The enthusiasm at the farm is low. Energy levels are low because of continuous sunshine with blue sky. With less and less water, people are unable to think of anything but their basic needs. Luckily some wind is blowing and the team of 2 are managing to survive the existing greenary.
So I told Subbu, don't worry. Rain will come on 15th October with a firmness of a soothsayer. He acknowledged. Let us keep doing something till then. He always likes me talking encouraging words. I told about Masanobu Fukouoka's rice clay balls. He listened with awe. Then he dismissed saying "Fukuoka should come to our farm. With zero water how will the plants grow?. Sir, he must be farming near some hill station". Subbu is not totally wrong. I must ask next time the natural farming guys how we can farm in a zero water and dry wind land.
I had already made enquiries for 35 Nos of saplings of Coconut to be procured from the nursary called Athma Nilayam, Parassala, Kerala. I used my malalayam speaking friend to get some information. This place is near Marthandam. They have 4 varieties of coconut DxT, TxD, Lakshwadeep, Malasia. For coconut water it is Gauliyatra, Pathiinettapatta and andhra variety. I guess we need to go for country variety long standing cocunut crop. Each should cost around Rs. 50/-. The guy said they have sapling with single leaf only. That means they donot keep stock, fast selling.
Well Subbu did not buy the idea of procuring anything now. If we get it now, we need to water them and look after. Better let it be in nursary only till we get atleast one shower. The land should become little more cool.
Meanwhile I mentioned we must make a fence for the open rainwater pit. Lest someone will fall inside if there is heavy rains. My idea was to install stumps cut from casurina trees upto 4 feet and put a chain around. Well let it wait, not a priority now.
Thinking of the brilliant bright Sun, I told subbu can we monitise this sunshine ? Atleast next year, we must not be wasting the sunlight. We can utilise the sun shine to make pappads. So we made a plan like this.
a) We will sow the black lentil (Urad Dal) in an acre or two. I guess this will grow well going by our experience of green gram.
b) Harvest lentil, dry and powder them.
c) Make Organic pappadam using local women folk, sun dried.
d) Market them to known network and unknown stores.
Additionally we can buy basic machines from Coimbatore in case we need to create a small factory.
Thus, we were satisfied atleast on our theoritical venture plan.
So I told Subbu, don't worry. Rain will come on 15th October with a firmness of a soothsayer. He acknowledged. Let us keep doing something till then. He always likes me talking encouraging words. I told about Masanobu Fukouoka's rice clay balls. He listened with awe. Then he dismissed saying "Fukuoka should come to our farm. With zero water how will the plants grow?. Sir, he must be farming near some hill station". Subbu is not totally wrong. I must ask next time the natural farming guys how we can farm in a zero water and dry wind land.
I had already made enquiries for 35 Nos of saplings of Coconut to be procured from the nursary called Athma Nilayam, Parassala, Kerala. I used my malalayam speaking friend to get some information. This place is near Marthandam. They have 4 varieties of coconut DxT, TxD, Lakshwadeep, Malasia. For coconut water it is Gauliyatra, Pathiinettapatta and andhra variety. I guess we need to go for country variety long standing cocunut crop. Each should cost around Rs. 50/-. The guy said they have sapling with single leaf only. That means they donot keep stock, fast selling.
Well Subbu did not buy the idea of procuring anything now. If we get it now, we need to water them and look after. Better let it be in nursary only till we get atleast one shower. The land should become little more cool.
Meanwhile I mentioned we must make a fence for the open rainwater pit. Lest someone will fall inside if there is heavy rains. My idea was to install stumps cut from casurina trees upto 4 feet and put a chain around. Well let it wait, not a priority now.
Thinking of the brilliant bright Sun, I told subbu can we monitise this sunshine ? Atleast next year, we must not be wasting the sunlight. We can utilise the sun shine to make pappads. So we made a plan like this.
a) We will sow the black lentil (Urad Dal) in an acre or two. I guess this will grow well going by our experience of green gram.
b) Harvest lentil, dry and powder them.
c) Make Organic pappadam using local women folk, sun dried.
d) Market them to known network and unknown stores.
Additionally we can buy basic machines from Coimbatore in case we need to create a small factory.
Thus, we were satisfied atleast on our theoritical venture plan.
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