#conslinks

Day 3, the floor of the building almost done. Managed to get it done in between showers of rain. #conslinks (at Wetalawa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXaAYyJiyS/?igshid=1crjufla4y3gb

Our team just restarted work on our coffee/spice processing plant. It's been many quiet months since CoVID. This was day 1, levelling the floor before concreting. #conslinks #agriculture #coffee #spices (at Wetalawa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDU9HnHJ6oi/?igshid=1u6kn9c7s6rwf

A cobra on our farm. We knew he was somewhere, but didnt know he was so big. The responses from our staff highlight their concerns. We dont kill snakes, particularly cobras because of the social and religious reasons associated with them. But it is hard to share space with them too. Here our use harsh language to ask the cobra to go away. It does go away, but there is always a risk. #cobra #najanaja #biodiversity #conservation #conslinks #conservationlinks https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BfomSAfxN/?igshid=1okumguvxukb5

Some nice shots of yesterdays weeding, fertilizing and mulching. #ginger #agriculture #farming #conslinks #conservationlinks (at Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3swvEGAkPc/?igshid=1fl5389rdangg

Separating the green beans from the seed coats. Takes skill! Premawathie is an expert! #coffee #tradional #smallfarmer #permaculture #conslinks #conservationlinks (at Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3o_1GGAYil/?igshid=1lktnwerqv7tm

View of Kotmale Valley to the west of our farm. #agriculture #farming #SriLanka #permaculture #conslinks #conservationlinks (at Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Tlbm2A6IG/?igshid=1988g67xmftiq

Sometimes we need to correct old agricultural mistakes. Here the Export Agriculture Department Extension officer for the Kotmale Valley, Mr Eranda Bandara (@eranda.bandara.378) conducting a training. What he is explaining is how no one solution fits all. An ideal pepper plant should have side branches from about 1.5 feet above the ground. This can be achieved by pruning the apical shoot when the pepper climber when it first reaches 1.5 feet. We hadnt done it for ours, so we now need to correct that plant by plant, for all 3500 plants. A small investment of time for the long term benefit. #pepper #agriculture #Srilanka #conslinks #conservationlinks (at Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PpeaqAbjU/?igshid=13ljt2ft51b02

A moss wall at the Hanuman temple in Kotmale. Nice colours and patterns. #plants #moss #conslinks #conservationlinks (at Shri Bakta Hanuman Temple - Ramboda) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PluAogZDt/?igshid=11qboopsnnv8b