Where to buy small millet seeds for sowing

In this article let us know where to buy small millet seeds for sowing.Small millets are an often overlooked staple food for milliions living in the harshest, food- insecure regions of the developing world. Small millets, a group of six crops comprising of finger millet, kodo millet, little millet, foxtail millet, barnyard millet and proso millet are considered as nutri cereals and are a source of food, feed and fodder. However, there has...

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Millets are drought resilient crop to grow for food security

Millets are small seeded grasses that are hardy aad grow well in dry zones as rainfed crops under marginal conditions of soil fertility. The Millets requires very less water than rice. Do you believe that only 3 to 5 times irrigation is enough for minor Millets to grow in summer season. Hence, growing small Millets like foxtail millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet, porso millet, browntop millet are a good choice for the climate change. They...

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Review on Hand weeder or manual weeder

Would like share Review on Hand weeder or manual weeder which I purchased from Urvi agrotech. Nowadays, there are n number of  agricultural mini tools coming into market. One of those is Hand weeder. The hand weeder is one which is used to eliminate weeds by push pull method in gardens. Hand weeder tool is simple to use and versatile. It is used to remove weeds in and around trees, garden lawn edges, vegetable beds etc.Approximately I purchased...

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Growing food in small space - advantages and disadvantages

Growing food in small space is a dream of most of the people. Already many people are growing vegetables in the available small place. Terrace gardening has become trend nowadays. Urban people are growing their vegetables in terrace and balconies of their apartments. Most of apartment association provide permission to grow vegetables on balconies. There are pros and cons in this prospect. Would like to share few of them. Sharing this,  it's not mean to discourage terrace gardening but to take precautionary steps.Advantages of Terrace...

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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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