Extreme heat, dry and hot winds is the short description of farm today. It is months since rain has come in this area. Though there is north east monsoon in India, this place is always dry. It is a rain shadow region.
Last year same time also it was very dry. I had given some assignments to keep the team busy like painting the gates, putting fence around the pond etc. We had to purchase water several days. This year is much better, thanks to the continuous working of windpump. There is water to survive all trees.
Otherwise the bushes, grass and even Prosophis Juliphora gives a burnt appearance in this heat. Team is working hard to keep the plants alive.
Meanwhile baby steps towards fabricating a verticle windpump has started both at the farm and in my home here. At the farm the handpump has been installed. It has some repair works and getting done. Back home, I spent some time yesterday in running between cycle shop, welding shop and automobile shops to match freewheel, identify iron pipe and purchase ball bearing respectively.
More on that as separate page. Now for some visuals obtained from farm.
Last year same time also it was very dry. I had given some assignments to keep the team busy like painting the gates, putting fence around the pond etc. We had to purchase water several days. This year is much better, thanks to the continuous working of windpump. There is water to survive all trees.
Otherwise the bushes, grass and even Prosophis Juliphora gives a burnt appearance in this heat. Team is working hard to keep the plants alive.
Meanwhile baby steps towards fabricating a verticle windpump has started both at the farm and in my home here. At the farm the handpump has been installed. It has some repair works and getting done. Back home, I spent some time yesterday in running between cycle shop, welding shop and automobile shops to match freewheel, identify iron pipe and purchase ball bearing respectively.
More on that as separate page. Now for some visuals obtained from farm.
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| The nursary is dismantled and the pipes are to be used in the 2nd borewell to fix the handpump. |
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| Suppotta trees surviving |
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| Coconut tree is looking better. The other trees are stunted for lack of water |
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| This is where the first rice was grown. Now parched. The new boring is land at the corner of this plot. Look at the casurina trees at the fence. They look tired. Even now they need to be irrigated |
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| I asked Subbu to test pumping with this small kerosene pump. It did not work well. |
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| Some guests at the farm. They had come to attend the Sastha temple nearby |
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| Sastha temple and pilgrims. I had asked Subbu to provide all help. this was last week. |
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| A vew of the windpump. |
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| Paramu testing the handpump. This is going to be a historic site with the new Verticle windpump being fabricated by our own ideas. |
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| Subbu wants to show me the new arrival. |
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| Neem tree that my wife wanted to grow as much as possible. Was waiting for right moment. |
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