It had been a while since I visited the farm at Sampigepura. The last I visited there, was to show Manasa where our farm is located. My father had shared few photographs of the farm being drip irrigated and I was very enthusiastic to visit the farm from then. We had been pushing our visit and this time, we had some free time on Sunday. Father, mother, Chandana, Prasanna, Bhavana, Manasa and I planned for the visit on Sunday. Atte, Mava, Rashmi and Inchara also joined us. We started around 9, had breakfast at Dosa Point and Atte-Mava joined us in their car.
The village and the farm scene hasn't changed much and is almost the same as in my memory. I always want to go back to the village, I do not have a reason for this! I somehow find myself between the people there than the ones here! I do not belong here....
We reached the farm and Basappa was waiting for us. He was eager to see us and he began talking about improving the farm. He insisted on getting the barbed wire fencing around the farm. The bore-well was recharged from this year's rain and also due to the lakes being filled. Most of the farm is not drip irrigated. Along with the coconut trees, Basappa had planted Avarekai, sihi-genasu and couple of banana plant. We all had tender coconut. Basappa and I planted Sapota and Bettada-Nallikai saplings which we had taken from Mysore to mark Bhavana's first visit to the farm. Basappa insisted on getting more fruit bearing saplings.
I felt I must get more trees around the peripheral of the farm and many fruit bearing trees. I must visit the Biotechnology Center in Bannerghatta road to buy some plants for the farm. I also decided that I must send some money to improve the farm.
- Tall trees around the peripheral of the farms.
- Native fruit bearing trees.
- A small shed in the corner to store the farm equipment.
- The calmness in the farm was unmatched. I don't think I can experience that elsewhere.
