The Bramhacari garden

A few snapshots of the amazing vege gardens at the Brahmacari ashram in Otahuhu.

The landlord doesnt seem to mind that the whole section front and back without an inch to spare (except to park a car) has been converted into an abundant and colourful vegetable garden. pumpkins, tomatoes, bittermelon, potatoes, eggplant, beans, lettuce, passionfruit, lemons, grapes, beetroot, spinach, silverbeet etc etc the list just goes on and on.

Surpisingly enough the whole thing is practically managed and maintained by one devotee -

Yadu raya prabhu
(I hope I spelled that right Yadu!)
Here he is about to transport the prasadam the other devotees just cooked for the University program.

*please note his fingers are actually green, its just the angle of the light.










The photos don't really do justice as most things have only just been planted after the winter harvest so you don't get to see it in its most amazing looking state. Don't worry I ll be sure to post some of those photos in Summer!

To give you an idea of how valuable space is when you're pumping out a garden in surberbia for 10 or so very hungry sankirtan men heres a pic of the roadside potatoes out the front of their place..















Anyways, thats we I get my inspiration from.

Now heres a couple of pics of my puny little garden in comparison after planting the seedlings. The other pic also shows a second bed ready to plant out this weekend.
I picked some yard long beans (snake beans) to plant. They are nectar, i'll have to get a good subji recipe for them..got any?



If foodstuffs cooked in devotion for the Lord purify ones existence so what then of honoring prasadam cooked from vegetables that have been grown right from the very seed state in the same consciousness. (What to speak of all the extensive health benefits for the body)

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