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Muggle: Or the struggle to mulch

29/10/2019by thelongview 2 Comments

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 […]

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Flowers, Mulch, Natural farming, Nitrogen fixing plants

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

Shankh pushpi

25/05/2018by thelongview 10 Comments

This is a beautiful creeper with bright, ink-blue, conch-shaped flowers. It is used in several Ayurvedic medicines, being primarily recommended as a brain tonic. However, there is some controversy about […]

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Farming, Flowers, Nitrogen fixing plants

The manure tree

21/02/2018by thelongview 1 Comment

That’s its name in Kannada – gobra soppu, meaning manure leaf. Which made me think it must be an indigenous tree. But to my surprise, I found that Gliricidia Sepium […]

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Flowers, Natural farming, Nitrogen fixing plants, Permaculture, Trees

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