Singh Apple Estate & Apple E Farming

Our home and work are in Village Bagi, which is under the Gawass post office in the Chirgaon area of Shimla district. It is way up there in the mountains. Singh Apple Estate is basically our family’s life. We spend the whole year looking after the apple trees. It’s not just sitting around; there is always digging, spraying, or picking to be done. We added the "Apple E Farming" part because we started using the internet to help with our work and to talk to people outside the village. It was a big change for us. The weather in Chirgaon can be quite harsh, but it’s good for the apples. We don’t have a fancy office. Most of our "business" happens right in the orchard or at the kitchen table. When the harvest comes, everyone in the family helps out. It’s exhausting, but seeing the crates full of fruit makes it worth it. We aren't a big corporation with lots of rules. We just do what needs to be done based on the season. The air is clean and it’s quiet most of the time, except when the birds are busy. We don’t have any polished slogans. We just grow apples and try to use a bit of modern tech to make things easier. It’s just us living our lives and working the land like we always have in the village.