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Cooking with Taro leaves

Something very special and unique to gardeners and farmers is that we get to eat what many don’t. It’s time to celebrate a seasonal harvest; an unsung hero – Taro /Colocasia/Arbi/Seppankizhangu leaves. In the south of India, we only consume the tubers of colocasia but cooking with the leaves is

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Eco-Indian – A Zero waste Store

There is so much happening on the farm right now that can’t even begin talking about it… The amount of work we did in the last 2 days makes me wonder how we did it… But, you know, that’s the kind of work that leaves you happy and satisfied after

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Elephant foot yam – its magic

Can you guess what this is? We planted it about 3 months back and the first sprout appeared after 2.5 months. (Yeah, it takes THAT long and you have got to be patient). This is the first hint of sprouting and growth. This is elephant’s foot yam! Karanaikizhangu in Tamil.

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Home Gardening 101 – For Beginners

Home Gardening 101 – For Beginners A Step by Step Guide Why garden you ask? Because if you haven’t tasted the veggies you grew with your own two hands, you haven’t lived, my friend. A small kitchen garden is all you need to cater to your home needs. So, push

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How to Make Bioenzyme – A natural Cleaner

BIO ENZYMES FOR HOME CLEANING A Step by Step Guide I have been preparing “Bio-enzyme” for many years now and had never looked back since. I was looking for alternative solutions for home cleaners as I wanted to stop buying toxic chemical based cleaners for my home. That’s when I

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Preparing Raised Garden Beds

This is post 6 of the series I am writing wherein I share my personal experiences and thoughts from the past year. This is the post where I write about how I planned and made my raised garden beds drream a reality. If you haven’t read my earlier posts, please

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Sowing to Harvest

This is post 7 and the final post of the series I started writing to chronicle my farm journey from preparing the land to harvesting produce. It had been a wonderful journey thus far and if you haven’t read my earlier posts, then please click on post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, post

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10 Things You Should Know About Country Eggs

10 Things You Should Know About Country Eggs Let’s talk about eggs today… These are eggs I bought from villagers who happen to be my farm neighbours. These are Free-range, country Eggs… I thought I will share some interesting facts about eggs today. ? DID YOU KNOW ? That eggs

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