General Update : The farm is not having much activity. Due to COVID lockdown, Subbu and Kandan are confined to homes. Even in remote villages, the movement is highly restricted by police. They visit the farm once a day, pick flowers and vanish back to home. The Covid sickness and death news that is coming from the villages is not encouraging. Each of the villages are loosing people to this deadly disease. Since one per family have to attend the funeral, they come to know each other. People who go to Higround hospital die and the body gets transferred to crematorium by organised groups. Period.
Adjascent to the farm, the narrow tar road is getting widened. For this road widening, the contractor is dumping mud upto the compound of the farm. I believe he is constructing a concrete wall to hold the mud. That means two things
a) Farm will a wide approach road from the main road. This is good for future.
b) The farm will have steep elevation protecting the farm. I asked Subbu to plant tees between road and farm so as to act as fence for future. Like hundreds of unfulfilled instructions, this may get staked up.
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| The wall coming to the left is upto which this road will widen |
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| The gap between Road and farm compound. My worry is people should not start using this as regular path. Which subbu says cannot be because there is no entry or exit for this. Presently this is a service strip. May get covered with shrubs I want trees to be planted here. So that traffic will not fall from the curved raised road onto the slope. |
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| The scene near the enterance. The trees have become matured. Subbu says he spends time in this shade. It can instantly make one happy. |
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| Not bad at all. All the trees that were recently purchased are growing well. This patch of land was dull earlier |
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| The Jasmine patch. The only revenue yielding crop today Though the output is only 200 grams. I guess extreme hot sun is now allowing flowering. If I were there I would experiment with a canopy But such trails if done through workers have failed and resulted in money/effort loss. So not attempting I also have in mind of setting up a distillation plant for extracting jasmine scent. Again this needs inquisitive mind and sincerity. |
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| Some more young trees |
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| It is heartning to see the girth of the trees have broadened. These were coconuts that I was worried since they grew fast and hence less strength. But now it can survive. No medicine, no pesticide, not even fertiliser. Just natural growth. |
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| This is how electricity is carried from main room to pump room. Three wires hung from a stay wire. The plastic separator clips keep the wires away from each other otherwise they are also insulated. But insulation will break due to heat and rubber becoming brittle |
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| Beautiful view of Farm Pond. The color of water is muddy. Sometime it will be clear. This is used by migratory birds. |
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| A forest look or resort look. I can now slowly invite people for farm tourism. |
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| Classic view of WIndmill |
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| Kandan's work is visible here. The gooseberry tree is visible have become tall. The ground is loose thanks to constant maintenance. Ready to absorb water. Incidently last week it was raining there. |
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| Extremely high density of wild herbs in fence side. Must be a paradise for those who are interested. |
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| The windmill tower now with proper ladder ( a project by itself). Look at the small animometer that was kept aside for few years, now again fixed on tower. |
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| Finally the iconic windmill. The trees competing with it. |
