Monday, June 7, 2021

Cultivation in neighborhood area

When Corona lockdown started, my neighbor had given some land for me to cultivate. I had started banana, brinjal,chinese potato etc...In summer nothing much happened since watering is always a problem. So with the rain again I have started again. Also I make compost with kitchen waste and dried leaves, green grass etc...right now one pile is almost ready and another will be ready in two months...

Some photos...

This pile is getting ready

This is ready for use..will be covering it with plastic sheet so that rain and sun does not fall on it directly.


Ash guard, started with first rains, so they are getting established before heavy rains


Ash guard

Pumpkin







Small taro, this is not disturbed by wild pigs...so no protection given

Small taro and ginger - sunhemp also sown

Blue taro - favorite of wild pigs - hence covered with bamboo and other thorny branches



Sugar cane plant - survived summer


Some banana plants didn't survive summer, this variety is 'Kumbha vazha' and thrive on rainy season and matures early


Cow pea



Cucumber 


Tomato brinjal - doing very well, survived summer without any issue



Sunhemp sown in one bed

14-August-2021

Chinese poatoe - applied cowdung once and compost couple of times


Planted new banana in places where the earlier one was damaged


Lady's finger and chilly plant..ladies finger was seeded 3 times since initially it didn't germinate



Brinjal - steady harvest for 2nd year...






Super napier grass seeds germinating


Super napier grass and vetiver grass



This is a lady's finger gifted by a neighbor grand mother few years back...yields well


After some time, branches comes and on each branch there are fruits


New compost pile


Compost pile is almost ready