Ecogreenearth

08/09/2024

How we take everything for granted. Nature is so forgiving and generous. Food is medicine.

the things that we take for granted... and feel entitled. I did not know that the banana that we find everywhere takes a year to fruit. we had planted few banana trees 3 years ago and it took a long time to fruit. Only when we cut the fruit we knew that it was nendhiran.

27/08/2024

They only need the minimum. But they delight you with their generosity. In our tiny balcony.

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18/07/2023

vettiver harvest after 3 years. Ours is almost Ike a lab. All research in our farmhouse.

Such a challenge to remove from the bag.

What you get in the market is all devoid of oil, which is sent to Europe for perfume making.

The entire house is having a nice woody smell. Blessed.

Adding vettiver to the water increased the minerals in it.

Old wisdom.

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09/07/2023

Early morning we wake up and get ready for farmhouse visit. It is not a place for us to relax but a place where all our strength and stamina are tested. The food that we pack has to be traditional and healthy. .

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03/07/2023

After 3 years of wait, blessed with Seetha Pazham from our farm house 🏠.

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23/06/2023

Keelanelli keerai.

Keele' means downside in Tamil

Nelli is amla

See the plant it has got beautiful tiny berries below the stem..

An important herb in Siddha Ayurvedic medicines it is used in liver related medicinal preparations.

My neighbour here in Chennai grows in her balcony, came and gifted me few plants.

She said that she chews few leaves everyday for her liver health.

Very bitter. But butter is also one of the 6 tastes that we need to consume. But we primarily consume only sweet, salt, sour,hot. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtqK-DBPHpU/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

22/06/2023

Mudakathaan oil for joint pains - external application.

Mudakathaan: mudaku is joints
Aruthaan means to cut or eliminate.

This is for joint pains. In our culture the herbs name itself is self explanatory.
In our villages we use this oil for external applications.

Getting this herb was such a herculean task. We tried growing it so much but may be because of cold climate or something it is so challenging in Bangalore.

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02/04/2023

Getting ready to prepare gulkand from paneer roses

02/04/2023

Naturally grown vegetables from the farmhouse

02/04/2023

Our farmhouse.
Original audio music composed by prasanna

12/12/2022

Hectic work in the farm as always. Some times I feel that we are crazy doing all this. But then the thought that if i don't do this now then when? When you see the plants flowering or bearing fruits then the work, the labour fades away. Only happiness and gratitude reigns. First time I am seeing the banana emerging from the flowers. Humbled. God shows who he is. And sweet potato harvest was so surreal.

So much work as always. Harvesting few vegetables, since it rained here heavily everything was chaotic