Trees in waiting
As we settle in to wait for the rains, the trees in my ‘nurseries’ wait too. In clay pots and plastic bags and troughs and coir pots and coconut shells, […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
February landscape
Inspired by the February landscape, I compose my first haiku. In February Bare limbs stretch above, Broody leaves nestle below, Live buds lurk, waiting.
First fruits
Last year we got our first crop of mangoes. And now suddenly, here’s our first pomegranate. Isn’t that the most beautiful sight, the first fruit on a young tree? This […]
Whodunnit
Farming often involves detective work… Who nibbled up those tender green woodapple leaves the minute they sprouted? Why are the bottom halves of all the tomatoes missing? Which way did […]
The Long View 