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Finally the kapok tree have fruits and the workers are looking forward to fresh stuffing for their pillows. Up the kapok tree shaking the pods (fruits) down.   Fallen pods (actually fruits)   Close up of pods, the fluffy kapok fibre,  and leaves.   The fibre that will be used to stuff the pillows. Isn't it time to reintroduce these fibres?  They were replaced by cheap material made from petrochemicals. It may be the time now to start bringing these fibres back using modern technology to treat them to last longer etc. A kapok tree...

Some of the fruit trees shall be flowering soon.  Time to make some flowering enhancers.  Fermented flowering enhancers provide potassium and phosphorus, plus microbes to help the plants absorb the nutrients. We use a large plastic container with a lid. Add 10 kg of kangkung . And 10 kg young acacia mangium leaves. And 10 kg of red colored leaves....

To be sustainable , inputs must be less than outputs.  Inputs include fuel and all forms of energy, labour and raw materials.  Even treatment of wastes must not consume excessive energy.  For...

We produce our own charcoal for multiple use at the farm: to bury carbon as part of the requirement for responsible animal husbandry, to use it to absorb urine and reduce ammonia in litter, to act...

Sustainable farming in practice here:   1.    This is a 'No-Dig' 35 feet x 10 feet pumpkin patch.   Barely 2 months, we now have 42 pumpkins (the red tips mark the...