Farming year 2023
February has come roaring in like an inferno, as usual. We spend our days putting out fires, watering our plants diligently, and processing our crops. 2023 was a severe drought […]
February has come roaring in like an inferno, as usual. We spend our days putting out fires, watering our plants diligently, and processing our crops. 2023 was a severe drought […]
Some years ago, I wrote about our rainwater harvesting system. At some point, we finally got round to painting them. We are not proud of the result, but I’m posting […]
Pearly pink, lemon drop yellow lime green, aqua and clear sunshine – Pick me! They cry – all the pretty plastic bottles. So ‘herbal’, so ‘natural’ – cherry and turmeric, […]
In most South Indian kitchens, there are the Big Four dals or paruppus – tuvar (tovarai), urad (ulundu), channa (kadalai) and moong (payaru). In the north, they have masoor as […]
If your dog badly needs this, run out right now and locate a palash tree! The flowering season is almost over for this year, and the flowers are ready to […]
Also known as an aattukal, the kalloral or wet grinding stone used to be an indispensable tool in every south Indian home. Then there was the flat ammi kal, which […]
Step one: Put out the solar cooker Step two: Give up on lunch. Enjoy the water instead.
A few months ago, I attended a talk on Zero Waste by Vasuki Iyengar, one of the founders of Soil and Health, a composting solutions company. I already have a […]
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, […]
Recently, my twenty-year old plastic dustbin finally split it two and there was no way to salvage it any more. This is my kitchen waste dustbin I’m talking about, which […]