An avenue of areca palms with the farm tractor and beehives, Western Ghats
The Farm

Real ground in the Western Ghats.

Deep in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. High rainfall, red lateritic soil, areca country. About 15 acres of owned, worked land — every part of it productive, instrumented, or both.

Remote, but reachable — full directions are shared on approval.

i. The land

What's on the ground.

A schematic of the holding — plots sized by acreage, not surveyed position. Roughly 15.5 acres in all.

A pepper vine in bright fresh leaf, trained up an areca trunk at Aré Guḍi 15.5acres
in all
Areca + pepper, the core canopy · 2026 · Western Ghats
Schematic plot mapsized by acreage
Growing / regenerative Biochar + compost Water harvesting Orchard / built

Schematic — proportional by acreage, illustrative of layout. Areca + pepper and the forest plantation carry most of the land; the working systems and house occupy the rest. A surveyed map can replace this when ready.

ii. How it's run

Organic and regenerative by default.

Synthetic inputs are avoided unless there's no alternative. The farm is built to close its own loops — waste becomes fertility, water is caught and held, biodiversity is tracked rather than displaced.

  • Areca + pepperThe core crop, grown as a layered canopy.
  • Forest plantationBuilding soil and biodiversity, not monoculture.
  • Biocompost + biocharClosing the loop on farm waste, made on-site.
  • Solar poweredRunning farm operations off the grid where it counts.
  • Rainwater harvestingTwo-pond system phasing in from late 2026.
Two of the crew spraying Bordeaux mixture up into the areca canopy, the mist catching the light
Bordeaux on the canopy — organic-first, bee-safe timing · 2026 · Western Ghats
Bordeaux mixture made up in a barrel, the characteristic sky-blue copper-lime solution ready for spraying
Made up by hand — copper + lime, not synthetics · 2026 · Western Ghats
Biocompost windrows under reflective tarps at golden hour, curing on the field
Biocompost windrows, curing under cover · 2026 · Western Ghats
A rock-lined rainwater swale planted out, banana leaves in the foreground, sun setting over the tree line
A rain-fed swale at golden hour — water held on the land · 2026 · Western Ghats
iii. The team

Small, real, long-tenured.

The farm runs day-to-day on people who've worked this land for years.

Manohar

Farm operations, on-site lead — and the farm's beekeeper.

Keshava & Nagaraj

Farm managers, 20+ years between the rows.

Kempamma

Tends the pepper vines.

Shweta

Runs the farmhouse kitchen.

Gunda

Resident farm dog.

Photos to be added with consent.

iv. The house

A base you can actually work from.

Here’s what’s genuinely rare: comfortable, productive work this deep in rural Western Ghats is normally impossible. Bengaluru is a six-hour drive; the nearest airport is about 1.5 hours away.

The farmhouse closes that gap. Eco-built, but properly equipped — so you’re in the middle of plantation and forest, and still rest well, stay connected, and get real work done.

  • Clean, modern rooms and bathrooms
  • Reliable solar power and hot water
  • Working internet
  • Meals from the farm’s own kitchen
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