Seed Corner

Seed Corner is out in Village Kanchanpur, right by Jalma Chowk. If you go past the Chabwa Dam, you’ll find us easily enough. It’s a quiet area most of the time, except during the planting season. That is when the shop gets really crowded with farmers from all around the village. We have bags of seeds stacked up against the walls, mostly for wheat, rice, and whatever vegetables are in season. The air inside smells like earth and dried husks. We spend a lot of time sitting on the wooden benches out front, talking to neighbors about the weather and if the rain will come on time this year. The dam nearby keeps the area a bit cooler, but the dust from the road still gets everywhere. We use an old handwritten ledger to keep track of who bought what. It’s a simple way of doing things, but it works for us. Sometimes the power goes out, and we just sit in the shade until it comes back. We aren't a big company; it’s just a local corner shop where people come to get what they need for their fields. We see the same faces every year. Most of the time, we are just weighing out small packets of seeds or helping someone load a heavy sack onto their cycle. It’s a slow pace of life here near the dam, and we like it that way. No one is in a huge hurry unless the clouds look like a storm is coming.