Her Mum and Dad would be proud of her....Jude gets involved!!

Working a paddy seedbed. All you tractor drivers never let me hear you say the soil is too sticky to work!!!!!

With just a day to go before our return to the UK Jude is keen to not waste a moment. When the opportunity to meet some now homeless farmers arises she does not want to miss the chance to chat.
However, chatting soon turns to action and the next few images record her rice transplanting experience. She seems to speak an international language of friendship that is understood by all.

Jude helping to bundle rice seedlings ready for transplanting.

Jude plays the crowd, her farther's daughter!

That's how you use one of those short handled diggers. Building a bund around the paddy to keep it flooded

Transplanting two seedlings together each time. This year the earthquake has resulted in a shortage of seed so normally it would be bunches of three. I think that the fewer plants could compensate to some extent by producing bigger rice grains.

The women farmers work in teams helping to share this tough task, 

Whose that ' bedeshi' working working in the team?

We fly out on the 29th June and back on the 31st July. Already plans are being made for our return. Jude has heard that there is to be another recovery phase project in Lamjung and my work with the National Dairy Development Board to develop a process of Good Manufacturing Practice for the Raw Milk Supply Chain is set to take off. We also spent yesterday making our first Nepali Cheddar with Binuka a local cheese maker. More of all this on our return. Stay safe, and in contact.