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Dunnit! Path edging

01/08/2019by thelongview 3 Comments

My courtyard is a bit of an eyesore. It could be a very pleasant place if anything would grow in it. I’ve tried all kinds of flowers, tufty wild grass, […]

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DIY, Farming, Gardening, Path edging

Vegetables gone wild

07/12/2018by thelongview 6 Comments

I love all my trees and plants, but the ones I’m proudest of are the ones that grow wild. I don’t mean weeds like lantana and congress grass, of course. […]

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Gardening, Vegetable farming

Farming or gardening?

26/11/2018by thelongview 18 Comments

What’s the difference between farming and gardening? My understanding is that it’s a question of scale, from which follows the consumption of the produce, whether it’s domestic or commercial. Going […]

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Animals, Gardening, Natural farming, Nitrogen fixing plants

Cheers to chives

09/10/2018by thelongview 4 Comments

A small, mild member of the onion family, this herb is hardly used in India. Considering our great love of onion and garlic, chives ought to be in our kitchen […]

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Gardening, Herbs

Gandhiji and the gym

22/09/2018by thelongview 11 Comments

Like most Indians growing up in the 60s, I was taken to see and cry buckets over ‘Satyameva Jayate’, a movie which ended with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. I […]

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City life, Gardening, Housekeeping chores

The congress walk

28/05/2018by thelongview 10 Comments

Ha! I meant congress grass, all you political types! Congress-with-a-capital-C may bring its own troubles, but this congress grass, aka Parthenium hysterophorus, is fast becoming the bane of my life. […]

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Farming, Gardening, Natural farming, Plants, Weeds

A bouquet of its own

31/03/2018by thelongview 5 Comments

Prettier than any you can make or buy, this is a bouquet put together by a rose plant that is its own person, requiring nothing except water. We have been […]

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cats, Dogs, Flowers, Gardening

The branched papaya

02/02/2018by thelongview 2 Comments

Papaya trees usually have no branches, there’s just the one tuft of leaves on top, with the flowers and fruits dangling below. And in all the papaya trees I’ve seen, […]

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Fruit, Gardening, Organic living, Recipe, Trees

Fig Latin

18/07/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

There’s something about Latin names. They’re sonorous, authoritative, and sometimes even melodious. Just try rolling these on your tongue… tectona grandis, saraca asoca, dalbergia sissoo, ocimum sanctum, melia dubia, pinus […]

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Gardening, Latin, Scientific names, Trees

Gangamma’s Gharial

03/01/2017by thelongview 2 Comments

Gangamma’s Gharial by Shalini Srinivasan, Puffin India. Okay, strictly speaking, this is fiction and not part of my ‘farming library‘. But if I needed an excuse – which I don’t, […]

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Book review, Children's books, Fantasy, Fiction, Gangamma's Gharial, Gardening, Shalini Srinivasan

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