Mac under the Mango tree

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters :)... I trust everyone is doing well. In this blog, I am sharing little about Papaya Trees in my farm.  Please check out below tree. This is a 6 months old tree.     This is my second set of papaya trees. I have planted over 100 trees in the 2nd batch.  More than 50% of trees are in good shape and healthy at this point. As you can see in the picture, if the tree is healthy it gives good yielding.  We have to put extra care during initial 30 days. We need to water them daily and apply manure during first few weeks. I have setup drip-irrigation in my farm. Here is the glimpse of few more trees. If the tree is in dark green color, you can easily assume it is healthy. However there are few trees in light green color, and it is OK.  If the tree is in yellow color, mostly it will not yield anything. Now, coming to yielding, easily you could get around 50 kgs in a week. Farm price is: 10 INR per kg. I do give lots of free stuffs to relatives and n

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters :)... I trust everyone is doing well. Its been a month and more, since I wrote my last one. Back here, and trying to be disciplined without any excuses. I am writing this blog from Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. On an official trip and it is weekend, Saturday morning. I am missing my farm, viewing the breeze and trees from camera :), and it is time to share about that. OK, in this blog,I am going to share little about my current farm season: Drumstick Vegetables Season. So far, it is good.  This is an iron rich vegetable, and it has lots of health benefits too. Families do make curries (Sambar, various spicy ones too) with this vegetable or make side dishes (Aviyal, Poriyal etc) too. We have been producing around 500 kgs every week.  This season lasts for two/three months.  It is a hard work and we have to really sweat. :).... Now, let us look at the other side. i.e. why farmers are committing suicides or giving up farm.. Moreover, why parents

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well. Things are getting better and better with covid situations. Take care of yourself and family. In this blog, I am going to share little about summer KING fruit   " Mango ".  :) In India, Mango is the king of fruits , so you can get it as soon as the spring season ends and the summer season begins, usually in the first few weeks of April.  Mango season starts in summer and continues till the middle of the monsoon. Mango is one of a great summer fruits in India, as it helps the body fight the heat and prevents heat strokes in summer. During summer in south India, we get many fruits. i.e. Cashew Apples, Palm Fruits (Ice Apple), Jack Fruits. Jamuns, Tamarind, Manila Tamarind etc.   Indian summers are incomplete without mango. It is undoubtedly the king of fruits in the Indian subcontinent. Types of Mangoes:  There are around 20+ varieties of Mangoes. What I am aware of are: Alphonsa,  Neelum, Banganapalli, Himsagar etc. Mango

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well. Things are getting better and better with covid situations. Take care of yourself and family. In this blog, I am going to share little about another summer surprise fruit called " Kodukkapuli / Manila Tamarind / Jungle Jalebi ". etc.   Please see below image.   My neighbor is a doctor. Last week, I gave few cashew apples from my farm to him. He asked me to wait for a minute, reached below tree in his backyard, and picked few kodukkapulis (manila tamarinds) and gave to me. He gave a bunch. I was so happy to get these from him, because everyday I see this tree and fruits from my home. The tree looks like below:   This is also another Summer Surprise..Try out this fruit whenever you see this.... Nature gives us lot during summer .  Are we taking all summer fruits during this season?. Stay healthy and stay positive, during summer.   I also remembered "Barter". In old days, it was all about barter . Do we support t

\    Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing great. Things are getting better and better, let us hope for the best. In this blog, I am going to share little bit about Free Rations Scheme. I am not sure whether you follow this in news or not, but this comes in news many days....  Even this week, Delhi government announced that ration items will be delivered at door step. If you are NOT following ration news, I would encourage you to follow and take a deep look, if you are tax payer. :) What is a ration card? Ration card is an official document issued by state governments in India to households that are eligible to purchase subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). They also serve as a common form of identification for many Indians.[1] Who is eligible for a ration card?  "Every Indian Family is eligible. Families are given the option of choosing the type of family cards based on their needs and preferences and t

Hi Everyone -- I trust you and family are doing well.  I see that, we are coming out of COVID, everything almost opened up and we are almost there. Trust, things are getting better and better. In this blog, I am sharing little about "Cashew Apples".  The season is coming, coming... :). It is a summer fruit. When I was a kid, this fruit used to be there everywhere during summer. i.e. from April to May.  In our farm, we "had" many cashew trees, but all were gone during drought and some were infected. We used to produce around 2 tons of cashew shells during the peak and perfect season. Now, I am maintaining ONLY 10 trees. But, these 10 trees do give lots of happiness during summer season, which I will share here. These fruits are in RED and Yellow colors. See the fruit below, in a perfect fresh condition.     As of this week, tree is like below. i.e. Cashew apples will be ready in next two weeks. If weather turns out to be in-favor, then we will have a good yielding.

Hi Everyone -- I trust everyone is doing OK. My prayers are always there for everyone's well-being. Happy Pongal Wishes to all. In this article, I will share little about the importance and history of this festival.     Why Pongal Celebrations?  This festival honours the "Sun GOD" and commemorates the Sun's northward voyage . It also signifies the end of winter.   The festival is named after the ceremonial "Pongal", which means "to boil, overflow" and refers to the traditional dish (rice) prepared from the new harvest of rice boiled in milk with jaggery (raw sugar). To mark the festival, the pongal sweet dish is prepared, first offered to Sun God and goddesses. It is celebrated to THANK nature, farmers, cows, agriculture and GOD...... Food and cattle are a vital part of this celebration  Some more historical story: Why Cows? :) According to a legend, it all started when Shiva's bull, Basava, delivered a wrong message to humans. Instead of d