Mac under the Mango tree

 My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste. I trust everyone is doing well.. In India, we are at peak summer... Temperature is increasing day by day.. Everyone starts talking climate change these days... Good to see the awareness. :) In this blog, I will share our current state of drumstick trees from farm.. . Please see below pic with drumstick flowers and vegetables. I am checking the quality of the vegetable, tree and leaves. :).    When I started drumstick farming during covid, I was not serious. Look at my first blog on drumstick  https://blog.prabakarpaulsami.com/2020/09/weekend-release.html We still produce few tons of drumstick vegetables during every year. We started very small with few trees. At this point, we have around 500+ trees. I am trying to get around 1000+ trees for a sustainable and bulk operations. But the investment is really high. :)   This year, will be very tough for us since we did not get good monsoon last year.  Monsoon plays a b

Hi Everyone -- Hope you are doing well and staying safe. Its been months, and I am catching up again. In this blog, I will discuss about drumsticks (Moringa) price variations and the mindset of a farmer, of course myself and not quoting anyone. :) Just a background, to all my international readers, below is an image of drumstick. However, it is called as " Moringa " in many countries.  Drumstick is not a chicken . :(. It is a vegetable in our country - India. In last two months, I saw price of one kg drumstick/moringa moved from 3 INR to 30 INR.  Of course, it is a good amount for a farmer. But, I was wondering,  what happened? I did not do anything special. It is the same farm, same workers and me too.  Same as stock market. :).. Suddenly I see ups and downs. So, what changed the price from 3 to 30?. 1. Did demand go-high for drumstick in last one month? - Yes, this is the logical answer , anyone would give. - Where is the demand coming from suddenly? - More consumers? 2. Th