Around February 2015, to get rid of our mundane life during weekends we laid down a goal to plant 500 trees in next 5 years. As easy as it sounds, we hit few roadblocks right in the beginning. The first task was to find a space where to start the plantation. We were very clear about this. The land must be barren, unused and completely neglected. Our other concern was since our target was 500 trees there should be abundance availability of water nearby to sustain these plants during summers. We decided to choose two different locations. One along the roadside where we got support of local authorities for future watering needs. The second location was near a hill close to a temple. The temple trust promised to help us with water. Watering itself needs to be done manually. By May 2015, we had planted 50 trees along the roadside and 60 trees on the hills. We didn’t need to worry about the trees planted along the roadside as local authorities kept their promise. Once every week their water tank used to arrive and provide sufficient water to every plant. For the hillside plants, we continued watering every alternate day. That year the monsoon arrived on time and we had a good 3 months break.