85th Organic Farmers' Market

By Dr. R Sudarshan

The week that passed was washed clean by incessant rains. Not only that the leafy vegetables drowned in flooded soil, the fruits and leaves withered and began to decompose. An army of metallic green scarab beetles took chance and invaded the farm brutally but beautifully.

We guarded the jack in the cleft for months. When it ripened yesterday, we immediately announced the banquet and the farmhands covered it with a thick sheet, to protect it from the night riders till the guests arrived. And over 10 guests were assured of driving in.

But this morning, when the farmhands went to lay the table for the banquet, they discovered that the jackfruit has been hacked and eaten by the real custodians of nature, overnight. Bees and insects are now swarming the broken fruit and competing with pecking birds. The shield of a sheet that we spread, is torn to pieces. On the tree, there are tell-tale signs of a conflict between the claimants.

Sorry folks. The covenant of banquet had an inbuilt exit clause that we couldn't avoid.

Scarab beetles are good friends of organic farming. They scavenge, help decomposition, recycling, and hence the farm's resilience.

We announce the 85th week of the organic market with a high hope that the organic nature of the farm is re-asserting itself. And the farm is reorganizing thoroughly, in order to produce much more delightful wild.

9 AM on Sunday. Your date with nature that's called the market.

85th Organic Farmers' Market, Sunday, 22 May 2022, 9 AM to 12 Noon

For any relevant query, message 81051 12990.

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Farmer's House, Silverfish Books, Kutz Bowl and the Farmer's Market, # 1A, 13th Cross, Kalidasa Road, VV Mohalla, Mysore.

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[20/05, 23:21] Sangeetha Sudhir: Is this called jeerjimbe in Kannada?

[21/05, 06:03] BS Ranganath: Exactly!: https://youtu.be/FPV6HkMHfCU

[21/05, 08:17] Sangeetha Sudhir: They look so beautiful

[21/05, 08:42] BS Ranganath: Beautiful is the imagination too.

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