This could be our most exciting announcement to date. We have just brought home a lovely cow and her baby calf! This morning, she gave us three litres of pure milk. Mama and baby seem calm and happy in their new home. We are now in the process of making a shed and a urineContinue reading “New additions!”
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More rain?!
There is no cyclone now, and my weather app shows sun. Then why this sudden downpour? All work has stopped again. The women who came to cut grass are sheltering in the office and snacking. The mud is squelchy and eager to trap anyone or anything who dares set foot on it. Yesterday was theContinue reading “More rain?!”
Making jeevamrit: first batch
One of the organic fertilizers we’re going to be using is jeevamrit: a mix of cow urine, dung, gram flour, jaggery, and water. Jeevamrit is a liquid microbial culture. We’ll treat the soil from all our trenches and pits with it, and later spray it on the topsoil as well. (above) Gaurav measuring and mixing.Continue reading “Making jeevamrit: first batch”
Cloudy with a chance of…
It’s still cool and cloudy, but the rain has stopped. It’s supposed to be sunny from tomorrow onwards, and then it will get very hot. I think we will finally have our summer. We have almost a month till we plant, so some good hot and dry weather will be great, though less pleasant toContinue reading “Cloudy with a chance of…”
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