End of year tree census
Our daughters are home for the holidays, and I am rushed off my feet and so happy! This week, we did a tree census at the farm. We have around […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Toby Hemenway, a friend I never knew
Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, RIP. You were a friend and a teacher to me, though you never knew of my existence – just one of your thousands of […]
Elephantine problems, and some possible solutions
The forests around Bangalore are bursting with pachyderms. Though we’ve just been visited by a cyclone, there still appears to be a water shortage in elephant country. This is the […]
Night of the elephant
Last weekend, we finally saw our first elephant at the farm. Until now, it’s been a case of ‘by their works shall ye know them’. Every time we are at […]
A joy forever
Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway, Chelsea Green Publishing. Although I’d attended a short course on permaculture when I first read this book, and was familiar […]
Bhaskar Save, a quiet green hero
The Vision of Natural Farming by Bharat Mansata, Earthcare Books. This book is about the life, philosophy and practical insights of Bhaskar Save, a natural farmer in coastal Gujarat. As […]
The One Straw Revolution
The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka, Other India Press. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of […]
What’s growing in this drought?
We have roses, hibiscus and marigolds blooming almost around the year. Not whole beds of them, but a shrub here and a bush there. Very individualistic, our plants are. And […]
The Long View 