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Permaculture Videos

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 13:01 — nisha

Geoff Lawton, a shining star of the Permaculture world, has started putting up some nice videos on his website.
Due to connectivity issues, we haven't downloaded these yet but we've seen other useful videos by Geoff.

They are free but it looks like you need to register to get to these.

http://www.GeoffLawton.com/

Videos so far..
 1. Designing Your Way To Abundance
 2. Property Purchase Checklist
 3. Five Acre Abundance On Budget
 4. Urban Permaculture: The Microspace

The Best Birthday Gift..

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:03 — nisha

On my latest birthday, Ragu and I were out to attend a friend's baby shower. When we came back to the farm, my mother-in-law pointed us to two healthy saplings of Suppota and Hibiscus along with a few little ones. All nicely packed and left anonymously with the note - "Be Happy".

Moving Out of Mumbai

Thu, 02/28/2013 - 10:34 — nisha

Three months ago, we met Shantanu, a banker who wanted to be a farmer, at Bhaskar Saveji's farm. A few days later, we got to see Shantanu again, with his awesome wife Rekha, at Navi Mumbai. In a matter of hours, they felt like old friends.

A Simple Green House

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 06:49 — nisha

Quarter Acre of Livelihood - Update 2

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 15:03 — nisha
Wanted to update the status of different elements laid out in the earlier post.
A rough layout of the different elements.
  1. Space for growing green manure for seeds. 
    After 3 seasons, it seems quite easy to harvest sun hemp for seeds. Can't say the same about Daincha.
    Space used: 100 sq ft
  2. Provide permanent space for creepers.

Organic Certification

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 16:11 — nisha

PGS LogoFor long, we have resisted organic certification. When some of our farmer friends asked us to simplify what the 63 pages of APEDA certification meant, it sent our heads spinning. When we learnt the cost of such a process, all we wanted to do was to keep a long distance from certification.

AgroForestry Basics

Sun, 07/29/2012 - 15:56 — nisha

Came across this comprehensive presentation on tree based farming. "Agroforestry practices, cropping patterns, fodder giving trees, Nitrogen fixing trees, list of economically important fast growing tree species, trees that have gained wide spread acceptance among the farmers, list of long standing, hard wood trees that have good market value are discussed in this presentation".

Slide 30 holds the crux of the matter.

Good One on Dryland Horticulture

Sat, 07/14/2012 - 08:14 — nisha
Saw this video by digitalgreen on yTube..recommended by our friend Narasinga. Offers some valuable tips to create a green oasis even when water is scarce.

Food Forests - A Primer

Mon, 02/27/2012 - 05:50 — nisha

Wanted to share a wonderful article passed on by our friend, Suren, that reviews perennial staple crops aka food forests.

Quarter Acre of Livelihood - Update 2

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 14:46 — nisha

A month back, after harvesting the sun hemp, we proceeded to seed all the raised beds in the 25 cents with a variety of seeds weighing about 10 kgs (22 pounds). Many of the seeds were tiny so we decided against making clay pellets for faster completion of work. Also, we are not very good at making these pellets so the decision was easy. 

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