Creating New Garden Beds

Over the past few weeks the Siddhidata Kulam has been working to create forms for the twelve new garden beds which are being added to the monastery's vegetable garden. The wooden forms are almost finished, which will allow for one big cement pour. Making it all happen in just one pour will allow a truck load to be ordered, saving the kulam countless hours of hand-mixing cement. Once the beds are finished, they'll have the potential of increasing the garden's production by roughly 20% or 30%.

These forms are just about ready to be poured

The current garden beds are all bursting with a wealth of greenery

Panchamukha Ganapati resides at the garden\

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He is surrounded by roses and papayas

Nirvani Tejadevanatha and Sivanadiyar Girish work to form up one of the beds

Nirvani Nilakanthanatha and Nirvani Adinatha work on another one

The garden has an array of organic produce, including sweet potatoes, taro, chard, eggplant, lettuce, and much, much more

These peppers are looking particularly lovely

This swiss chard is also very colorful

These heads of lettuce just a few of the many which supply the monks with daily salads

The garden also has many herbs such as this coriander

These purple eggplants are plentiful and incredibly tasty

Having raised beds has been key to our food production in this tropical climate

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And of course, there are always wild chickens around the garden. Right now the Aadheenam grounds are full of new baby chicks.

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