A pasture vegetation that serves both as food for animals and humans in addition to help soaking up excess manure from the soil. Excellent versatility indeed! A permaculture element that is truly multifunctional.
Category: Planting
Naturally-grown Bananas & Papayas for Sale
There’s a reason “cash crops” like bananas and papayas are referred to as such. Selling them as a fast-growing crop yields quick returns to ensure the sustainability of a natural farming operation. These are indeed premium, chemical-free, naturally grown bananas and papayas for sale.
Running a Makeshift Nursery
A makeshift nursery for the farm not only supports the growth of new plants required; it could also be a money-generating possibility.
Harvesting the First Batch of Sweet Potatoes
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.