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        <title><![CDATA[The Natural Farm Weblog]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[First impressions: Whitney Peeling (March 2010)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I arrived early morning March 4 on an overnight bus from Delhi. Despite bus-lag, the rain, the low, grey skies, and bone-chilling cold (just the previous morning I’d been basking in the Karnatakan sun), I could still tell how beautiful the grounds were... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ayurvedic Application of Black Rice]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ayurveda doctors have prescribed Black Rice (which we grow here on the farm) as treatment for the baby daughter of a lady who lives locally. The lady was married, and the couple had a daughter. Soon after the birth the baby developed Jaundice. The father... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Visitors' Book: George Fort (3rd May - 7th June 2009)]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I'm very sad to be leaving the farm. My five week stay here has been a great experience. The farm itself is incredibly beautiful, set in a valley of jungled hills, a river running by, snowy peaks in the distance. The local workers, too, are extremely... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[24th May: New Chicks]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the arrival of a new brood of chicks. We will raise these here at the farm, and let them wander around the fields and vegetable patches, eating pests and delivering good manure! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[23rd May: Rotten Tomatoes]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The caterpillars are back. For the last three years, the tomatoes we nurse in the greenhouse have been subject to attention by a specific caterpillar. Just when the tomatoes have reached ripeness, this caterpillar bores a hole in the fruit and enters... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[21st May: Corn &amp; Daal]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Thursday 21st May, we began preparing a plot for sowing corn and two types of daal (lentil). Before we started, the field was covered over with various weeds. We decided to remove the two tallest and most invasive of these: a weed with a blue flower,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[20th May: Radish, Cucumber, Squashes etc.]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the 20th May, we sowed more vegetable seeds in four different patches. The seeds were: cucumber, bean, various squashes, radish, corn, and amaranth. These vegetables are suitable 'companions'. The first patch is small, about 6 feet by 5 feet.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[19th May: Vegetables Experiment]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 19th May, we decided to conduct an experiment in growing vegetables in the area under the bamboo lattice. When we started, the area was covered over with various weeds and grasses. Firstly, we cordoned off a section of about 8 feet by 4 feet.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Visit: Local Farmers]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 11:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Thursday 14th May, a group of young farmers from the local area came here to look around the farm, and learn about Fukuoka. There were about 12 in the group, and they were led by an English lady who volunteers at the youth group center where these... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Friday 16th May: Harvest]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Monday 11th May, we began the wheat harvest. The harvest usually takes place nearer the beginning of May, but it was postponed due to wet weather. The wheat seems to be strong and healthy. We are cutting very high, about 7 or 8 inches from the head,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saturday 9th May: Creepers]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today we planted a mix of creeping vegetables: various gourds, pumpkins, lobia, zuchini, and cucumber. We again made used the seeds to make clay pellets, to protect them from predators, and give them a rich source of nutrients for when they first spring... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Friday 8th May: Ocra and Cow Pea]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Friday 8th May we again made pellets, some containing Ocra, and some containing Cow Pea. We scattered these about, leaving about 4 or 5 inches of space between, in two areas of the farm. One area is on the north-east edge of the wheat field. It is... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Making clay seed pellets]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the first things Mr Raju (see Mr Raju's Visit ) got us doing was making clay seed pellets (Mr Raju is on the right). We began making them on 5th May. Fukuoka prescribed the use of clay pellets as an effective form of sowing. The pellets will lie... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Thursday 7th May: Rice Sowing]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Usually in this area, rice is sown in mid/late June. However, at the last minute, Mr Ramesh and Mr Raju (see Mr Raju's Visit ) decided to try to sow the rice early. We thought it would be worth sowing the rice directly (not in clay pellets) as there would... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tuesday 5th May: Bhat (Soy) and Mung Sowing]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 06:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 5 th May, we sowed Bhat (a local variety of soy bean), over the still standing wheat crop. This we did to keep the field covered between the time of the wheat harvest and the sowing of rice in mid/late June, and to fertilize the soil. See Fukuoka:... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mr Raju's Visit]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 11:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mr Raju (see Mr Raju: Biography ) has been practising farming in the Fukuoka method for over 20 years, in Madya Pradesh. Fukuoka has visited his farm, declaring it the best in India. We invited him here last week for a few days to discuss Natural Farming,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mr Raju: Biography]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mr Raju's History: Early Life Mr Raju was born and raised on his ancestral farm in Madya Pradesh. He attended college, and left with a degree in Science. He decided to take a job at a local factory, which paid well. While he was there, he began to look... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Farm: History]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 09:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mr. Ramesh Ganeriwal is from Hyderabad, India. After spending thirty-five years studying and working as an engineer in America, he decided to pursue his dream to own a natural organic farm and return to his home country. In August 2004, he bought land... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka: Introduction]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Masanobu Fukuoka was a simple Japanese farmer, born in 1914 in a rural village on the island of Shikoku. Here he spent the greater part of his long life (he lived to 95), developing a special method of farming in which the farmer works with nature, rather... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka: Early Life]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[At the age of 25, Mr Fukuoka was working for the Yokohama Customs Bureau in the Plant Inspection Division. Yokohama was a major port in Japan, and his main job was to inspect in-coming and out-going plants for disease-carrying insects. He enjoyed a lot... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka and Scientific Farming]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After his realization, Mr Fukuoka left his job in Yokohama and went back to his farm, to try to put what he had understood into practice. Agriculture had by that time become, in Japan and across much of the rest of the world, a very complicated business.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka: Do-Nothing]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mr Fukuoka set about simplifying the techniques he used on his farm. He knew that it must be nature, not man, who grows the crop. He eradicated as much of man's influence as he could. This meant the end of fertilizers, pesticides, weeding, and most importantly,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka: Method]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Mr Fukuoka's farm is made up of citrus fruit orchards, fields for rice and winter grain, and semi-wild vegetables. His method is laid out below, by showing how Mr Fukuoka farms his grain fields. The growing seasons are therefore those found in Japan,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fukuoka: Natural Farming Today]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In 1978 Mr Fukuoka described in a book the experiences of his life, his work in Yokohama, the 'realization' that brought him back to farming, and the development of his method of Natural Farming. The book, One-Straw Revolution , was published to great... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sweet Fennel]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(Foeniculum Vulgare Var. Dulce) is a variety a Fennel cultivated for its roots, leaves and seeds. A essential oil is made from the seeds, but all roots, leaves and seeds can be prepared in infusion. Roots cure constipation, Leaves and seeds cure digestive... ]]></description>
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