The coffee plants in our garden still yield even after fifty years, although not as well as they used to be. Every time I walk past these plants, I remember my parents who ventured to plant them even after some neighbours told them that coffee plants need good winter season for them to thrive which was not possible in the planes.
For every assumption there is an exemption. This was one of them. It was my parents who popularised coconut farming in our village.
People had until then believed that coconut palms grow only in coastal areas. Then came the experiments with black pepper. I remember may parents distributing the stems of black pepper to the neighbours to plant. At one stage we had pepper on at least hundred trees, yielding a good crop even season.
We grow by embracing challenging our beliefs and changing them when we are ready.
The Rose plants grafted in Bangalore do not seem to survive well in Kerala as there is larger rain fall in Kerala. This is the first rainy season since we planted some of them. The rose plants look dull and the flowers look smaller. But it looks like they would survive the rains. Had they been in a green house they would have done better.
I have been through different experiences in life that I am inclined to find the roots of our beliefs. Often beliefs are not grounded on facts of truth.
It is a pleasant experience when one can discover a truth concealed in a tradition and revise the belief !
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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