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Our First Star Gooseberry Tree started yielding
We are overjoyed to announce that our very first Star Gooseberry tree at Kalaalayam Farm has started yielding! 😊 This moment is especially ...
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Our Record-Breaking Papaya
Our farm’s nursery was once filled with hundreds of papaya saplings, but a month-long health issue led to many of them drying up and perishi...
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Organic Giants at Kalaalayam
I used to believe that organic produces are usually smaller and less vibrant compared to hybrid or chemically fed crops. But I’ve discovered...
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First Harvest of Little Gourd
Our newly revived vegetable farming area has started to bear fruit, and little gourd is the first to emerge. This resilient creeper thrives ...
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Mango Ginger: A Hidden Treasure
While preparing the vegetable area, we unearthed about 7 kilograms of Mango Ginger hidden beneath the soil—a delightful surprise treasure fr...
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Innovating Khus Root Cultivation
Khus Root (வெட்டிவேà®°் / à´°ാമച്à´šം) is a medicinal grass known for its delightful fragrance. While we successfully grew a large bush of it in t...
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Kalaalayam Bananas: Humble Yet Mighty
Today, I decided to skip cooking and opted for some fruit instead. I found a few bananas, perfectly ripe and ready to eat. Thank you, dear M...
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Turmeric Trial 2021
We planted turmeric (மஞ்சள்/മഞ്ഞൾ) last monsoon as a trial, and while one plot thrived and the other didn’t, the overall yield exceeded our ...
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Battle for the Pumpkin
Pumpkin (பரங்கிக்காய் / മത്തൻ) was once an unfamiliar taste to me. However, after receiving seeds from a traditional seed seller last year, ...
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Rediscovering Taro Root
Taro (சேà®®்புக்கிà®´à®™்கு / à´šേà´®്à´ª്) has long been a cherished food in traditional Kerala cuisine. Initially, I was uncertain whether our soil an...
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Straw to Sprouts: Mushroom Farming Trial
A few years ago, Sreeba learnt the about mushroom cultivation, a skill we recently remembered while pondering what to do with the leftover s...
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Tapioca Harvest 2021
As our tapioca (மரவள்ளி / à´•à´ª്à´ª) harvest reached the halfway point, we paused the process due to uncertainties around a potential lockdown. G...
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Not Paneer, But Fresh Tapioca!
Look at it carefully, dear friends—it's not paneer, it's raw tapioca! As part of our preparations for the upcoming rainy season, we...
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Mango Giner Harvest: Nov'20
Recently, we harvested our Mango Ginger plants from our Kadankode Garden. These gingers are delicious when eaten raw with just a touch of c...
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First Paddy Harvest in Nov'20
Our last paddy harvest of November 2020 came with both joy and a bit of humor. Despite Lord Murugan’s loyal peacocks helping themselves to n...
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Nathan's First Taste of Business
Nathan has proudly made his first farm harvest sale, turning his efforts into a sweet success. He sold 18kgs of Sweet Potatoes at an organic...
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First Sweet Potato Harvest
The first sweet potato harvest from our farm was a delightful team effort! Sreeba Senthilkumar and Devi Saravanan, guided by our young exper...
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Groundnut Harvest Oct'20
Thyagaraja Nathan K S successfully completed his first independent project with a harvest in October 2020. A proud moment marking the start ...
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Beautiful Mushrooms
I don’t claim to be the farmer; rather, the farm is thriving on its own. This season, we're blessed with an abundance of mushrooms, each...
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The Miniature but it is a Banana
We recently harvested the smallest banana from our Kadankode Garden, and it’s surprisingly ripe and sweet! Nathan decided to showcase its di...