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marie

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Sep 17, 2019, 1:37:37 AM9/17/19
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From: soumik banerjee <soumi...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 11:05 AM
Subject: [ASHA] Adivasi Wisdom
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"In one such village, I was staying at a student’s home during mango season. One morning, we were sitting in their courtyard, under a mango tree, filled with fruits. My student’s father pointed to a few branches of the tree and asked him to bring down all the fruits that were ripe. The boy did as he was told, and we enjoyed some of the fruits together. But my attention was drawn to a branch of the tree, which was still laden with ripe mangoes. The boy’s father had not asked him to pluck any fruits from that branch, and I thought that perhaps he had failed to notice it. So, I plucked up some courage, pointed to the branch and said, “There are plenty of ripe fruits on this branch. Why didn’t you ask your son to pick those too?” He responded very simply, saying, “Those are fruits for the birds of the air. Nature has given freely, and so, we share freely”.

Recollected from an incident in a village in Singhbhum, Jharkhand by Fr Stan Swamy....

The Wisdom which modern education destroys....


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savika gomes

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Sep 17, 2019, 2:42:04 AM9/17/19
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Beautiful....thanks for sharing!

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Vivian A. DSouza

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Sep 17, 2019, 4:59:53 AM9/17/19
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Beautiful story !    I share the sentiment.   However, let me relate my experience.

I had two Chikoo trees which gave a bountiful crop, but between the birds, the  squirrels and the fruit bats, they feasted on the Chikoos, littering the ground with half eaten Chikoos and leaving nome for us. Fair enough I said, they are God's creatures and need to eat.  So I planted two dozen more Chikoo trees in my orchard, thinking that there would be plenty for the wild life and for me. NO SUCH LUCK !   The birds, the squirrels and the Bats apparently proliferated because there were more fruit, and ate most of the fruit, still barely leaving any for me.

Now I need a new strategy.  I love wild life and am happy to provide for them.  But now perhaps I need to put some netting around at least one tree, so that the wildlife will not get to the ckikoos on this one tree.  I will plant a few more chikoo trees as well, since my property is vast, so that there will be some more for the wildlife too.

Comments  welcome !

Vivian


elvina jasmine sequeira

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Sep 19, 2019, 2:54:18 AM9/19/19
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i have a similar problem but it is for all fruit trees. custard apple, chickoos, mangoes, jambul, gauvas, mulberries, and bananas for monkeys.  hardly get anything to eat. 
Beautiful....thanks for sharing!
 
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Grace Alphonsus

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Sep 19, 2019, 5:37:17 AM9/19/19
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I think, those who have the fruit bearing trees, all are sailing in the same boat. This year my bread fruit tree was full with bread fruits. Not a single one I got as whole. Thanks to the bats. 

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Vivian A. DSouza

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Sep 19, 2019, 6:35:26 AM9/19/19
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Seems like a lot of folks have the same problem with wildlife consuming all our fruit.
Has anyone come up with a solution ?  I am going to try and build a frame around one of my smaller trees and drape fishing net over it to deter birds, bats, squirrels  monkeys etc.  I found out that there are humans involved as well.  I get a chuckle out of that one.  When I was a young lad I was perpetually hungry and raided my neighbors orchard for Guavas and Mangoes.  Now the shoe is on the other foot !!! 
  

antonio filipe cordeiro

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Sep 19, 2019, 6:51:48 AM9/19/19
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For bats, observe their flight trajectory and hang some fishing nets strategically. you'll be surprised how effective this is, they will "see" the obstruction with their sonar and avoid your tree.
For the occasional monkeys near my house, we have used crackers and simulation of firing a gun at the same time! This made our dogs very unhappy though.
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Aida Dourado

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Sep 19, 2019, 6:51:52 AM9/19/19
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Me too same
The bats eat the bananas n the breadfruit
We all should be awarded by the Government in helping to maintain the almost getting extinct wildlife in Goa.

Arjun Rebelo

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Sep 19, 2019, 11:34:10 PM9/19/19
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If you have small trees and want to save a few fruit on the lower branches -  you can recycle clear pet bottles and use them as protective encasing for smaller fruit like chickoos .  Just slit down the middle .  The Pet bottle allows light in but keeps the squirrels , birds and bats away from destroying the fruit . They can feast on the fruit on the higher branches .  This was they dont die in the nets.  The red indians believed in leaving 1/3 aside for other species to consume :) 

We used this simple hack last year and after years harvested some 2 to 3 dozen of fruit from each tree which was a great improvement !

Arjun

 

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