How to get seeds or saplings for creating food forest.

For creating your Food forests good quality seeds and saplings should be choosen.Few suggestions on choosing Fruit tree seeds and saplings for food forest:* Find Local fruit trees near by to your locality. You can save the seeds from fruits. (I saved seeds of sapota from nearby farm) * If you go for online store, it is recommended to buy seeds and not saplings. As saplings may be damaged on delivery. ( I received few good saplings as well as damaged one)* Analyse where most of the birds have nests in your locality. Nearby the trees you can...

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Difference between open pollinated seeds and Hybrid seeds

There are so many differences between open pollinated seeds and hybrid seeds. Firstly, let us know about a seed and how it is important for nature. A seed is a reproductive structure containing a fertilized embryonic plant in an arrested state of development. It is in dormancy until sown. Seeds vary in color, shape, size and texture. There are three types of seeds. They are Open pollinated seeds, Hybrid seeds, Genetically modified seeds or GMOs. Open...

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Farm Update April 2020

This month April 2020, we didn't grown much for the farmer markets. We grown few bottle gourds, okra, cucumber for the Kitchen. These are bottle gourds round variety which are growing well. This month we setup a small plot for food security nearly 5 to 6 cents. We planted cow pea, pigeon pea, Ber tree seeds, purple beans, curry leaf, Jasmine flower plants and hibiscus flower plants. Sown chilly kanthri variety and brinjal green variety ...

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How to create Indian food forest part IV vegetables

This article is a continued from How to create Indian Food forests. Here is a list of vegetables you can add for your food forest. Pigeon pea The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan, family fabaceae) is thought to have originated in India, where it is still widely grown as a food crop. It is also used extensively as a cover crop, green manure, inter crop etc. in many sustainable farming systems in the tropics and subtropics, and in many home gardens in...

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How to create Indian Food forests Part III Perennials

Perennials plays major role in food forests. Perennials are plants which lives more than two years. In this article we are covering few easy to grow Perennials which don't require much maintenance. Agathi spinach or August tree August tree is the English name and agathi keerai is the Tamil name. The August tree Leaves, stem, root and flower of August tree leaves are used for medicinal purposes. The agathi leaves can be consumed in the form of...

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How to create Indian food forests fruit trees part II

The Food forests are also called as Regenerative farming or no till farming. Here you no need to till the land for cropping. Nature does it all. This article is continued from the last post. Where we were discussing on how to create Indian food forests part I fruit trees etc... There are other fruit trees which are native and grow well in Indian climate conditions. They are given below. Pomegranate Tree Pomegranate is a small tree cultivated...

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How to create Indian food forests (fruit trees) part1

Here is an article on how to create your own food forests in India. The list of fruit trees for food forests listed below are native to India. Food forests are one which provides you food throughout the year. The food forests includes fruit trees, nut trees, fire resistent trees, live fencing, perrineals, vegetables, bushes, shrubs, medicinal plants, green manure crops, etc.. In this article we cover only fruit trees. Here are the selective list...

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Best air purifying Indoor plants to have in your living room

In this article, let us know about best Air purifying Indoor plants to have in your living room. If anyone wants to breathe fresh air, cleaner air in home, then these are the five best air purifying Indoor plants need to have in your living room. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Areca palm Areca palm is one of the best air purifying plant suitable for your living room. Areca is a genus of about 50 species of...

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Palta system a way to reduce farming expenses

Palta system                          In this article, let us know about palta system. In this system women involve in collaborative farming practices. Palta system is commonly called to be labour exchange system. Palta system is a system, where the village women go to one other's fields to support each other at the time of sowing, harvesting of crops, eliminating the need of outside...

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How to get ready for capitalism collapse?

In this article let us learn about how to Learn a live a self sufficient life, when capitalism collapses. The thoughts from Bill mollison. 1. Learn to plant. Not only garden, but some food crops like cassava, sweet potatoes, pumpkin etc and trees like fruits, nuts, woody trees. 2. Create a bond with some land, whether it's yours or that of a relative, a project, a community garden etc. Participate with the people who live there, go gradually...

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Preparation of Waste Decompser and applications

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Clay based refrigerator to store vegetables

  This article is about clay based cold storage to store your vegetables which are grown in your kitchen Gardens. Some of the forgotten ways to store vegetables long time, without using electricity are given below. 1. Zeer pot 2. Underground storage. 3. Evaporative cooling. 4. Stream cooling. 5. The ice box. Every method has its own advantages and disadvantages depending on the location and climate conditions. And in this article, Let us...

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