Category: 365 Days
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My Journey Back to Nature
Insights from Solitude Farm permaculture workshop alumni Anjuli, I’ve often been told to put on my gloves while gardening but haven’t ever been able to do so! Working with bare hands, feeling the soil and weeds, and often getting scratches, for me, is the real thing😊
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Sarah’s food forest
How can we learn about local foods and their amazing benefits? Communication is a powerful tool. Over the years, we have used social media to get our message out there, and we have also helped others to start youtube channels and Facebook pages, etc., to get their message heard! The first person I helped to…
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Exploring permaculture with Solitude permaculture workshop alumni
Insights of Jagan Mohan on his journey A bird bath and bird feeder have become valuable and delightful additions to our garden. They attract a diverse range of bird species, providing both entertainment and contributing to natural insect control. One valuable lesson I have learned from observing the birds is that they never completely consume…
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Chicken Spinach and Tapioca porriyal
The tapioca is full of starch and can be used like potatoes. If you live in this bio region and don’t have tapioca growing in your garden, you should seriously try to grow it, because it grows so easily, and if you look in your garden you may actually find chicken spinach growing there wild.…
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Black Chilli
There are hundreds of varieties of chillies with different tastes, shapes, heat, and colors. This amazing black chilli is stunning to look at. Tiny purple-black fruits nestled among greenish-black leaves. The intensity of the color makes it a wonderful ornamental plant as well as a spicy addition to your kitchen. The pods start green, turn…
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Winged Bean
The winged bean, also known as cigarillos, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, dragon bean, etc, is a tropical herbaceous legume. The winged beans are an excellent source of calcium, and interestingly, they also contain phosphorus, which helps the body to build strong bones; it is also claimed that it lowers blood pressure, prevents diabetes, boosts haemoglobin…
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Chicken Spinach Talinium triangulare
This leaf is rich in vitamins A and C and minerals such as iron and calcium and high in antioxidants. Because it is high in oxalic acid, people suffering from kidney disorders and gout, and rheumatoid arthritis should avoid consumption. This leaf helps in preventing gastrointestinal disorders, such as indigestion, constipation, flatulence, and IBS. The…
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Ramphal Chutney
Some of the best chutneys we serve are so spontaneous. They dont follow a recipe; they are an inspiration valuing the ingredients we harvest from the field. Our chutneys are fruits, greens, oil seeds, lemon, and salt. In Ramphal season, I grab a hand full of edible leaves, including the peppery piper longum leaf, some…
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Natural Soaps
As much as valuing local food, valuing water is of supreme importance. Just think how much water goes down the drain every day; showering, washing hands, brushing teeth, cleaning vessels, mopping floors, cooking, washing clothes, etc. Where does this water go? And if chemical soaps and detergents are used, what is the impact on the…
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Ramphal cream
As the food forest at the solitude farm grows, the ramphal production is going through the roof! We have to explore different ways of how to value this highly medicinal and tasty fruit. One such possibility is to scoop out the creamy flesh, add a tiny amount of water and push it through a sieve.…