Shattering entrances
It’s that backbreaking time of year again – urad picking.I love this dal and everything you can do with it, from idli to dal makhni to halwa, so every year […]
Category Archives: Natural farming
An easy rope trellis for your seasonal climbers
When you have a row of climbing plants like peas, beans or gourds, you need a trellis. Whether you decide on a wooden or a metal one, there’s a fair […]
A colloquium of colocasias
We harvested a bed of colocasia (shepankizhangu/ arbi/ taro) today. I love this tuber vegetable, and its leaves too, that you can make into delicious patrode, west-coast style.But the best […]
Muggle: Or the struggle to mulch
One of the biggest challenges for our farm is the poor soil. Mulch! mulch! mulch! is our motto. (And munch, munch, munch! is our practice.) We have been trying to […]
It’s raining mangoes!
The mangoes are still growing, they’re not yet ready to pick. These are windfalls. Most of our 22 mango trees are supposed to be Banganapalli, but we suspect they have […]
My pond runneth over
Almost. Our pre-monsoon work is paying off, now fingers crossed for a good monsoon. Topshe was thrilled, but stopped short of taking a swim.
Farming or gardening?
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 […]
