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The Ministry of Agriculture came again to take samples for testing. Under the Food Regulations Act 1985, we are the only farm at the moment allowed to call our durians "Organic" in Malaysia. We know of people paying RM28 per 'organic' durian fruit.  That's not our durians.  Our prices are much lower than that. We know of sellers claiming their 'organic' durians are from Pahang.  That's not us, our farm is not fruiting this season.  We are 'resting' our trees. When we sell our fruits, each individual fruit will have a S.O.M. sticker with our farm number which is SOM...

We are becoming quite an expert in tire gardening. An old tire garden on soggy clayey soil producing sweet potatoes, and various herbs.   Tire gardens can be used on patches of land that otherwise will not be productive. Tire gardens tend to require less work for weeding and are suited for perennials. The initial hard work mixing the soil and then filling up the...