Soil Gossip
Notes from our Gudibande farm on growing food that takes care of itself.
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- Why most terrace plants die of watering, not pests Most terrace plants die of watering, not pests: why common advice fails in grow bags, and a 7-step checklist.
- Why we grow every plant to order Why there is a wait: each plant gets a fresh Nabhi bag and a week to settle, so its whole harvest is yours.
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What is an olla? A 2,000-year-old way to water
The unglazed clay pot that waters a plant as its roots need: how it works, its long history, and our Gudibande ollas.
- Hugelkultur in a grow bag: why aged wood, not fresh The old hut wood at the bottom of every Nabhi bag: why it must be aged, where it comes from, and how long it lasts.
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- Hot compost: food a plant can use right away How we make the hot compost that feeds every Nabhi bag in its first weeks, and why heat keeps out weed seeds and disease.
- Indigenous microorganisms: bringing the forest floor into a grow bag How we trap forest microbes with cooked rice, multiply them on paddy husk, and bring that living soil into every Nabhi bag.
- Mulch: why bare soil isn't clean, and why it's the crown of our method Why bare soil is not healthy soil, what a covering of dry grass does for a plant, and why we use kashi grass and never plastic.