The season of nutmeg harvesting is on in our garden. This is how the fruit looks when it is ready for the harvest.
The shell splits into two halves with the nut and its maize intact. The flower maize is usually bright red in colour and needs to be separated intact from the nut for drying in the sun. It send out an aroma when dried.
The nut too needs drying till the seed inside is fully dry. When fully dried the seed would move inside the nut when shaken.
The process of collecting the nutmeg and getting it through the different stages of preparation is time consuming, but for those interested in farming, it is the least of challenges!
During the six months since the nutmeg tree flowers and the ripe fruits are ready for harvesting, the farmer can wait patiently, without having to do anything to take care of it.
It is this Jesus of Nazareth described in a parable about sowing and waiting. The farmer can wait for its fruits. This is a hopeful waiting not a stressful waiting!
Hope transforms our attitude!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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