OFYT Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. I keep weeds under control and reduce the need for water
  2. 3. tiered kitchen composter
  3. 6. They live under the soil and help you make your soil fertile.
  4. 8. small pruning shears
  5. 9. They are excellent sources of protein and their root nodules contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
  6. 10. Bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, bats and birds all play the role of -----------
  7. 12. Baishakhi is celebrated around this
  8. 14. They say if you have a library and a ------, you have everything!
Down
  1. 1. fruit of the solanum lycopersicum plant
  2. 4. Named after a town in Haveri dist. of Karnataka, this chilli is popular in south Indian cuisine.
  3. 5. I’m called ‘bende kayi’ in kannada
  4. 7. decomposed organic matter, rich in nutrients
  5. 11. Known as the ‘village pharmacy’ this tree’s seed- extracts form effective organic pesticides.
  6. 13. small, infamous sap-sucking pests