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Bloganuary Challenge Day 14!

Happy Pongal!

January 14th is Pongal, a harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, India. Couple of other states also celebrate the same festival by different names. So Happy Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu!

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We plan to celebrate the same festival in our house on Saturday. We worship the Sun source of energy for our crops to grow. It is supposed to be the same day He starts His journey North. It is Uttarayanam or summer solstice.

Along with rice and sugarcane, turmeric is harvested and used in the worship. This year in my house I am a teeny bit proud to say I harvested some turmeric. Living in the North Eastern United States growing tropical plants is a challenge.

Last year I got store bought turmeric and planted in a pot. The plant grew so huge, I was so excited to pull it out and harvest, but just to my disappointment there were none under just plain roots.

This year I chose three different pots and placed them in three different places, two of them sprouted and one grew big. The smaller one died in October just during the frost. So I got the one pot leftover inside my house. Two days back I decided to do the harvest, since the leaves had almost died, and with little confidence started digging. I was surprised to find the root fully mature and harvesting was a fun process.

I faced a challenge of growing a tropical plant and I succeeded, but will I be able to repeat it again next year is the biggest question! Let’s wait and see!