable for people who find it difficult to bend, and easier to clean the floor below the pots.
How to make compost at home in easy steps
- In this video, she demonstrates how she makes compost at home using kitchen waste (greens), dry leaves (browns), pieces of dry cardboard, a bucket or drum with holes, and cow dung slurry (as an accelerator).
- She also discusses the dos and don’ts and FAQs of composting and how to use the compost for your plants.
All about composting (@askChetna series)
- In this video, she answers some frequently asked questions about composting, such as what materials to use, how long it takes to prepare the compost when to add the compost to your plants, where to keep the composters, and whether can leftover food be used in compost, can tea leaves be added in the compost, can wet waste be added in the compost bin, and how to avoid pests and odors.
- She also shows her composting area on her terrace where she prepares her kitchen compost.
5 Air-purifying indoor plants
- In this video, she introduces five indoor plants that can purify the air and improve your health namely the rubber plant, areca palm, ZZ plant, the spider plant, and the money plant.
- She also gives some tips on how to care for them, where to place them in your home, and how many indoor plants to keep inside to purify the air.
How to grow and harvest ginger at home
- In this video, she shows how she grows ginger in pots on her terrace by making the right soil mix and choosing the right rhizomes, and when and how to harvest it when it is ready.
- She also explains the problems commonly faced while growing ginger at home.
- She also explains the benefits of ginger and how to use it in your cooking.
Her latest Videos on YouTube include:
Growing and caring curry leaf plant
In this video, Chetna explains how to grow and maintain a curry leaf plant at home. She also shares 4 different ways to propagate curry leaf plants.
5 AM Routine: Herb Garden tour
In this video, Chetna takes us on a tour of her herb garden, where she grows lemongrass, rosemary, ajwain, lemon balm, dal chini, hing, basil, oregano, celery, mint, curly leaf, parsley, coriander, fennel, and many veggies and ornamental plants.
She also takes her viewers along on her morning walk and shares the benefits of getting up early.
Life lessons from plants
In this video, Chetna shares some of the life lessons she learned from plants, such as never comparing yourself to others, patience, resilience, and adaptability. She also encourages her viewers to connect with nature and appreciate the beauty and wisdom of plants.
Tips to grow rosemary
In this video, Chetna gives some tips on how to grow rosemary successfully in pots. She covers topics such as 3 ways to propagate rosemary, watering frequency, pruning and harvesting techniques, and common pests and diseases that affect rosemary plants.
Tips to grow mint
- In this video, Chetna gives some tips on how to grow mint easily in pots. She covers topics such as choosing the right variety of mint, propagating from cuttings, fertilizing, common pests and their control, and harvesting.
Tips to grow green chilies
- In this video, Chetna gives some tips on how to grow green chilies in pots. She covers topics such as preparing the soil mix, fertilizing, choosing the right location, watering schedule, and harvesting and storing tips.
- If you are interested in learning more about home gardening and watching Chetna’s videos, subscribe to her channel: GetMyHarvesthttps://www.youtube.com/@GetMyHarvest/featured and follow her on Instagram @getmyharvest.
- You can also leave your comments and questions for her in the #AskChetna series, she will be happy to answer them and help you grow your harvest.
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