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Fixed houses (reban) where the chickens come out to range and go back in at night is not a good solution to free-ranging slow growing breeds in our wet, humid climate.  As the chickens can take up to 100 days to reach marketable size, the area around the house would be foul in no time. The solution is a movable tent, and fenced fields to keep moving the chickens onto fresh grounds. These are how the fields look like in our farm: These are the steps: 1. Fence up the area: To save costs, make your own concrete posts.  If you don't know how, learn.  It's a...

We hit upon a clump of withered curcuma plants with dried yellow leaves,  in the forest next to the farm.  This is what we pulled out from underneath the plants; easily a kilogram : Close up with one of the rhizomes sliced opened. click for close up This is how you propagate the black kunyit fast.  Remove the rhizomes that extend down into the soil to use, and...

Sweet potatoes are ideal for the beginning organic farmer and the beginning permaculturist.  It is an undemanding crop and do not require high nitrogen inputs ( which equal to less costs and less...

Edible ferns have been enjoyed for thousands of years by rural folks.  It is now making its way into gourmet restaurants and urban kitchens.  If your farm have earth drains, then edible ferns can...

The way to handle them is to bundle them in a sack and release them far, far away....   16 footer, 90 pounder (40kg) being manhandled by bouncers from Nepal.