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Jadan Organic Gardens:

picture perfect Shiv Mandir

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2 Sept 2019

Jadan Organic Gardens – August 2019

Overnight, Jadan Ashram has become an oasis of lakes.

Workshop garden area nearly underwater in 2nd torrential rain of the season on 3rd August

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7 Aug 2019

Jadan Organic Gardens July 2019 – a very very late monsoon

Monsoon predictions in June were that the monsoon would most probably not reach the western districts of Rajasthan until the last days of July and that most of the rainfall would be in August.

Divine Omen of a good monsoonjpg

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17 Jul 2019

Jadan Organic Garden update – June 2019

...and a comparsion between the semi-arid zone of Rajasthan, India and the native vegetation of Queensland, Australia.

Chawla or Cowpeas

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13 Jun 2019

Midsummer in Jadan Organic Gardens – May 2019

The month started with preparations for Swamiji's arrival on 9th of May. On his arrival, until departure, the mercury dipped and temperatures remained in the high 30s, then in the last week of the month, they resumed their fieriness.

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7 May 2019

Jadan Organic Gardens – the heat of May in April 2019

We've been feeling the heat of May in April – which is just not fair!

Upper lemon orchard prepared for flood irrigation

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8 Apr 2019

March 2019 - an Unseasonably and Unreasonably Hot Month in Jadan Organic Gardens

On 5 April this year is Chaitra amavasya. It is believed that by fasting on this day our ancestors will achieve liberation. It is followed by the beginning of Ram Navratri....

Village ladies

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7 Mar 2019

Jadan Ashram Organic Garden News - rollercoaster of climate conditions in February 2019

February weather here in the semi-arid zone of Rajasthan is anything but regular. It's foolish to pack away cold weather clothes until early March, as it can reach 34C during the day and dip down to 8C during the nights and early mornings and – as on 19 & 26 Feb – there can even be a little rain, and I mean really little!

Lakshmi and Leela

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11 Feb 2019

From pre-Winter to Winter in Jadan Organic Gardens, January 2019

From pre-Winter to Winter and the milky mouths of babes...

Aerial view of Shiv Bagh after the big clean up

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15 Jan 2019

As the Year Closes, Jadan Gardens Enter a Productive Yet Dormant Season in December 2018

One can feel this month, the moist and cool of the soil around our trees and plants and it seems that they are in a state of relief from hot winds and heat.

weeding in the Shiv Bagh most of the grass is eaten by our horses

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6 Dec 2018

A Month of Beginnings in Jadan Organic Gardens - November 2018

Hari Om dear Bhaktas and welcome to the post-Deewali New Year, which was celebrated here in Jadan Ashram on the Dark Moon of the evening of the 7th November. As usual, we sat with Vishwaguruji under the stars with a drone camera buzzing over our heads, as we listened to His Divine Words of Wisdom.

Diabetes medicine - known locally as sadabahar or Madagascar periwinkle

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5 Nov 2018

Early Autumn Update for Jadan Organic Gardens – October 2018

There is nothing very autumn-like about a month with an average temperature of 38 degrees celsius and yet on the full moon of the 24th (Sharad Poornima) this 2 month period of the Indian lunar calendar began, and already the nights have begun to cool down to 17 degrees Celsius. Bring on the solar hot water!

Delicious ridge gourd

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2 Oct 2018

Jadan Organic Gardens September 2018 – Bumper Harvest in Spite of Failed Monsoon

At the beginning of the month, our minds were filled with our trip to Badri Vishal Puri and the climb to Sri Alakhpuriji's gufa (cave) in the Himalayas.

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Lectures on the Chakras

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