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The rain in spades

11/10/2019by thelongview 4 Comments

Finally, after several semi-drought years and a disastrous early monsoon, we have rain! Every night! Water is standing everywhere, and flowing in many places. In the mornings, there are muddy […]

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Earth, Farming, Rainwater harvesting, Water

My pond runneth over

26/04/2019by thelongview 2 Comments

Almost. Our pre-monsoon work is paying off, now fingers crossed for a good monsoon. Topshe was thrilled, but stopped short of taking a swim.

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Dogs, Natural farming, Water

All set, now where’s the rain?

01/04/2019by thelongview 6 Comments

It must be nice to be God. No hitches or holdups once you decide to do something, or so I imagine. Over the last few days, we have had our […]

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Birds, Earth movers, Farming, Nature, Water

Much water and a little sunshine

13/09/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

I’m sure everyone on earth is sick of rain right now. But where I come from it’s still a matter to cheer about, so I’m going to go ahead and […]

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Farming, Insect repellent, Insects, Organic living, Termites, Village life, Water

Summer storm

08/04/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

After weeks of the heat building up (yes I know, it’s hotter where you are, almost anywhere in the country, but we in and around Bangalore suffer too), we finally […]

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Natural farming, Water

Water! she gasped

20/11/2016by thelongview Leave a comment

It’s over two weeks since I saw the place, I’m sorely in need of a fix. And it hasn’t rained in nearly three months in these parts. We are facing […]

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Elephants, Farming, Water

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