Hello, We ended the month of May with a sweet note of welcoming Vennila, our new baby calf ❤️🌝 Vennila’s arrival was a pleasant surprise to everyone at the farm, including her caretaker Prema akka. We knew that her mother, Gowri, was pregnant but we had no clue that she was about to deliver. The…
நாட்டுமாடு / देसी गाय and Farm update – April 2022
The month of April saw a lot of evening showers making the summer tolerable for the cows, humans and other animals. Even in the scorching heat, there is still greenery around for the cows to graze. We replanted ginger and turmeric in our existing zero till raised beds and also in the new beds that…
Farm Tour & Conversation – Every Saturday
Hello everyone As some of you may know, we have been hosting a farm tour every Saturday. We started this in August last year with the objective of demonstrating that it is possible to regenerate a land with smart agro-ecological practices in a short span of 4-5 years. We have been getting a constant stream…
நாட்டுமாடு / देसी गाय update – March 2022
Hello everyone! It is getting hotter every day and all the wild grasses had almost gotten fully consumed. The last 3-4 days have brought us rain and the grasses will start growing again. This is the summer month when will start chopping the perennial napier and super napier cow grass that we had planted over…
Homesteading update : Composting our own shit
We started construction of compost toilet in May 2019 and completed in August, the same year. The compost toilet foundation and the chamber walls, the chamber ceiling were constructed with stones, hollow bricks, cement, sand and concrete. The walls were built with self-manufactured sun-dried adobe bricks made with farm sub-soil. The roof was a madras…
நாட்டுமாடு / देसी गाय update – February 2022
In March 2021, we raised funds from our friends, family and well wishers to buy, protect and raise cows native to Tirunelveli, of the Thenpandi (தென்பாண்டி) breed. We have been sending monthly updates to them the last 12 months. This month onwards, we are going to send the update to the followers of our blog…
Introducing Vanya and our childbirth story
When Noushadya found out she was missing her periods in the month of May last year, she took a home pregnancy test. To be extra sure, she took it twice and then we informed our parents. To confirm the pregnancy, we visited a nursing home at Ambasamudram. And that’s how we had embarked on the…
Palmyra Sprouts Flour : A rare and unique Karpagatharu offering
Palmyra Sprouts Flour / பனங்கிழங்கு மாவு / ஒடியல் மாவு is a forgotten produce native to Tamil Nadu. It is grown from the seeds of the fruits of the magnificent Palmyra trees / பனை மரம். Palmyra trees are referred to as Karpagatharu (கற்பகதரு) in Sangam literature for the tremendous number of useful products the tree has…
COP26: Are India’s commitments enough?
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th annual conference, held in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021. Around 197 countries attended. The representatives were either the country’s leaders or delegates. Here is a summary of what India what has agreed to in COP26. There are only 7…
My thoughts on Natural Produce Costs and Pricing in Tamil Nadu
ஏன் இயற்கை விவசாயத்தில் விளைவிக்கப்பட்ட விளை பொருட்களின் விலை அதிகமாக உள்ளது? மேலே உள்ள கேள்வி ஒரு சாமானியனின் கேள்வியாக உள்ளது இதற்கான விடைகாணும் பொருட்டு ஒரு இயற்கை விவசாயியாக இதை ஒரு சாமானியனுக்கு புரியும் வண்ணம் எடுத்துரைக்க இந்த பதிவு. நீண்ட பதிவிற்கு மன்னிக்கவும் சற்று நேரம் ஒதுக்கி படித்தால் நம் வயிற்றிற்கு இடும் உணவு நல் உணவாக அமையும். பொதுவாக விவசாயத்தில் விலை நிர்ணயம் என்பது விவசாயிகளால் 100% நிர்ணயிக்கப்படுவதில்லை!!! பின் யார் விலை…
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