Meet n harikesan nair from thiruvananthapuram, recipient of the kerala state farm awards for the best nutrition garden

“It is all about getting self-social.” That is n Harikesan Nair’s Principle Behind his love for farming. The retired bank employee from thiruvananthapuram is currently basking in the glory of winning the award for the best organic nutrition garden at the state far the farm awards 2024.

One cannot help but listen in awe as he lists the variety of crops and plants he collected at his home at sree Nagar, Kalippankulam, Near Manacaud. Besides the Area Around His Home on the 10-Centing Plot, Farming is Being Done Extensively on Two Terraces, Covering an Area of ​​2,500 sq ft.

“I have been doing this for the last 21 years. I expanded the cultivation after retirement in 2019,” Says the 66-yar-just who worked in bank of Baroda. Fruit-Bearing Trees, Medicinal Plants, Tubers, Vegetables, Flowers, Leafy Greens etc. Etc are green on the terrace and Around the house. “When the award committee came for the review, they said that curry leaf and draumstick are a must in a nutrition garden. I grow both in the trerace and the ground.

Among the medicine herbs and plants grow in his farm are neela amari (indigo plant), turmeric varieties, aloe vera, kacholam (Aromatic Ginger), chundakka (Turkey Berry), ramacham (Vetiver), Pathimukham (sappan wood) etc. Besides Commonly-Grown Vegetables and Tubers, The Garden also have beetroot, carrot, Carery, Lettuse, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Different variatis of Yam, Sweet Potato, Chinese Potato, Chinese Potato, Arrows Ground Nut, Pineapple, Plantain Variatiies etc.

Around 50 Fruit-Bearing Trees Are Cultivated Here, Most of which are grown in huge pots on the terrace. These include dragon fruit, passion fruit, miracle fruit, star fruit, cherry, mango, jackfruit, green grapes, guava, sapota, pomegranate and lemon.

Paddy Grown on Terrace at N Harikesan Nair’s Home | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Paddy is also grown on the term. His garden is rich in terms of flowers as well, which include Marigold, Cock’s Comb, Lotus, Water Lily, IXORA VARIANTS and other variatiies.

“I have adopted vertical arrangement so that the most number of Pots can be arranged in the available space. My policy is, Less space but maximum yield,” He adds.

It was only natural for harikesan to take up farming since his father a farmer while they lived at alumkuzhy, a few kilometres from palode. “We have grown everybathing, right from vegetables and plantain to paddy, coconut, area palm, and reared cattle and poultry. After my father’s demise, My Mother Took It Forward.

Farming is no easy job, he stresses. “It is time consuming and calls for immense patience and hard work. Climate change poses the biggest challeng.

Harikesan says his wife, s sreekala, a retired government official and son, ananthu h, Help Him in Running The Farm. “Waste Management is done at the source. Slurry from the biogas plant is the fertilizer, and we don’t use any pesticides. The garden also have a few honeybee colonies to facilitate At home. “

He Adds, “I Depend on Vegetable Shops Only to Buy Potato, Onion and Shallots. And Whitever Yield I Get is Distributed Among Neighbors, Friends and Family. I Don’t on ProduCe Service. “

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Published – August 23, 2025 02:20 PM IST

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