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My Pursuit of Coriander (Home-grown)

I must admit I have been bitten by the gardening bug lately. I have absolutely no idea how this happened, but one fine day I woke up and realised that I wanted to have a teeny tiny vegetable garden of my very own! At the outset, let me tell you, I am completely new to the gardening world and have no farming/gardening/planting experience whatsoever, so I turned to the one and only source all of us think of in times of need-- GOOGLE the all knowing. After going through God knows how many blogs and innumerable videos, I decided I would have a potted garden on my house terrace to grow my veggies. Now that the type of garden was decided upon, I arrived at the next step- deciding what to start with. The first and most famous/loved/used kitchen item that came to my mind was Coriander, also known as Cilantro. It is a well known fact that coriander is among the most commonly used herbs in kitchens all over the world, and it is no different at my home. And well, the idea of having your