Have you been to Mevarkal LPS lately? The school now has a nice little vegetable garden surrounding it. You can find eight varieties of vegetables: Beans (Payar), Bitter Gourd (paaval), Ladies finger (Venda), Cauliflower, Spinach (Cheera), Yam (Chena), Cabbage (Muttakkose), and Bottle Gourd (Churrakka).The vegetable garden has created a lovely green ring around the school.
The garden is the result of school's collaboration with the local Krishi Bhavan. The agricultural department offered the initial finance to buy seeds and fertilizers. Some local farmers too offered their advice and active help. Mr. Premachandran, a teacher in the school, organized the activities, especially the timely watering of plants.
Students have participated wholeheartedly. They helped the teachers and farmers in watering the plants and cleaning up the buds.They also recorded details of various stages of the plants' growth in their diaries. See a sample diary here.
The result is an impressive garden. A couple of days ago Karavaram panchayath president Sri. K. Subhash came down to the school and lauded the people behind the project. He also officially inaugurated the harvest of the vegetable garden in Mevarkal LPS.
At a time when the vegetable cultivation is getting disappeared from the village, Mevarkal LPS well and truly has shown the way for attaining food self-sufficiency.
If you're staying nearby, have a look at the school vegetable garden. It's worth visiting.
