Macaranga leaves are not just a favourite among the sheep who feast on them. These broad leaves play a crucial role in balancing out our natural ecosystem. They pave the way for life to thrive.
Category: Plantastic Facts
Wild Forage: Moon Mushroom
There’s something about foraging for food in the wild that tickles the imagination of a truly sustainable livelihood. When that food is a giant size mushroom, it’s a mind blowing experience.
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.
Crotalaria Juncea (Sunn Hemp): A Sunny Prospect for Goats
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.
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.