My dream is to grow some paddy in the farm. It should be organic and country variety. Now many are available. Several months back, I had purchased Mappillai Samba and Ponni seeds from a friend. Last time when it rained, I had asked Subbu to experiment with some of them.
However we plunged into draught for several months. No rain. The priority Changed and we lost focus. The seeds where however kept safe.
Recently due to heavy and incessant rains, decided to try out as many different vegetation as possible to take advantage of available water. But it is still raining. Therefore not suitable for initiating any sowing now. But rice can be grown in this climate.
Our maiden effort however went futile. All the rice seeds that were spread had been eaten by the Stork which visit from far and wide. To meet our desire however Subbu managed to get some other variety IR70 (Indian Rice 70 - a hybrid variety by Rice research institute nearby) which is popular among the peasants. He had brought the ready to sow siblings. And thus, viola, you have a mini rice field.
If this experiment goes fine, then we will expand in next half. Perhaps can go for one more round of Native variety purchase.
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| Land Preparation |
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| The sprouted paddy siblings |
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| Rice is sown, just like that |
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