Late bloomer
I was taught flight not fight. Not to draw attention to yourself. Be ashamed. If a guy pinches your bottom in the bus, Say nothing. Don’t make eye contact. Move […]
I was taught flight not fight. Not to draw attention to yourself. Be ashamed. If a guy pinches your bottom in the bus, Say nothing. Don’t make eye contact. Move […]
Who would expect such a showy flower to shyly hang its face to the ground? I had to crawl under and take its picture in selfie mode. Now that it’s […]
It all started with this unknown flowering plant that I bought at our local nursery. Some three years later, it has begun blooming. To our amazement, the huge, frilly flowers […]
If your dog badly needs this, run out right now and locate a palash tree! The flowering season is almost over for this year, and the flowers are ready to […]
We finally managed to grow some cauliflowers! They are tiny, but good looking. And after many attempts and many doomed seeds and cuttings, we now have four fine agathi trees […]
Red moon rising… And here is the year’s first palash, a splash of orange in the dry February landscape. The leaves of this tree, stitched together, make lovely, biodegradable disposable […]
Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s wishing you all a healthy, fulfilling and joyous 2020! My new year resolution is to keep a weather diary. And make a rain gauge. I […]
One of the biggest challenges for our farm is the poor soil. Mulch! mulch! mulch! is our motto. (And munch, munch, munch! is our practice.) We have been trying to […]
Some time back our friend Gopakumar, who is full of wild lore, told us about the Jalari tree (shorea roxburghii), which flowers in our local forest around Shiva Ratri. I […]
The northeast monsoon is playing truant again and the poor trees think it’s winter already. Two of the mango trees have begun flowering in a feeble, apologetic sort of way. […]