Nostalgia and Passion for making coconut leaf ribs brooms 🌴

 Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) belongs to the palm tree family, Aracaceae.
One of our coconut tree at Pune happened to encroach the area of car porch. Here it is very difficult to get coconut climbers. So at last decided to cut down to avoid the danger of falling the coconuts directly in front of the car porch and gate. Yesterday it was cut down. We were really sad to miss our coconut tree. Our cousin couple was also here. Lots of coconuts, tender coconuts, coconut leaves, the edible sweet part inside the crown were the attraction. We know the importance of coconut, tender coconuts and the byproducts such as coconut milk, coconut powder, coconut oil, virgin oil, vinegar, ice cream, candy etc. Our cousin Usha made a delicious dish out of the tender portion inside the crown with grated coconut for lunch. Then we made brooms with the ribs of coconut leaves. We were busy for two days 😍 My father was a coconut farmer. In my teenage I learned to make the brooms because it was one of the things our mom entrusted us to do. Married to a farming family and when we settled in heart of a town, there too we cultivated coconut. Now the home where our daughter is married is also having coconut trees. Being an Agriculture expert I was blessed and

so happy to associate with coconut, throughout my life. It’s my nostalgia and passion to make brooms out of coconut leaf ribs.