And then there were the bactrians
To continue from my last post about camels… On a trip to Ladakh in 2009, my heart’s desire for more camels was fulfilled. (Though never satiated!) Nubra valley is the […]
Category Archives: Animals
Camel days
These days, my head is full of elephants, but there was a time when I was obsessed with camels. That was back in the 80s, when Srini and I were […]
Discouraged by pigs, encouraged by tubers
Yesterday was a pig day at the farm. The wild pigs got into the fenced groundnut field — the precious no-till experiment — and had themselves a feast. Meanwhile, the […]
Sadness and uncertainty
It’s months since I posted anything. And some of you have kindly been asking what happened. Two things happened, almost simultaneously. Covid and the lockdown, and the disappearance of our […]
Grass: evil or amoral?
Grass probably beats cockroaches in adaptability and survival skills. It’s everywhere, growing fast! So, our neighbour Chitra and I had this discussion, and were pleased to find ourselves in agreement. […]
Hum ek hain
This is old news now, but I’ve had no time to post. In my recent Bangalore stint (or shall I say stink, both are equally appropriate), I got mixed up […]
A colloquium of colocasias
We harvested a bed of colocasia (shepankizhangu/ arbi/ taro) today. I love this tuber vegetable, and its leaves too, that you can make into delicious patrode, west-coast style.But the best […]
It’s raining mangoes!
The mangoes are still growing, they’re not yet ready to pick. These are windfalls. Most of our 22 mango trees are supposed to be Banganapalli, but we suspect they have […]
Hoffable herralumps
I don’t have the heart to blame an animal for anything it does. So, elephants, you are not only forgiven, but sympathised with. Drought, fires, loss of habitat – what […]
Farming or gardening?
What’s the difference between farming and gardening? My understanding is that it’s a question of scale, from which follows the consumption of the produce, whether it’s domestic or commercial. Going […]
The Long View 