It's possible . . .

See what is sitting on the table in accounts office today. 

Majherus, our point person in finance had successfully grown broccoli in his farm. About 4 months back, I had got hold of some broccoli seeds and had distributed to few staff who had small farms around their homes outside the campus. 

I had also planted few seeds in my backyard . . . but because of work had ignored it. 

It was a joy to see broccoli grow in parched Palamu. More snaps . . . 

Next year, I would like to try out chard, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, kale etc . . . And of course, we are going to encourage vegetable farmers in our surrounding villages who regularly grow cauliflower to try out broccoli . . . Would welcome donations of the said winter vegetables, especially from those who visit us from abroad. 

For beginners, please click here if you want to compare broccoli with cauliflower. 

Vegetable Garden

Over the last 2 months, Shalom had been quite inquisitive about how vegetables come into being.

When we had first arrived at NJH, we had started off a vegetable garden. However, because of Simian menace, we did not continue our enthusiasm. 

However, over the last 2 weeks, our farmer genes kicked on and we were into some serious amount of backyard vegetable gardening. Snaps of the efforts . . .

Our only prayer is that the monkeys will spare us this time . . .

Potatoes in empty cement bags

The first tomato plant. We found this growing wild and transplanted it to our backyard.
If you look carefully, you can see the first fruit . . .

A close up of the first fruit . . .

Cauliflower . . .

A seed bed . . . 

Other forms of seed beds . . . made from discarded medicine cartons

Broccoli plants coming up . . .