About my farming journey and lots of gardening resources and tips
Have you ever wondered why home-grown/ homemade/ handmade/ handcrafted… is always expensive, and difficult to source? And all the while, their cheaper counterparts are readily available in abundance, at every nook and cranny of the city. It’s the marketing of such dubious products that prey on our time-constraint and need for convenience. They know that …
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 he guided us over the …
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 did when we looked at …
I have a very small farm located in a village on the out-skirts of Chennai, India. And by small I mean very small, about half acre, close to ten grounds with around 20 coconut trees. Yeah, not a huge area but enough to realize my dreams of living off the land and living a life …
My journey towards an Eco-friendly lifestyle Recently we were interviewed by “The New Indian Express” newspaper about reducing our waste and going for a zero-waste lifestyle. You can read the newspaper clipping here http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/1681006/The-New-Indian-Express-Chennai/02062018#page/24 A dear friend suggested that I write a blog post on how we are trying to achieve this and that’s how …
Just like Surf Excel’s tagline “Daag acche hain”, I would love for a campaign to start on “Sabzi Me Keede Acche Hain” and hope it becomes a national movement, because it’s so crucial for our well-being, for our kid’s well-being and for of course, everyone’s well-being…. I know how it feels to see a worm …
“Sabzi me keede acche hain” – The case of the missing worms in our vegetables… Read More »
All the new age advancements and information overload can’t hold a candle to our ancient wisdom. And no, this is not a religious post. Sample this – All temples in India typically have a Kalasam (or Kalash) at the top of temple towers. (Wait, is this a religious post? No, it’s not. Please read along …
I have always wondered about why people are not quite willingly accepting the organic way of life knowing pretty well what’s there in the food we buy nowadays…And then it occurred to me that anything which is home grown/ homemade/ handmade/ handcrafted…is always expensive. And the cheaper counterparts are readily available in abundance in our …
In the past few years I had started questioning a lot of things; things I believed without a doubt and took the reasoning and explanations as they were presented to me. One such thing is my understanding of Green Revolution. As a biology teacher I have been teaching agriculture, natural resources and conservation as part …
I have been ordering my cakes from a friend who lives in my apartment complex. As she had been there in the baking industry she recalled some horrifying things that go on in the name of making pretty looking cakes. For one, it seems the hygiene is totally of questionable standards and secondly the list …
Is there all there is to what we are made to believe? Read More »
