Thursday 3 June 2021

Farm Update May, 2021 in Visuals

 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.

The wall coming to the left is upto which this road will widen

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.

The scene near the enterance.  The trees have become matured.
Subbu says he spends time in this shade. It can instantly make one happy.


Not bad at all. All the trees that were recently purchased are growing well. 
This patch of land was dull earlier

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.

Some more young trees

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.

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

Beautiful view of Farm Pond.  The color of water is muddy. Sometime it will be clear.  This is used by migratory birds.



A forest look or resort look. I can now slowly invite people for farm tourism.

Classic view of WIndmill

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.


Extremely high density of wild herbs in fence side.  Must be a paradise for those who are interested.

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.

Finally the iconic windmill. The trees competing with it.





7 comments:

  1. For Covid19 it is simple if solved at start. Take Fluvir & doxycycline and you will be normal in just 2 days (but dont stop the medicine course of 5days) ... Going to doc and by the time they adice for RTPCR test and by the time the test result come... precious time will be lost. Dont take chance.

    Oximeter (costs just Rs1,400) is very important. Heartbeat & oxygen level is enough to show if there is serious problem.

    Intake of Orange/Sweetlime/Lemon are good source of vitamin C which is required to fight this.

    For Cough taking Betadine gargle before taking nap or sleep helps a lot.

    Eat healthy homemade food.

    Drink Tea with Ginger & pepper! at least 5 times a day

    For Black tea with ginger, pepper & honey...yum

    Worst part of hospital admission is that home diet will not be available. Patients who are put on IV fluid (drip) will always have a uphill battle against Covid19 because their body will lack the required nutrients to fight it.

    During Covid People have totally lost trust in big hospitals... and doctors do not get much respect these days.

    *I wonder if IMA has taken any action against doctors & hospitals who have had cases of Kidney theft... especially during Covid19?*

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  2. Your farm looks truly beautiful! Excellent for tourist as you say.

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  3. Can imagine the struggles and helplessness trying to manage this from 1000 of km away. Does require a monk like perseverance to be at it for a decade. Hope situations fall in place where you can be present yourself. I still feel, for an activity like this ones physical presence is essential. Not sure if it has been mentioned in the posts, what is the Rain Water Harvesting system in place in the farm? Have seen pictures of a pond. Are there swales, trenches to slow down the water (if at all it rains :() since the land size is high, should it have more rain water harvesting in place before deciding the expand? Another thing I might have noticed that, maybe the land requires more mulching around the trees.

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    1. Dear Kishan Kumar, thanks for reminding. You can expect a post in a day or two.

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  5. Hello admin Sir/Ma'am,
    I am Nisha From India. I am visiting your blog daily.
    I love your blog and Nature.
    I am in class 9th.

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    1. Hi Nishna, Thanks for kind words. Such words encourage to write blog more. Please do keep visiting here. I will be posting in a day or two.

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