Punyasheel Agro Estate
Organic Farm and Farm Stay
(Sugarcane, Jaggery, Desi Cow Milk, Basic Vegtables)
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March Portraits ππ
"February Portraits"
Let this post mark our return to be active on Insta again.
Hope to be consistent in creating and posting of content on the social media.
Something which we missed dearly.
There's been variable change here at the estate.
With new activities, new babies and new energy.
Have a beautiful day all of you .π
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Hello Everyone .
We are very excited to announce to you GeeAanGrond.
The name in Afrikaans language translates in english to "Give To the Soil".
Just hang on and wait for our new announcements of the wide range of products we are going to bring to you .
These products are going to cater all your gardening needs .
Excited much?
Hey.
So here's some news to the audience of .
We and a group of friends are bringing to you some great products related to home gardening, terrace farming and nurseries .
These products are carefully nurtured and developed at our own .
So show some love and like the new page of GeeAanGrond Agro () on instagram and please share with your friends and family . Thank you βΊοΈπ
On harvest day ,the day is never too dull ,too sunny,too windy or too hot.
On harvest day the day is always perfect .
The satisfying crunch of the fruit of hardwork breaking from the plant is nectar to our ears.
The bags filling up to the brim with the harvested produce are never too heavy to carry on our backs.
How many more things do we give you to tell you how good our day is going on βΊοΈβΊοΈπ
"Initiation"
This word can change lives and move mountains .
An Initiative can give you hope . Make you believe that there will be a better future.
Our first initiative at was to plant one tree to give us shade .
It started from that one initiative and we are growing strong one initiative at a time towards a self sustainable ecosystem .
And we think that there is only one way we can ever take care of our environment.
To take an "Initiative".
Do you agree any more?
Happy World Environment day.
Can we just name this place as Punyasheel : The land of enchanting Sunsets ππ
These are freshwater Mussels .
There is a small bund on the river just further down away from our farm and the water level was full upto its brim. So the gates were opened to provide water for villages and towns further down the river. The water was let out and so the level got down exposing the river banks covered by water for so many months.
It also exposed hundreds of beautiful shells and mussels . Out of which I clicked this picture of a handful of some with the background of a beautiful sunset . ππ
Today's harvest : Baby Corn
Though its a sowing season right now for us ,our baby corn was ready for its first batch of harvesting.
We have done half an acre of baby corn as a test batch and got associated with for guidance . They provided us with the seeds and guidance but the process of growing was completely natural using our farm made fertilizers(Jeevamrut and vermicompost) and insecticide(Neemastra) to protect the crop from worms.
We dont have a processing and packaging unit of our own therefore the produce will be handed over to them for now but later we have plans to sell the produce of baby corn under our up coming brand. π€π
We have started growing and harvesting Azolla .
Its the fastest growing aquatic fern.
An excellent mulch, compost additive , cattle feed, fish feed .
We will mostly be using it as a cattle feed and a compost additve .
These are one of the best nitrogen fixing plants and rich in proteins.
If grown well and in perfect conditions they grow in double in just 48 hours.
One of the wonders of nature.ππ
Our good friend Nisha ( ) made this really cute illustration of a cosy and aesthetic spot of the house .
I really loved the detailing and the props she has added.
She's really brilliant at her designs and we look forward to working with her .
Hit her up if you need to get any work done related to graphic designing.
Thank you so much .
Me and my brother Ishaan Takawane have been mothered by so many women in our lives .
Older women ,younger women ,women we have never met in our lives.
Wish all of these beautiful women a Happy Mother's Day.
While this particular mother in the pictures have given us birth , we owe our lives to her .
Our undivided interest in nature ,plants and animals we owe that to her.
My connection with the soil and farming was developed and encouraged by her.
"Punyasheel" wouldn't have been possible without her.
She has been a teacher to thousands of kids throughout her life. Disciplined them ,taught them life lessons and gained their respect . Makes us proud to call her our mother.
Happy Mothers Day Aai.β€οΈ
Punyasheela Khamkar Takawane
The bark of Coconut tree shed regularly in its growing stages. The large heap on the left side of the tree is from that one tree alone.
We have in all 150 young trees at the estate
Wonder what use can we bring these sheddings to.
One thing in our mind is shredding it into a finer form and make coco peat blocks out of it .
Otherwise we will just put the shreddings in the compost pits. The worms love these to munch on.
Someone has rightly said that every bit of a coconut tree is put to use. ππ΄
Remember learning about nitrogen fixation in middle school?
Well these tiny nodules on the root of these plant traps and stores the atmospheric nitrogen with the help of a bacteria called the rizhobium .
These kind of plants are the best green manure and used for nitrogen fixation for the next crop.
This plant is called Dhaincha. Its now ready to be ploughed back in the soil to let it decompose .
We had a magnificent visitor today on the fields .
While watering the "Dhaincha(Green Manuring Crop)" fields in the noon when the sun was nice and bright and high above our heads .
This Brahminy Kite landed to drink water off the ground .
What a beautiful sight it was . It was the most elegant looking bird among the cranes and green magpies which were in numbers feeding on the insects nkt far from this kite . Managed to take these pixelated pictures before it took flight spreading its majestic golden brown wings and flew away.
Spot how many good boys you can see chilling on this hot afternoon .
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Goodmorning ππ
It is a privilege now to be able to breathe fresh air, walk in wet grass, watch the sun go down every day .
Its a privilege , its a luxury or call it being fortunate . But all of us have surely learnt to value every bit of it.
This Earth day lets all value such small things this planet has gifted us with .
Celebrating our beautiful planet and its beauty this Earth day .