Farm video with seeds available for swap

Today would like to share our farm pics integrated with video. In the lockdown time, listening to bird sounds, bird 🐦 watching was a marvelous experience. In the video given below are some pics of vegetables and seeds are available for swap. For enquiry on seed swap, you can contact us. The background sound of birds chirping is uncopyrighted one downloaded. I hear birds chirping in my farm, but I would not  able to record them. Listening to nature is stunning experience which I would not express in words. #lockdownlife    View...

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How to Grow sweet potatoes

Sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, is a easy growing root tuber vegetable that loves warm weather of tropical and subtropical countries. It is a native to Central and South America. People consume where both the root tubers and tender shoots. (these can be stir fried and used as greens. Tender leaves can be cooked or mixed with Dosa batter and made into healthy leaf stuffed Dosas). Sweet potatoes, which are related to the morning glory and belong...

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How to improve fertility of Clay soil

Clay soils are very sticky. The water will not percolate down the soil. The stagnet water will increase the vulnerability to various plant diseases. Hence here let us see few ways to increase the soil fertility of the soil. The following steps are useful for improving clay soils:  • Reduce compaction, because once the soil becomes compacted it sticks together. This makes root growth difficult, as well as making it difficult for people...

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Clay water filter for safe drinking water

Short description on clay water filters Water filters are used to clean water of bacteria that can make people ill. This means that all drinking water can be cleaned and that the water does not need to be boiled before drinking. This filter is made using bowls of clay which have been fired in an oven. These bowls have a special base which is different than the rest of the bowl. Water can pass slowly through this base. Installation of clay...

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Clay Rocket stoves are a simple technology for cooking

Stoves and ovens made from clay are a simple technology, which can be easily made and will provide many benefits, such as:  • Conserves firewood, which will save money, labour and helps protect the environment for the future.  • Produces less smoke, which helps reduce pollution and health problems.  • Can use alternative fuel, such as rice husks, coffee husks, sawdust or charcoal bricks, as a replacement for wood. Clay stove...

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Farm update March 2020

In March 2020, in farm we had Bottle gourd and coriander for harvest. The prices of the Bottle gourd were ranging from RS 60 to RS 80.  Everything was normal upto March 20th 2020. Due to coronavirus outbreak all over India, the transportation affected. Most of the Vegetable merchants stopped trading. Transportion stopped between districts and states after the 21 days lockdown announcement.  We waited for local vendors to sell,...

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How to avoid cross pollination between two varieties

Cross Pollination Cross pollination is pollination that happens between plants, where the pollen from the male part of a plant pollinates the female flower of another plant. This process  can happen naturally or it can be induced. Cross pollination of different types of plants happens when two types of closely related plants pollinate each other, for example: Two different types of green leaf vegetables, two different types of corn, or a pumpkin...

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Reducing Mosquito problems

Mosquitos are the major problem nowadays. On rainy season, the population of the Mosquitos increase due to various factors. The Mosquitos are one which causes dengue and transfer diseases from one person to another. The medicine for dengue is present in nature. The doctors advice to take the papaya leaves syrup at the early morning to reduce the symptoms of dengue. Here, let us discuss about a topic on how to reduce Mosquitos problems in our surroundings. Extra...

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Seed Testing how it's done for selecting quality seeds

Seed TestingSeeds can be tested to find out how many will grow. When testing seeds for personal use, place the seeds in a container of water. The seeds that sink are the good ones to be planted, the seeds that float are the bad ones and should be thrown out. Usually, almost all of the seeds will sink. For seeds that will be sold or exchanged, it is better to test them first to find out what percentage of the seeds will germinate and grow. This viability...

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Cleaning water using Moringa seeds

Moringa Seeds can be used to clean water. The seeds of the moringa tree can be used to clean water of dirt and most bacteria. This is a simple and effective way to make water drinkable. It is used in Africa, India and other countries. This technique also saves a lot of fire wood, energy and time because water does not have to be boiled. How to use the moringa seeds: 1. Remove some seeds from the pod and peel the outer shell off the seeds. 2....

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Kitchen Gardens - a way to grow vegetables for home

Kitchen garden or home garden or nutrition garden is primarily intended for continuous supply of fresh vegetables for family use. A number of vegetables are grown in available land for getting a variety of vegetables. Family members do most of works. Area of garden, lay out, crops selected etc. depend on availability and nature of land. In rural area, land will not be a limiting factor and scientifically laid out garden can be established. In urban...

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Sword beans - Native seeds

Sword beans which belongs to a beans family. It is mainly cultivated as a grain crop. The seeds are highly nutritious. The seeds are highly rich in fibre content. Canavalia gladiata, the sword beans or scimitar bean, is a domesticated plant species in the legume family Fabaceae. It is used as a vegetable in interior central and south central India, though not commercially farmed. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The...

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