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Life at Farmhill in pictures!

Pookalam

Shishu created this pookalam, just like that!

Sand Castles

It rained and shishu played!

A quiet Sunday morning

Celebrating Subba

Pictures from Celebrating Subba event held at Farmhill Learning.

First mango shower

First mango shower of the season, and the smell of dry leaves getting wet!

Hot and blooming day!

Campfire and barbecue

New kid at farm hill!

We got a couple of goats sometime back and one of them gave birth to a kid! Welcoming haDDi!!

Flavors of food!

Chaya is a plant like moringa. It grows wild and can be grown as a fence. The leaves can be eaten.

Life skills!

Children learn to use ropes to make ladders and climb trees!

Another day in primary school!

Shishu on a rainy day!

Yoga day like any other day!

The yoga we do every day, we did on yoga day too!

Science class

We have a shishu class now - 3 to 5 year olds. There a few chickens and goats. And that’s a science class!

Love of nature

“How do I make my children develop interest in reading?”, is a question I am asked very frequently.

Mulberries!

Lotus

Hungry caterpillar

One mor child gets introduced to hungry caterpillar!

Lotus seed pod!

It’s so intricately made to hold the seeds

Golden showers!

రేల/cassia fistula

Cabbages

Vallarai Keerai/Indian Pennywort/Saraswati leaf

Medicinal herb used in brain tonics. Grows freely at farm hill.

Companions!

“what kind of education do you aim for at farm hill?”

A proper Lotus pond

Now, that’s a proper Lotus pond, ain’t it?

Spring…

Sankhupushpi

Parijata

…sunkissed winter mornings!

Flower song

Trees. Sing flowers, Gently.

Royakotta trek

Beans Harvest

Flower tea!

Lotus Pond

Dewey mornings!

Beauty is everywhere

Learning

There is a lot to learn, watching a slide being built!

One year apart

Notice the tree!

Hidden pool

The loveliest things are free and public! Pictured is a small pool formed by a little brook running next to Farm Hill.

Air potatoes

Our own air potato!

Wild flowers

Wild passion flower

Passiflora foetida. The fruits are small and taste sweet/sour. Amazingly, the tender leaves are edible and the flowers are beautiful!

Coconut craft!

Our coconut craft teacher made a model scooter with turning wheels and all, just for fun! And see how proud bubloo is of his father! 😁

Onam 2022

Slightly belated Onam celebrations at farm hill.

Gifts of Nature

Found on a morning walk

The pond

Rainy

Water lilly!

Our first water lilly!

Butterfly migration!

Annual blue tiger migration observed at farm hill. The plant is a variety of sunnhemp.

Ixora Indica!

White ixora. Smells sweet, grows wild.

New fountain!

Temples and uses

We put a temple to one of its original uses, as a place where people get together, chill out and learn!

Summer harvest and holiday goodies!

Mango chilli pickle!!!

Lilies!!

Hibiscus Season

Sundried Tomatoes

That’s about 10kg of tomatoes done in an hour and half.

The faces of a flower

One flower, many faces!

A summer morning walk

Clear blue skies, and we meet ‘kids’ from another school! 🙃

Harvest today!

This is the first summer we have the water, manpower and the infrastructure to water plants. The first harvest of this summer!

The faces of a flower

One flower, many faces!

Build it yourself…

Children and adults creating and traversing an obstacle course in the games time.

Mooli Harvest!!

Totally organically grown!

The sun sets…

Beautiful sunsets are a part of life at farm hill!

Visit to HutK Railway Koduru

Grass flowers

Flowers@Farm Hill Spring 2021

Courage!

Ever wondered what courage looks like? 🙂 Meet Puli.

Palash

The beauty of Palash. This tree is right outside Farm Hill campus.

Awake. Asleep.

New kittens at Farm Hill

Happy Pongal!

Pongal celebrations at Farm Hill!

Rain in April 2020

Our Stove

Wood burning, mud build stove. See how easy to not just keep it clean but also make it look new!

Farm Hill Campus

The beauty of Farm Hill Campus.