The Prakruthi Kshethram farm has 20-odd varieties of jackfruit trees, 30 banana varieties, ten varieties of mango and is home to native cows and goats.
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A retired couple in Kerala’s Palakkad district is celebrating their retirement together in a very unique manner – by growing a staggering variety of vegetables and fruits in their farm. “There are different ways to enjoy retired life. We wanted to make it special and peaceful so my husband and I decided to do cultivation in our plot,” says P Thankamani, who retired in 2005 as the principal of the Government Moyan Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Palakkad. Her husband A Narayanan retired as a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus conductor in 2002.
While still working, Thankamani and her husband purchased a 7.5-acre plot of land. In 2013, the duo started cultivation in the plot.
As Narayanan tells The Better India, “From childhood, I have been cultivating crops at my house. So before my retirement…