The Himalayan Ranges
Radhe Radhe Everyone!
Hope you all are doing great.
In today's blog, I'll share my experience of visiting my organic apple farm, which is located at Jubbal Himachal Pradesh India.Jubbal is a small town off district Shimla and it is quite famous for apple production. The pleasant climate off this area is perfect for apple production. People of this area also grow numerous fruits along with apple such as peach apricot, plum and pears. There is an old palace at jubbal, which reflect the rich culture and heritage of the area.
Tip Of MountainCoveredWithEvergreenForest
This is the view in front of my organic farm. We can literally see the tip of mountain covered with forest , and these trees are deodar, trees and pine tre. The huge vegetation, the flora and the fauna of this place, is incredible and it's the closest you can get to nature. The purity in the air of this area is on another level. It's the purest air you can breath.
A small Village In The Mountain
This is a picture of village situated in the mountain I showed you in the above picture. Making a home at the mountain is literally most difficult task but kudos to those who have strong believe in themselves and look everything positivity and make impossible things possible.
The name of this village is chori, It's a small village with around 50 homes in it. It is situated in the base of this mountain and the area is quiet, plane and the village Chori is famous for it's vegetable production. It's a source of income for lot's of people belonging to this village. Apple farm are also there and as it's at lower altitude, harvesting starts earlier here.
A VintageHouseIn Kath Kuni Style
And this is an old house, visible from my apple farm. The vintage house nowadays are rare to find. It is made in Kath kuni style and it's completely made up of Stone's mud and wood. Search type of house are perfect for both weather winter as well as summer. They Remain cold during the hot Summer season and for winter they would provide the necessary heat required.
The Organic Apple Farm
Now let's go toward my Organic apple farm, to be honest , it's really difficul to take care of them. It requires manpower, equipments and machineries. My dad take care of all the apple farms that we have. He knows exactly at what time should provide them organic manure, do the pruning and and when to start harvesting.
The apple variety that we have grown in this farm is Spur And to be more specific , it's red , delicious variety of Spur. The elevation of this place is seven thousand five hundred meters , and it's perfect for apple growth and production. These plants are planted nearly 10 years ago by my dad and now you can see they are grown up but to come to their fully fledged state they need 5 yo 7 more year.
You can see the flowers on the apple trees and currently they are in their pink Bud stage and by literally walking here it felt like i've been teleported to a garden of flowers with a nice fragrance, flowers bees and butterflies in it.
The day I went here was not sunny, it was about to rain.It's really difficult to predict the weather here. Especially during the pre monsoon season. The wind was blowing very fast, making it extremely difficult for me to stand here.But here are some pictures that I took and I have clicked all these pictures using my camera.
An apple tree of this much height can produce 2-3 boxes of apple. One by a box of apple contains 22 to 26 kgs of apple.
Apart from the flowers on the apple tree, there were flowers all over the ground and they were so tiny, pretty with different colours. I couldn't take my eyes off so I clicked pictures of them Search pictures are called macro shots. And here are some of them.
Random Maceo Shots
I don't know the name of the flower but this looked so pretty that I can't resist myself and took some pictures , and if you guys are aware about this plant, do let me know the name of it in the comment.
Cause it's been raining here from the past few days the green grass has grown all over the ground and It's literally difficult to walk through it, To maintain the farm, it is a crucial step to cut the grass every second week. Also,It helps to keep a check on spreading Off diseases. Also a spray of insecticide, as well as pesticide is necessary during this time of the season, In this stage it's really important to protect your apple plants from the pests and insects.
By walking through my apple farm , I finally reached at my shed at the farm where we
Keep all our equipment , which are required in the farm Also, this has a kitchen in it.And we can prepare our food here whenever we want.
Shed Between The Apple Orchards
The shed is at the end of the farm , but between the apple orchards and it looks really pretty during the apple season. All you can say is beautiful view of the mountains and the valley and beautiful flower at the ground , apple's on the trees. Refresh yourself and to get too close to nature.It's the best thing that one can do. Moreover the city life Is more hectic full of hassle bustle and it keeps you away from the nature. I'll pose more about the status of my apple farm during this apple season to keep you updated regarding the same. Stay connected to know more about the process of harvesting of apple and much more. Hope you enjoyed the blog.
Thank you for reading.
Radhe Radhe.