{"id":153394,"date":"2022-12-21T23:23:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/strawberries-in-water-bottles-palak-in-pvc-pipes-70-yo-grows-all-veggies-on-terrace"},"modified":"2022-12-21T23:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T05:23:15","slug":"strawberries-in-water-bottles-palak-in-pvc-pipes-70-yo-grows-all-veggies-on-terrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/strawberries-in-water-bottles-palak-in-pvc-pipes-70-yo-grows-all-veggies-on-terrace","title":{"rendered":"Strawberries in Water Bottles, Palak in PVC Pipes: 70-YO Grows all Veggies on Terrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/strawberries-in-water-bottles-palak-in-pvc-pipes-70-yo-grows-all-veggies-on-terrace2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For 70-year-old Lizy John from Bengaluru, Karnataka, nurturing a lush vegetable and fruit garden on her terrace has been highly rewarding and satisfying. Without a second thought, she credits her passion for farming to be the sole reason for staying healthy and energetic even at this age.<\/p>\n<p>After running a snacks business for over 25 years, she decided to retire and focus on expanding her farming venture. Though there wasn\u2019t enough space, she says that it wasn\u2019t a challenge at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough we have a 1,200 sqft terrace, I grow my veggies in less than 1,000 sqft, as the solar panels and water tanks consume the rest of the space. But it was more than enough for me. I admit that I am happier and at peace ever since I started growing my own food at home,\u201d Lizy tells <strong>The Better India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 70-year-old Lizy John from Bengaluru, Karnataka, nurturing a lush vegetable and fruit garden on her terrace has been highly rewarding and satisfying. Without a second thought, she credits her passion for farming to be the sole reason for staying healthy and energetic even at this age. After running a snacks business for over 25 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1506,1633,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-food","category-solar-power","category-space","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}