Lessons in “zero farming”
A visit to Bhaskar Save’s Kalpavruksha farm introduces me to the world of natural farming Ever since I took to …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Biblical fig tree in Kerala
We worked in the same newspaper years back. Then we lost touch as we changed jobs. As years rolled by …
Asafetida as pesticide!
Did you know that asafetida (hing) is used as an alternative to chemical pesticide? Every time Kaushal, my friend of …
Amla has money
Did you know Aonla (Amla or gooseberries) growers have an association?I didn’t until I came across an article The Open …
Fruit of the Angels
The traditional variety papaya is sweeter than the Disco variety though its looks are not pleasing, when ripe In my …
Go for Biopesticides
“Biopesticides are sustainable unlike chemical pesticides” A physiologist and alumnus of the Center for Management in Agriculture of the IIM …
Cucumber that vanished!
Have you seen them lately? The cucumber which vanished Vegetables which we have been eating for ages are slowly vanishing …
A 20kg cabbage?
My encounters with jumbo-sized cabbages Last night while going through the pictures I had shot of my visit to Cappadocia …
