Save Your Seeds, Grow a Second Crop

After the paddy harvest, my land usually remains moist, and I make sure to take advantage of that. Every year, I cultivate mustard and green gram as a second crop. This is a traditional way of farming; our ancestors used to cultivate like this, and I continue it. I store seeds in advance, preserving the mustard, green gram, black gram, and horse gram seeds I produce from one year to the next. This allows me to cultivate these second crops with zero irrigation, using cow dung manure and following old methods. By saving my own seeds and using them every year, my family doesn't need to buy cooking oil from the market for at least six months, and we always have pulses. It's a simple, organic method that ensures we are self-sufficient and sustain our family.