millets harvest - update

we had a classic manavari (rainfed) aadi pattam this year - adequate sun with adequate rain.our sowing was timely and so the reaping was not bad. mahesh & sujatha and ananthu & sumathi had come over to help us with the harvesting. it was a lot of fun & banter.harvest update1. foxtail millet - thinai (2 varieties - yellow and red).sowed in patches of 3 cents each. harvested 16.5 kgs in total.days

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