April in Cumbum Valley

Hello Friends,

Here is an update and sorry for the late posting but you can see why, as we have been very busy in the fields executing the expansion plans mentioned in our earlier post. The last video brings you up to date with planting of Musk Melon seeds we had done yesterday. More of it going on today too.

Banana seedlings have arrived, Pole Beans are scheduled to be planted this Friday. We are growing.

Consultant on Site

April at Cumbum Valley Farms

Planting Musk Melon

Come back and check out next week to view Pole Beans and Banana planting operations.

Rajesh

March 2011 Expansion

Hello Friends,

We are in the process of adding another 15 acres of planting to our existing fields and the work is proceeding at a fast pace. By the end of today we should be completing the drip laying for the new fifteen acres and the fields will be ready for planting. On Saturday we will have our consultant with us and we will decide what crops are going to go into each field and I will update you on this come Sunday. In the meantime here is a peek to what is going on at our farms.

Bustling with Activity

Await more updates on Sunday the 3rd of April.

Rajesh

February Adds more Produce with Brinjal Harvests

Hello Friends,

We are growing and am happy to share with you visuals of our Brinjal Harvest taken today. Also on view is the state of our farms as of the first week of March and most importantly coverage of our consultants visit yesterday. The brief was to plan for a major expansion in area to take up planted area to 26 acres in the next 60 days about which you may have received my mail.

Brinjal Harvest

Bananas And Chilli Plants in March

Expansion Planning

Bye for now.
Rajesh

January Closes with our First Harvest

Hello Friends,

Happy to share videos of our first  harvest of Chilies on the last day of January while we await for harvest time for  Brinjals also soon. Hope you enjoy seeing our fields becoming productive.

Harvesting the Chili Crop

Bananas & Brinjal

Rajesh

Mid January Update

Hello Friends,

Plants have grown and we should be starting the initial harvesting in February. Banana off course is a ten month crop and is planned as for one time quantity harvest and sale. Below are vidoes showing progress.

Chilli in Mid January

Brinjal in Mid January

Banana in Mid January

Rajesh

Mid December update

Hello Friends,

Here are some visual updates for you. We have commenced fertigation of all the crops now that the rains have subsided and weeding has been completed, videos of which will come up here in the next update.

Weeding mid December

Soil treatment and Gap filling

Await more updates next week.

Rajesh

October to December 2010

Hello Friends,

For those who wish to get a feel of the field level operations, here are some videos covering the various farming activities we have completed starting preparation of the field and planting. We now wait for the rains to subside to commence our fertigation schedule which should start from next week the rain gods permitting. Plant growth would be rapid after commencement of fertilizer application through the process of fertigation. Check this site out to keep abreast of progress.

FIELD PREPARATION

                      

COMMISSIONING SYSTEMS

PLANTING THE SEEDLINGS

 

Fifteen days on...WEEDING

                        

By the 20th of November

                        

Hope you have now got a feel for what we do.

Rajesh