He farms indoors.

A farmer checks his saffron flowers. He grows them inside his home in Kashmir. (AP/Dar Yasin)
Kashmiri men remove the stigma from crocus flowers. Those are the red strings that people use in cooking. (AP/Dar Yasin)
A saffron farmer picks crocus flowers. More farmers are growing their plants indoors. (AP/Dar Yasin)
A worker looks at crocus flowers. (AP/Dar Yasin)
A farmer weighs saffron. (AP/Dar Yasin)
A farmer and his grandsons work with crocus plants. They grow them in their house. (AP/Dar Yasin)

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Many purple flowers grow inside. What hides in these flowers? Each has three red strings. They make a yellow spice.

The fancy spice is called saffron. It is the most costly spice in the world!

Pray people will feel God’s love when they have little.

Read More: Saffron comes from the Crocus sativus flower. The flowers each contain crimson threads of saffron. Right now, Kashmir does not have enough water or saffron-growing land available. People get creative. They stack up trays of soil and plants indoors. Agriculture scientist Nazir Ahmed Ganai says indoor cultivation (growing) is working in Kashmir. People harvest more than they did before.

“And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)