Farmer Abdus Salam tends his bottle gourd field in the Badepasha area of Mollargaon union under Dakshin Surma upazila in Sylhet yesterday. He has cultivated high-yielding varieties on two bighas of land, hoping to harvest the crop in time for the early winter market. If the weather remains favourable, he expects to make a net profit of over Tk 60,000 per bigha. Around 1,500 farmers in the region are now busy growing winter vegetables. PHOTO: SHEIKH NASIR