General Update

Some quick updates.

Our house had some critical components missing till recently – doors. We’ve got the doors fitted earlier this week. The episode regarding the doors was interesting. Like everything else, people gave a lot of suggestions as to what I could do about the doors. We were sure that we wanted the typical village doors made of good wood. That would have suited the stone walls and the mud flooring inside. A carpenter offered to make it about 3 months back, but his quote would have had me shell out almost 20k on doors and windows. City people have to be prepared to be overcharged in villages. But, I wasn’t prepared to spend that much. It continued to be on hold all this time. A house without doors had become a nuisance because dogs would enter the house at night and even during the day sometimes. Finally, our search ended in Sehore (the nearest town), and got the doors and windows made for less than 6k without any compromise on looks and quality. It makes us really happy and proud to see the house – built from the scratch – an experience that a city dweller never gets.

On the farming front also there is some progress. We’ve sown quite a few vegetables and some of them should be available for consumption in about 10 – 15 days. Radish, Carrots, Brinjal, Cabbage, Coriander, Tomatoes, Red leafy vegetable and Spinach are sown. Tomorrow, we plan to sow Potatoes and after a few days Cauliflower and Onions. We also sowed a bit of chana today. Over the next few days, we will also sow jowar, a few more vegetables and some more chana. We’ve almost decided not to sow wheat this time.

The rains seem to have ended for this year and the early morning temperature has started dropping. The cold is expected to be severe this year. We’re all looking forward to the winter experience.