Five-acre farm is nestled inside a patch of Shola forest with natural streams and artificial ponds running through it Babu Rajasekaran wields a machete as he meets us around 30 km from Udhagamandalam, down the slopes adjoining Mukurthi National Park. He is there , to escort us to his organic strawberry farm.We look a bit dubiously at his weapon. “It just makes me braver about facing any wildlife I might encounter on the way,” says Rajasekaran. The five-acre Heartberry Farm is nestled inside a patch of Shola forest, with natural streams and artificial ponds running through it. “There are tigers here, spotted almost every day by the workers on the farm. Sloth bears and leopards are even more common,
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For a slice of exotica: from broccoli to zucchini, exotic crops charm Nilgiris farmers
The weather conditions at Kookalthorai are conducive for cultivation of the exotic vegetable varieties For M. Kari, a farmer at Kookalthorai area in the Nilgiris, cultivation of broccoli and iceberg lettuce for the past 10 years has meant an assured income from agriculture. On his four-acre farm, he grows carrot, beetroot and also some varieties of exotic vegetables.More than 100 farmers in Kookalthorai area of the Nilgiris are into cultivation of exotic vegetables such as broccoli, zucchini, iceberg lettuce, brussels sprout, red cabbage and leek. These are available at departmental stores and served cooked at star hotels.The weather conditions at Kookalthorai are conducive for cultivation of these exotic vegetable varieties. Hence, the yield is better compared with other parts