This month of August and BHADRA in Nepali month. The rainy season will finish soon and weather will be clear. 　Still around here Iｔ rain shortly everyday. Sometime we can see mountain view from Hananoie. In last friday, it was very nice Himalayan view with greenery mountain from Hananoie. It seemed that the nature was happy with us.

Hananoie is located in Astam village in north west of Pokhara. Almost 90% people are farmer and few percent people are depend on working in other country. Now, It is the main season for harvesting corn in this area. Corn is one of the main food for the villagers. They use corn in various repertoires for tiffins when they go to the work and also in their house. Normally they eat corn (pop corn) with butter and milk. People simply eat boiled corn, also. Moreover, it can replace rice and we called it “makai ko chyakhaya”. It and its cover (so-called bhutla) is also used for animal feeding in winter season. People keep seed for planting next season.

In Hananoie, we harvest 70 kg of corn every year. We serve it as popcorn or boiled corn (ushane ko makai) to our guests. We preserve our corn by hanging on the wall to dry. After harvesting we plant other seasonal plants.