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.
Category: Planting
Going Bananas for Very Good Reasons
One of the most useful and indispensable tool in the permaculture arsenal, the banana circle is truly a multi-functional node in a complex ecosystem of various ecological interdependencies.
Wood Chips for Mulching & Building Soil
Free wood chips by the local council for the taking. Great organic material candidate to improve soil structure while serving as mulch covering for plants.
Nursery: Grooming short to medium term crops
While the big fruit trees are slowly sending their roots into the ground at the field, the supporting cast are being nurtured and grown in the nursery. Parallel worlds indeed. Farming is a game of time and patience.
Wrapping up the planting season
There’s only so much I can plant and maintain over a period of time. As the new year approaches, the dry season looms ahead. It’s time to hunker down and solidify my establishment of existing plants instead of planting more.
Saving sickly young durian trees
Barely into the first month after planting, the 2 Black Thorn durian seedlings are showing signs of stress and illness. Growing durians truly comes with a host of challenges.
When the stakes are high (literally)
Sticking stakes into the ground for newly planted vegetation helps prevent collateral damage when working an area. Simple, cheap and effective method to flag a valuable in the ground.
Planting a Black Thorn durian tree
The wet season ushers in the planting season. A D200 Black Thorn durian finds its way into its new home on the edge of a steep slope. Easy part done for now. Next up, results in 7 years!
Building a banana circle
My farm is pretty much a hilly terrain. When it rains, the water run-off racing down the slope can be an incredibly large amount. Here, I’ve decided to make a banana circle at one of the lowest point in my farm.
Building a raised bed for sweet potatoes
I believe it’s easier to pile a mound of earth to plant sweet potatoes than digging up the same equivalent volume of soil in the ground. As sweet potatoes need loose and well draining soil for healthy tuber growth, making a layer of 1-2 feet of loose soil above ground is key.