Archive for the ‘Flora’ Category

Farming anywhere is a joy and the same applies enormously in Coorg. The farmer is privileged with ecstatic and inspiring environs, sights, sounds and feelings! (more…)

Farmers in Coorg have begun preparing for the time when Robusta coffee is due for harvest. (more…)

Used as a spice in cuisines all across the globe, cloves are harvested mainly in India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and when they are 1.5–2 cm in length. (more…)

Paddy cultivation is close to the heart of the traditional Coorg farmer. Every farming household grows rice, mostly for domestic consumption. Land suitable for rice cultivation is called ‘bael’ or ‘bhoomi’ in local parlance, and almost revered. (more…)

An exotic species at Coorg, the Silver Oak tree or Silky Oak as it’s also termed, is native to Australia. (more…)

Robusta coffee is grown in Coorg, especially in its southern region. The more vigorous of the two commercially cultivated varieties, it is also less expensive to retain. (more…)

It might seem surprising that while the landscape of Coorg is contrasting, its people are fused in their love of farming. Whilst the taller ranges are at the 4000 feet level, the lower ranges are at mid-2000 feet levels. (more…)

Coffee, a plantation crop, is a long-term investment for the coffee farmer in Coorg. Robusta and Arabica are the two commercially planted varieties in Coorg. For a farmer who wishes to profitably cultivate either of these varieties, coffee farming is a lifetime’s commitment. (more…)

Coorg is known for its coffee and also for pepper, the ‘king of spices’. But apart from this ‘king’, the ‘queen of spices’, cardamom is also grown in some of the estates limited  to valleys or areas where there is an assured supply of water for irrigation during the summer months. (more…)

Of the two predominantly cultivated coffee varieties in Coorg, Arabica is the quick growing and quick return type. Planted in higher elevations as compared to Robusta, it is finding less favour as a pure crop on account of being more expensive to cultivate. (more…)