Hello Ma'am/ Sir, Greetings. Hope this message finds you well. I play the role of an Assistant Professor at a business school in India - PSG Institute of...
Germination of till in summer is depend on sufficient moisture. Seeds of till needs protection from small insects generally small Till seeds eaten by small...
The point is retarded growth . The villagers say that had the farm been plowed , the till plants would have spread the roots easier and the growth would have...
Dear friends, As I see from your posts above NF is very much dependent on the weather. I have been waiting for my seedballs sown in early April-end of March to...
Hi All, Came across documentary on Mr.Kailash Murthy http://ofai.org/2012/03/documentary-film-on-natural-farming/ http://vimeo.com/36398807 Regards Venkat ...
Hello Gurus Pranam I am Sheo Narayan, a software professional in process of buying 3 acres of land in Hyderabad to start natural farming. I have already got...
Welcome Narayan ! Not all of us are gurus except people like Raju sir, Jason san etc. We are all learners and followers of Fukuoka san. Before attempting to do...
Natural farming - Principles and practice by Fukuoka san also will be good, where there is some sections on 'How to start a orchard, paddy etc..'. Also to...
Hello, Reading Fukuoka's books cannot be emphasized enough. It is useless even to discuss NF if his book(s) have not been read and reread and digested. Only...
Thanks Venkat for sharing this video. The farm looks really fertile. To any one who has visited this farm, which is the cover crop seen in the arecanut area?...
Hello, I'm not a guru (teacher), I'm just starting with natural farming. But I want to give some advice: see the nature a lot, day after day, look, feel,...
All natural farms rely on trees to a large extent. What if one has very limited land holding and want to produce grains ? Mr Kailash's farm is truly...
Dear friend, There is no need of cow dung in N.F. Please protect all green cover if irrigation is not available wait for rainy season. Ground cover crops such ...
Ruthie, Your observations are serving you well. The techniques you desire for gardening are being revealed to you before your eyes. The place you describe as...
Owen Hablutzel will be making several guest appearances in my upcoming podcasts. He is part of Geoff Lawton's PRI USA team. Plus a certified Holistic...
Thank you so much respected Sir for response, have heard about you and have viewed all your pics and browsed almost all your website pages few days back. Will...
Hi Marcos, Thanks a lot for response and advice. I have already seen most of the videos on YouTube related with Natural farming including this one and...
Hi Steve, Yes that helped. As a matter of fact last night while I was lying in bed I thought I would make round beds which is the natural form of the bare...
Deal all, I am so glad to find this group so active and informative. I live in South India where rain is sparse and land is dry. I recently built a house which...
Hello and welcome, In the Philippines they sometimes use arachis pintoi. In the south of France they sometimes use low camomille. Some people try to avoid the...
Hi ! In our area rice is not grown in this summer season . People say so many reasons like hot air, imperfect water quality , sparrow menace etc. Yet I'd like...
Dear Boovarahan , Try with flooding the field for a couple of days and allowingthe water to dry out and then use theseedball technique and covering with...
Dear Ajay, You can try with growing Indigo varieties, they are luguminous. Hope to see the lawn culture turning into growing food crops ! Raghava, Davangere,...
Hi Raghav ! Last season ( in October) , my field was plowed and rice saplings were transplanted. But within a couple of days , heavy seasonal rains smashed all...
Dear Boovarahan, I am a bit confused about your story. Whose land is it and who is boss? Why are you in a fix, why can't you have your way? Best regards, ...
Boovarahan/Raghav, Growing rice when others are not doing it may have more insect, bird, rat problems. When there are plenty of rice cultivated, it gets...
Definitely the land is mine. But I depend on the local villagers' support in cultivation. If somebody does what I say and fails , the others will make their...
I get you. The situation is much the same here in France where people cannot conceive of any other way of farming than what they have been practising for...
The incidence of pests is of peculiar nature. Last year there was abundant pest menace and I could see each and every farmer spraying some kind of pesticide or...
As you have said, if the seeds does not touch the ground, germination may be poor. Fukuoka san used to broadcast seed balls over the standing crop and then...
