Coorg farmers adore vegetation, in concert with a passion for decorative plants. Coorg homes have attractive gardens. However grand or simple the garden may be, there is one favourite that the home is unlikely to be without, and that is the Pothos or the ‘money plant’. Read more »

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Coffee planting is not for the faint-hearted (to say the least!). Read more »

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Coffee is an annual crop and the development period for each year’s coffee is about nine months from the time of initiation of the new crop. Read more »

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Used as a delicacy, medicine, and spice, the multifaceted Ginger belongs to the family of cardamom and turmeric. Ginger cultivation has its origins in South Asia. The ginger plant is grown alongside coffee on the plantations of Coorg Read more »

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Many farmers have either completed coffee harvest or are close to finishing. It’s time now for the harvest of the spice called pepper. Read more »

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Knowledge of Coffee farming is acquired from previous generations. Children growing up on farms in Coorg learn Coffee farming easily. Read more »

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The Nandi tree is used as a shade tree on the coffee plantations of Coorg. Myth has it that the Nandi symbolized Lord Shiva’s vehicle – the bull. These trees are grown in plenty in the forests of the Western Ghats. Read more »

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Coffee farming is a full-time job. However, though some landowners also have other professions, this agricultural activity is the spirit of their being. They love the farm work! Read more »

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Corporal by nature, farming is a vigorous affair. However, far from finding the demands of such a routine challenging, the grower revels in this state. Read more »

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In Kodava villages, traditionally, buffalos have been used extensively to plough paddy fields. These bovines are also made to walk on the straw in order to segregate the same from the paddy. Read more »

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