Sonave community farming project

Sonave is my ancestral  village just outside Mumbai, and this project is to include you in the farming of fruits, vegetables, grains and more so that we all have access to good quality food throughout the year.

January 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Plucked raddish and methi leaves
    2) Sowed pumpkin seeds
Rice, Raddish, Methi leaves, Palak, Chickoo, Lemon grass Bakul flowers
February 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Cleared & prepared bed to sow methi and palak seeds
    2) Plucked tur and vaal
Tur, Vaal, Annapurna leaves, Kadi pata, Navalkol, Raddish, Drumstick
March 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Thrashed sun-dried pods for harbara
    2) Plucked tur dal and desi tamatar
Methi, Annapurna leaves, Ambe halad, Desi tamatar, Gauthi mirchi, Gauthi baingan
April 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Plucked onions
    2) Made sabudana padap
    3) Stone grinding and sieving of tur pulse
    4) Farmers market
Onion, Tej pata, Lemon grass, Kadi pata, Goonj leaves
May 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Plucked groundnuts
    2) Celebrated local berries festival
Neem leaves, Groundnut, Groundnut oil, Banana, Coconut
June 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Plucked jamun and uprooted wada roots & shatavari
    2) Planted ginger in the soil
Neem leaves, Mogra flower, Shatavari, Wada roots, All vitamin leaves, Aloevera, Tulsi stem
July 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Sprinkled rice in the fields
Shevda, Lal math, Alu pata, Lemon grass
August 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Plucked and transplanted rice in another field
    2) Planted Jamun tree
Drumstick leaves, Lal math, Tej patta, Kadi patta, Adu leaves
September 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Cleared weeds from herbal garden and watered plants with Jeevamrut
    2) Restored soil for planted ginger roots
Seetaphal, Laal math, Ambadi, Citronella
October 2022
Activity Food basket
    1) Sowed desi tamatar, mirchi and baingan seeds
    2) Prepared Diwali special oil
Chandan, Aritha, Multani mitti, Kadipata, Drumstick leaves
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