Farm Tour!

Finally, time to post some pictures of this place I am already growing to love. There will be many more to come as I get to know the place better and as my patience grows to deal with the slow Internet connection.

Home sweet home for the next four months. I share a room with three other girls, one from the UK the two other from the US. Note the mosquito net which is not so much for mosquito protection, but instead for jumping lizard and mouse protection.

 

Lucy, one of the four farm dogs who will help me from becoming too homesick.

Guava tree!

 

When rice is still in the field it is called paddy.

Foothills of the Himalayas through some grain.

Turmeric will not be harvested until the winter months, it takes about 6 months to grow.

Peanut and sesame seed plants

Five hundred and fifty varieties of rice are grown here! 
Marigolds are planted on the edge to keep away pests.
We will be harvesting these in a few weeks or so.

The soapnut-tree's seeds lather when added to water. We use the soap to wash our dishes here on the farm and it can also be used as a shampoo!

 The farm has about 4 or 5 cows their manure and urine are very important
  to the fertilization of the crops here.