November ricing!
The harvest is in! All 7.5 kilos of it! I know it’s a laughable amount to anyone else, but it’s a big deal for us. It’s the first time we’ve […]
Category Archives: Natural farming
Enter Celeste
Two sticks, a torn kurta, the headrest off the old lounger… A broken plastic flower pot, some rope, some GI wire… Tie here, twist there, pad out, prop up, and […]
Sunshine after rain: haiku
Banana blooming Over paddy heads prancing – Oh, this giving earth!
A non-working farm dog
If you’re interested in leading a good life like mine, there are a few rules to be followed. 1. Don’t work. If anyone asks you to do anything, play dumb […]
No-till 2022 – an update
I’m happy to report that our no-till avare is coming along nicely. It’s a six month crop, so we’ll hopefully start harvesting in December. In addition, I’ve planted five little […]
In which I fall off the wagon, slightly
So, if you remember, I had sworn off tilling. The intention was zero disturbance of the soil and the continuous adding of layers of organic material. But what to do? […]
Move over, tuvar dal
In most South Indian kitchens, there are the Big Four dals or paruppus – tuvar (tovarai), urad (ulundu), channa (kadalai) and moong (payaru). In the north, they have masoor as […]
All the perfumes of Arabia
I have spent the last few days brewing a terrific stink! Usually Anilodharani is the sweetest smelling place. We have champaka, roses, jasmine – wild and domestic, angelonia, tithonia, water […]
The sweetest chikoos
If you’re lucky enough to have a chikoo/sapota tree in your garden, the witching hour is at hand! I see chikoos in the market almost all the year round, and […]
A river runs through it…
Not really! But almost. We have four small ponds in various parts of our land to catch and store rainwater. But despite really good rains this season, the ponds weren’t […]
The Long View 