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Pictures are worth 10,000 words — an old proverb, still true. Curated highlights below, with camera and location details where we have them.

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2026

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Community members have pottery classes with the new potter's wheel that we added to our inventory.

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March gathering of members at the Old lunch hut which now serves as a workshop space.

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Rosary Peas are known to be used as beads and in percussion instruments, and are toxic because of the presence of abrin.

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Gliricidia Bloom. The plant is called gobbarda mara or gobbaradgidda in Kannada which literally translates to Green Manure. It's popular to rapidly increase the carbon content in the soil via chop and drop methods.

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These large clay pots are used to store seeds. We have been told that these are rare and made from the finest clay from lake beds.

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2025

Hooded grasshopper looked so cool

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Community members love bringing guests to the farm

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Ramesh and Madhavan

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Fresh vegetables harvest.

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South American Amaryllis

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2024

Guava harvest was great.

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Community meets up at the farm every November 01st

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Raagi harvested at the farm. All the Raagi needs of the farm workers are met with the Raagi grown on the farm

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Shashtika and Deesha got along well.

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Fig tree with Figs. We have been told that Figs have to be grown in sets of three. Guess why?

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Hongkong Orchid

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Foundations for member homes

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Kiwi loves a good rub and he will try hard to get you to give him one.

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Streaked Rattlepod

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Nights give interesting pictures of the Lunch Hut

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Overnight stays are the best. We have a relaxed evening at the Lunch hut talking and often playing simple board games

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Kerosene Lanterns

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Walking on new grounds

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Climbing trees is something that kids miss in cities

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Isika and her friend play with the water in the stream

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Kiwi leads from the front

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Our first Bamboo deck that could accommodate a single tent

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Chilling out under a Tamarind Tree

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Oscillating sprinkler irrigates nursery

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Madhavan holding Shashtika who is a farm baby

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Mangos on the farm!!

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Madhavan maintains a list of all the birds, animals and reptiles spotted on the farm meticulously

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It's a long list now

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2021

Community members install solar panel frame near the Farm Manager's dwelling.

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Welding was an interesting experience

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Community gathering under Old Lunch Hut

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Bigger Nursery setup

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2020

Amla (Indian Gooseberry)

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More Sun Flowers

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The old lunch hut holds a list documenting the snakes and birds spotted.

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Whiteboard with welcome message and notes at outdoor farm location.

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The same photo spot in October 2020 looks vastly different. It was likely the last time it could be photographed as dense vegetation now blocks the view.

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Banana Grove is next to the Mud Hut.

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The old lunch hut, once covered in tarpaulin. Now sports a tin roof.

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Mexican flowers bloom

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Markers for TVC guest to guide them to the camp site

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flower bloom near the farm Manager's dwelling

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Sunflowers bloom

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Wind Chime setup by Vasu

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2019

Rajesh was good with kids

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This view will likely become invaluable in a few years.

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On the edges of our farm where we found these on the rocks. Not sure what they were for

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Walking through the new land that we had just acquired

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Vijay striking a pose

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As shown in the picture, the spot was dry in April.

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Bamboo fence to prevent over grazing and the gate to allow humans to pass

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This vast expanse of brown is hard to believe was once the landscape in 2019. It’s practically unrecognisable today.

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Attempt to build a nursery

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A wide-angle view of the “Nishant kere” reveals a peculiar spot on the farm. For some strange reason, it always has water most of the year. We named it after one of our members.

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Nishant Kere, under construction, being inspected by its members.

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Building a water storage. We named it Nishant's pool after one of the members

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Ant crawling on white flower

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A photo spot was chosen to document seasonal and yearly changes. In Jan, it was reasonably green.

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2018

The first farmers’ quarters gradually takes shape.

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The well has become a water hole. We abandoned the attempt to hit the water table as he well digging team refused to continue.

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We were told that this was a pest

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Okra flower bloom

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We attempted to dig an open well but hit a hard bottom, causing the earth mover to break.

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Community members riding a tractor carrying the farm tool storage box

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In 2018, the old lunch hut stood alone, at present it is completely surrounded by lush green growth.

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Members gathered under our first lunch Hut on farm grounds.

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First farm dog.

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Community members made seed balls

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Seed Balls ready for dispersal

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Foundation for the first Farmer's Quarters

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Members inspect the foundation

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Thushya presents the cookies baked in the clay oven

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The soil was still exposed but we could see it starting to change

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People work in cleared hillside field with scattered vegetation and forest backdrop.

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The first structure, a Mud house that was hand built

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The mud house was painted with organic paints

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Trekked up the top of the hill with the kids

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Up somewhere on the top of our property

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Rajesh built the first clay oven on the farm

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Our First Camp stay at the farm

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2017

Praveen holding yellow larva.

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Cleared farmland with workers, scattered trees, and marked cultivation parcels. We named this patch Arkavathy

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Initial earth work to build what we later called the Elvin Kere

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There were barely any trees.

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Land was barren

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A rabbit trap laid by the villagers

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The barren landscape that we visioned to convert into a forest

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