The month of November in Jadan Ashram always feels like a gift or reward for surviving yet another hot season and then again the post monsoon 'second summer' of September and October.
Most of October is pretty hot in this semi-arid area of Rajasthan – temperatures can reach up to 40 C degrees, so the winter planting season is not possible until the last week in the month, with the exception of the Brassica family and radishes like daikon (mooli) which we planted on the 12th along with pak choy, roquette and endive, and European sunflower seed.
Not a drop of sweet rain did we receive from the heavens, except very fine drops on the 16th and that lasted all of 5 mins, after a morning of heavy cloud and humidity.
Right on cue, the rains turned off on the last day of July and our cultivated areas started to dry out.
