It’s time to harvest the sweet potatoes from the raised mound created a couple of months back. It’s the moment that I’ve been waiting for!
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Jelly Ear: Edible Wild Mushrooms
Edible wild mushrooms conjures up images of foraging for them from the chilly forest floors of temperate countries. Finding them in wet tropical regions seems to be most unlikely to me until now.
Cream of the Crop: Durian Season Finale
Forget about Musang Kings or Black Thorns. Regular durian clone varieties and even kampungs for that matter have their own unique complex flavours to die for as well.
Arachis Pintoi (Pinto Peanut): A Pretty Ground Cover
A relative of the groundnut, pinto peanuts with its distinctive pinnately-compound leaves and yellow flowers is another much welcomed team mate in the leguminous camp of nitrogen fixers in the farm.
Agroforestry in Live Fence Management
Erecting a live fence and expecting it to take off takes more than just planting and waiting. Strategic cultivation of trees and shrubs in the vicinity makes land management easier with time.
Jackpot: Digging a Self-Replenishing Pond
A black horse worthy of its title, zone Sasha officially claims the crown of being the sole location in the farm for having a natural source of spring water. What better way to celebrate and honour it by digging a pond.
Pit Composting in a Trench
A hole in the ground recycles organic material to build soil, breaks and spread water into the ground, while tripling up as an extended planting area that is also a haven for insects.
How to Setup a Small Permaculture Farm Without Being a Rich Dude
When the odds are stacked against you on all fronts; technical know-how, financially-challenged, complex terrains, labour shortage, economies of scale, etc, it seems you’re downright doomed from the start. Or maybe not.
Kampung Black Garden Soil: Problem is the Solution
Muddy patch of road at a low point posing a problem? Scrape and scoop it up to admire, then use or sell. Problem is the solution.
Vermicompost Bin Repurposed from A Metal Bath Tub
A key aspect of fertility for the farm’s operation, a vermicompost bin works 24/7 to provide nutrients in feeding the soil. There can never be too many of them.