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There are warriors in  my midst; fighting thankless battles on our behalf.         Click here or on the banner to go to the blog.

The Bayam Pasir (wild amaranth), a personal favourite is ready for harvest.  And to be frank, I did not even visit the bed once since we sowed the seeds three weeks ago.  Nobody did any weeding, the farm hand just turn on the sprinkler occasionally when the compost was dry to the 'poked-finger' and once a week sprayed some compost tea.                Note: Bayam Pasir...

Today we had our first trial run calling the walit.           Completed walit house.        We switched on the 'bazooka' tweeter for the first time. It's that...

Officers from the Ministry of Agriculture came today to audit the farm on its organic compliance.  Water and plant samples were taken and records were carefully checked.  The auditors even asked...

I am worried about this emphasis on bio-technology in recent years in our country. It is as if the centuries of farming experience by our fore-fathers should all be discarded. Our fore-fathers...