Another Day, Another FEW Task Done

Well, it's Sunday and yet the members are awake 8.30 in the morning working on the farm. Gotta get things done today. We bought 5 more hoes and 3 rakes to ease our job. I gotta say those wooden+steel hoes gets the job done way quicker than the fully metal hoes, but the lightweight of the metal hoes does help in energy efficiency. Even choice of hoe and method of getting the job done is important in our farming, considering how we want to learn and transmit the knowledge.

The lighter metal hoe seems to be a favorite choice for our female member here.

 

So we decided to clear a bigger space and raise a few more hedge. The unfertilized soil will be rejuvenated with our newly purchased Goat Dung Fertilizer. It's quite costly(RM5 per kg), therefore a few KG would be enough for now. Gotta find other ways of getting more sustainable and CHEAP fertilizer. Maybe we should consider food leftovers?

By 10.30am, we completed our hedging, and this time, to make sure no grass will grow on the hedge again, we decided to use a simple mulch technique, covering it with Banana Fan Tree leaves that by luck, we found lying beside the road near our farm(most probably the workers had a cutting leaves day).

This is what our mulching looks like.

Anyway, we will wait a few days before working on the fertilizing. While waiting, we decided to grow our crop first in our little nursery plot that we purchased before transferring them to the farm for actual growth. That way, the crops will go through the most crucial period with adequate care.

Our nursery plot. Its more than enough for now. Besides, we have two of this.

OH ya and I forgot to mention, we had our first visitor today! Mr and Mrs Chong, who stays at a apartment that overlooks our farm came by! They mentioned that they were looking at us from their apartment and decided to came by to check out what we were working on. Knowing that we are concentrating on Organic Planting, Mrs Chong did not even hesitate to buy or first bash of product once its out! Boy did that inspired us or what! Anyway, the next blog post should be up real soon on our planting. So I'll see you next time! Be sure to check in again fans!