Archives > 2009-09

I love watermelons and just cannot find organic ones. So we decided to grow our own.                     Watermelons need sandy soil and plenty of water.                     Watermelons on the way.                   Almost ready for harvest.   So far, no loss to insects and disease due to our sprays of Teh Qi and herbs.                       Our first watermelon                            ...

One of the biggest headaches in organic vegetable farming in Malaysia is weeds.   The weeds just grow too fast; napia, as an extreme example can reach 5 feet in 30 days.  And do not forget lalang!  Some conventional farmers here lay the entire planting area with plastic sheeting.   Heck, some commercial organic farms do the same!       Weeding is back-breaking work especially for...

Did two hours of taichi and qi gong at this small cascading stream near the farm yesterday.   The place was deserted.                            ...

We have this very delicate small curcuma (barely a foot tall) that produces a completely black rhizome.     It is clearly not temu hitam or curcuma aeruginosa roxb.   The t emu...