group kelasa

When we think about farmland, most of us would get the picture of a landlord in pure white and white traditional dress, holding an umbrella and supervising scores of workers in the field. Gone are those good old days. Now workers had migrated towards city for better job, in whatever betterment that is.

The current landlords are different. They wear dirty khaki clothes, may be bare chested and plough in the muddy field. Farm operations are labour consuming, requires lots of man power. In order to resolve the issue, the land owners team up. They form a group of about 5 and combined effort. They usually meet once in a week, put their effort in one of their land. Round robin method is attempted.

Synergy wins.

80 year old house

Could be more than that. (Localites claim that major renovation took place 80yrs back, house might have been constructed in the end of 19th century). The house is located in our farm. Compact one with required space for a couple to stay. The house looks rich thou the roof is tiled.

The wood work are unique and antique. The doors and windows are crafted carefully. The door is 'inserted' into the door frame rather than sticking out like modern day one. The keys are stylish and awesome.

The Main attraction is the entrance. There are three! For a house of such size, three doors seem to be a lot. Apart from the main entrance, there are two in the side. Opening all the doors give a nice ambiance.

First sale

(Pepper climber as shown in the above image. Pepper grows as a bunch of tiny tots. Seen in the right hand side of the image)

After we moved into the farm, we were doing lots of work .. one thing after another. Farm related, house maintenance, government paper work etc. Amidst all those things, we were able to pluck out some pepper and dry it up. My job was to sell it to some merchant.

I hopped from shop to shop, trying to learn the buying price. I had to put an act, as thou I am a seasoned farmer and trying to sell off a load. Had a fear, what if he asks some technicalities about the goods? I know that pepper is used in pongal, beyond that my knowledge is nill. Luckily a shop near the city center bought the stuff with less questioning.

I will have to research more to know about the best price. Less planning to pack it and sell them off.