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Cost Effective Solution to save Coconut trees during forth coming water scarcity months due to El Niño : Olla Irrigation - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Droughts. 🏺 Echoes of Ancient Clay pot Irrigation Long before the term olla entered agricultural vocabulary, ancient Tamil farmers practiced remarkably similar methods. In Sangam‑era Tamilakam, clay vessels called “ māṇ paṇai ” or “kulam paṇai” were used to store and seep water near tree roots - especially for coconut, banana, and areca palms.   These pots were often placed in earthen basins (thottam) lined with coir, husk, and leaf mulch, creating a natural moisture‑retention system. Inscriptions and temple garden records from regions like Pollachi, Thanjavur, and Madurai mention such paṇai neer vaḻi (pot‑water channels) as part of sustainable irrigation networks.  This continuity of wisdom - from ancient Tamil pot irrigation to modern olla systems -  shows how indigenous knowledge can guide regenerative farming in the...
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Recent news on Sandhill Cranes - 

Alabama almost lost its sandhill cranes. Now, hunters again will target the 'sirloin of the sky.' 


made me to think of the Sandhill Crane families we regularly watch in our neighborhood in Florida.

These beautiful big cranes with always a young one or two are wonderful sight to anyone. The whole family walks together and all of the family feed together in the area. Whenever you pass by them they act gently and the father watches if there is any threat to the young one(s) and finds if it is not they enjoy their food again. 

Such a harmless quiet big birds. It is always fun to watch them even if you are not keen bird watcher because the enormous size of the birds.

          Some photos of Sandhill Crane families in our backyard







Beautiful Sandhill crane family with a very little young one - 
Dad - keeping an eye on the family's safety

Family with grown kids - 
Near Big Sandlake Lake, Orlando, Florida

About Sandhill Cranes:

Wiki 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology - ID Sanhill Cranes 

Audobon 

We love to watch to these Sandhill Cranes and other birds in our backyard - wonderful families and really as a bird watcher worried about them being hunted.

Birds - Protect them

Eco-justice for Birds - Praying for Sandhill Cranes.

Quotes:

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven." - Emily Dickinson

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” - Mahatma Gandhiji

Recent Update on loss of Bird Population:
Birds are indicators of environmental health and this scientific study shows alarming results:

 3 Billion Birds Gone - More Information

 Scientific Paper - Decline of the North American avifauna - Kenneth V. Rosenberg et al., 
Science  04 Oct 2019:
Vol. 366, Issue 6461, pp. 120-124
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw1313

 Bradenton Herald Article:

Threatened sandhill cranes are dying on Florida roads. Here’s how the public can help save them




LIVING WITH SANDHILL CRANES




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