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How I Turned My Farm Dream Into A Reality

It is definitely not easy to answer that question because it was a tiny seed of a dream that was there for quite some time, buried underground without anyone’s knowledge, silently waiting for the right conditions to grow. Because otherwise what’s the rationale on why we felt the way we

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First step – Learning tricks of the trade

Finally after weeks of postponing and rescheduling our meeting with Mr. Venugopal of https://www.ilearnfarming.com/, my husband and I met him at his farm in Thirukazhukundram. We started from home early in the morning around 6:00 AM. After following directions on GPS and reaching the closest point we called him and

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Welcome To My Farm

Finally! We are ready to have people over at our farm. Never in our wildest imagination did we visualise this day to arrive so soon. And yet, here we are! Ready to embrace something we have never done before. The date was decided on a whim as we have been

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 Seed Saving 101

As the vegetable crops slowly come to the end of their life cycle, the next obvious and very important step is seed saving. It’s very important for any farmer to learn to save his/her own seeds for the next succession crop. I never thought I would be one to take

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7 Easy ways to improve indoor air quality

The common notion is that air pollution is present only outdoors and hence once we are indoors we are absolutely safe from it and we have nothing to worry about. But, let me tell you, that we couldn’t be more wrong! There is increasing evidence from researches showing that the

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The week that was!

As I look outside at the gloomy weather, I reminisce on the week gone by. Yes, Diwali was celebrated with pomp and glee. I met my parents and brother during this Navratri season after almost a year and then again this Diwali, and it was bliss. While we were in

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6 insights from my covid recovery

Ah, it’s good to be back! Back from where you ask? Well, recovering from Covid. I received tons of warm, healing wishes on my social media pages. Thank you so much, it definitely added positive vibes to my days. The most important thing for me during the phase of dealing

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Covid Recovery (part 2) – Fermented foods

I have avoided antibiotics like plague and by God’s Grace I didn’t have the need to take them for many years, until now.  This is why I need to bring attention to the most important and yet the most ignored aspect of our health – gut health. I strongly believe

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