Every time I visited my farm I kept making a mental note to pay a closer visit to some of the medicinal plants that has been growing like weeds everywhere on my farm. I spotted the beautiful Thumbai poo (Leucas aspera), Ammaan pacharisi (Euphorbia hirta) and Keezhanelli (Phyllanthus niruri) very early on. The first time …
English Cottage-style Garden Pathways… This was on my list of things for my farm. Design-wise I have been trying to bring in a Cottage garden feel to my farm and what’s a cottage garden without its characteristic flagstone, pebbled pathways right? So, after putting off for long, we finally got to it. Anything you do …
Welcome to our half-acre food forest. We created it five years ago while working fulltime in the city and working on our farm on the weekends. This is where we grow our seasonal produce – tomatoes, lady’s finger, brinjals, gourds, basil, radish, leafy greens and so much more. Though it’s meant to be full of …
I have been talking about this for sometime now and it’s finally done. It was my dream to have arbors built in my garden spaces. We had a big pergola entrance covered with bougainvillea already and ever since that, I wanted many more miniature arches and arbors at different points in my farm. I wanted …
This post is going to be very different from what I usually write about but nonetheless sustainability related for sure. I am going to share a very interesting perspective on sustainable Decor. Yes, DECOR. I am excited to share that I am working on my farm house interiors. This is what I have been working …
I purchased this fruit tree sapling from an organic nursery 4 years back. I had neither tasted this fruit nor heard about it but the way the shop owner was raving about this fruit, I decided to give it a try. I had my own doubts about whether this sapling would even grow up to …
It’s not always about taking but an equal amount of giving back too. No, I’m not doling out philosophical gyan just talking about my farm. The soil that gives us all the nourishment in the form of crops, needs nourishment too. Currently I’m growing green grams on my farm, – not for our consumption, but …
This is our half-acre food forest. I thought it was time to show you our Spring Garden 2022! We created it five years ago while still working fulltime in the city and working on our farm on the weekends. We continue to work in the city during weekdays and work on our farm on weekends. …
I started making soaps because I wanted chemical-free soaps for my family and reading the labels of commercial and even the-so-called herbal soaps disturbed me. Our skin is the largest organ in our body which absorbs anything you apply on it! We should definitely feel comfortable knowing what’s in the products we use EVERY SINGLE …
As I look around the messy dining table and the pile of laundry, I get a ting of frustration at having to go over all these everyday mundane chores yet again…for the gazillionth time. Though I like to have a beautiful table linen spread out before dinner and cook a fancy meal that we could …
