About my farming journey and lots of gardening resources and tips
This little unkempt patch stands right outside the entrance of our farm. Let’s say, it was the first things I planted even before the farm was ready. I wanted these ornamental plants to create an inviting look and to frame the black marble signage with “Kalpavriksha” inscribed in golden colour. Well, you can’t see the …
It’s getting pretty hot in here because we are talking about chillies! I posted a detailed video on how to start your chillies seeds, transplant and harvest chillies. And not just get green chillies for your daily consumption but also preserve it as chilli powder if you have excess harvest. Isn’t that amazing! What a …
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If you have any questions regarding processing turmeric, look no further. You have come to the right place. I was looking for answers myself and never found it, so I decided to find it out for myself. If you have questions like; Why does it say that we must boil the turmeric before processing? Is …
GROWING HEIRLOOM RED RUBY CORN Heirloom varieties are under threat of extinction all around the world. Therefore the more we grow them the better chances for these varieties to survive the hybrid invasion. I try and grow as many rare native varieties of vegetables as possible on my small half-acre farm. Check out my …
“Kesavardhini” literally means hair vitalizer. This is very popular and widely used as a hair tonic in India and its well known for the amazing benefits it imparts. Commonly known as false daisy, Kesavardhini is very easy to grow and can be grown in small containers or grow bags. The flower of kesavardhini is …
Wild flower bouquets “Where the most beautiful wild flowers grow, there man’s spirit is fed and poets grow” – Henry David Thareau And true to his words, it surely made me write a few lines because there’s something so alluring about wild flowers! They don’t get the limelight that some of the other celebrated flowers …
Vallarai Keerai, commonly known as memory power greens, is a powerful medicinal herb that confers immense health benefits primarily for enhancing brain activity and nervous system functioning, besides helping with joint pain in arthritis, healing stomach ulcers, decreasing stress & anxiety and…being an overall skin and hair tonic too. Phew, this is a power-house greens …
I had attended an online permaculture design course a few weeks back and I have been itching to try my hands on them on my farm. I studied some of the designs and decided on which ones could be suitable for my farm. I also researched and planned what to grow on these patches based …
In our earliest plans for our farm, we had this idea of an outdoor picnic area with a gazebo like finish with thatched roof. But somehow with all the other things on priority at that time, it didn’t materialize. We kind of gave up on that for the time-being and went about the tasks at …
Let’s look at an interesting and lesser known green called Musumusukkai… Musumusukkai / Mukia maderaspatana belongs to Cucurbitaceae family. This is just to give you the necessary details to google it up in case you aren’t familiar with its common name. I was pleasantly surprised at the scientific name “maderaspatana” as in “Madrasa pattinam” the way …
