Sad reality about my garden

Hello Every one,


Here is how my garden looked as of today morning. It is currently submerged under at least 8ft of water. There was a guy who put 8 ft fences to protect his garden from deere. I couldn't not see his fence on top of water this morning. His was the tallest fence with mine being just 4 ft.

It is interesting how the things turned out. I sprayed deere repellent just yesterday thinking that the precipitation that has been going on for past 6 days would stop. All the efforts have been futile. Here is another picture from a different angle.



After this incident, I have got new found respect for the farmers across the world and especially in India where they provide our food, on which we live, while living through the negligence of government, apathetic society and finally harsh mother nature. I think, the amount of disappointment is highest in the field of agriculture especially when a person and his family lives off the income they get from their crop.

I sometimes think, why is such an important field neglected/abused/ignored in India? I still remember an incident that happened during 3 rd year of B.Tech. at Govt. registration office. There was a poor farmer who wanted to register the land on his name. The Govt. employee(clerk) wouldn't register the land unless he pays up Rs.400. When the farmer refused to pay up the money, clerk straight away refused to register the land. The farmer was asked to come later with so many forms the next day!

When every part of the society neglects and abuses a farmer, I think a pesticide can becomes farmers' best friend.

Here are some more pictures of golf course and university rec center which were affected by the flood.