There is a wide range of green cover crops or green manure used at the farm. Besides offering an edible yield either for humans or animals, their very existence benefits the soil directly by way of rehabilitation and fertilisation.
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Ageratum Conyzoides (Billygoat Weed): A Pretty Functional Weed
Weeds are commonly not associated with pretty flowers. That’s quite an antithesis. When they do, it makes us appreciate that no plants are truly a useless “weed” in its strictest sense.
Kapok Tree: Guardians of the Farm’s Edge
Massive tropical trees like the Kapok tree is truly a sight to behold. Until it reaches its majestic size, I can only wait in anticipation of all the good it truly brings.
Zone Sasha: Realising the Full Potential of a Laggard
Managing difficult and challenging terrain is often a virtually impossible task to surmount. When you do, they often hold great promises, and the success, sweeter.
Live Fence: Work in Progress
Live fence is both an inexpensive and truly multifunctional element that provides food while maintaining privacy. It’s also a great magnet for wildlife and generation of biomass.
An unsuccessful Durian Harvest
What’s considered “acceptable quality” amongst consumer may very well drive the use of chemicals and lead to increased rejects of organically-farmed durians.
Appreciating the importance of growing your own food during MCO
Growing your own food is a sustainable practice to reduce expenses and helps weather through a storm the likes of COVID-19.
Verbalizing the Earthy Experience of Kampung Living
Making sense of what makes kampung life so downright earthy, appealing and simply speaking to the soul.
Supercharging a Sweet Potato Raised Bed
Dig a pond. Dump the earth into an oversized mound to plant sweet potato tubers. Surplus soil used to build other vege beds. Killing 3 birds with one stone.
Establishing Multi-function Elements: Seeds and Cuttings
Sweet potato leaves, brazilian spinach, amaranth and sorghum; all cheap but highly nutritious source of food for a super low maintenance approach to setting up a farm without workers.