Welcome to WagaBima

Introduction

Wagabima website is initially built to share the experiences acquired from the small coconut land situated in the remote area in Sri Lanka. The land originally comprised of old coconut trees and some other trees such as Teak, Mahogany, and breadfruit etc. Latter, new coconut plants have been planted under the existing old trees. At the second stage, Banana and Pepper were cultivated as intercrops by dividing the land into two. At present, three major cultivations are ongoing successfully in the land. Accordingly, more pages of website are to discuss the activities undertaken, problems encountered and solutions applied at each stage of purchasing of a land, preparation, choosing and purchasing of plants, cultivating, maintaining and harvesting.

Further, the website displays a selected plant with its image and brief description including value and beliefs prevailing among rural communities in Sri Lanka.It is sure that this will be useful for researchers, students, and farmers, since the availability of some  information is very rare.

The cultural and social activities such as legends, games, performances and events which were common to the ancient rural agricultural communities in several decades ago are likely to disappear from the societies at present. However, a few of them are only available with elders living in villages  in verbally.  some contents of those activities  may  differ  from province to province or  district to district or village to village .  However, several pages of this site are assigned to such information for the benefits of interested people.

Mushroom
Mushroom (Bimmal or Hathu)

Some farmers cultivate mushrooms for commercial purposes, and they are available for sale in supermarkets throughout Sri Lanka. Mushroom cultivation is a profitable venture for small-scale farmers. However, Sri Lankan villagers usually collect mushrooms from their home gardens to prepare curries for their daily meals. Mushroom curry is a delicious dish. There are several varieties of mushrooms available for cooking. Some mushrooms grow on paddy-field threshing floors where straw has decayed. In addition, villagers in Sri Lanka collect several varieties of wild mushrooms, such as Weli Bimmal, Hath Polaya Bimmal, Lena Bimmal, Uru Bimmal, and Idalolu Bimmal, from their home gardens for cooking. These mushrooms must be collected early in the morning before they begin to deteriorate.