Conscious Farming in Practice

Last weekend was a memorable one

Proud gardeners
with their compost pile

for it was the first time 

I put my Biodynamic Farming knowledge into practice.

I was lucky to be guided by

another amazing Holistic Living leader 

Mdm Betty Khoo

to kick start my very first compost making 

at my farm at Tampin, Melaka

Betty who has been immersing in 

conscious farming and eating for about two decades

invigorated me by helping to gather a few green-living friends

to help me do a medium scale composting.

To me, this is very significant milestone in my life,

because Betty brought into my farm, 

unconditional love and good wills!

On a cooling and cloudy morning, last Sunday.

Betty, her friends and mine too, totaling 6 of us,

spent about 1.5hours to gather from all corners of the farm, 

the followings:

. branches

. dried leaves and hays (from cut grass last week)

. fresh greens weedy leaves and overgrown banana trees

After that we took a long lunch break,

Vegan Potluck
with new friends from Aenon 

having pot luck gathering at my residence,

with some new friends and conscious souls, 

from Aenon Healthcare Centre.

I see their good will 

rejoicing in my green-living path... 

it's really touching!

After lunch, we continue our work at the farm,

making "compost sandwich" 

by making multiple layers of the following materials 

in sequence of bottom to top :

At the bottom most layer,

we laid out branches spanning an are of 

5ft x 4ft

On top of these branches, we repetitively

pile up, from bottom to top :

1. dried leaves

2, fresh green leaves

3. aged cow dung (Cow Pit Pat)

4. kitchen garbage

5. water

6. ashes from Agnihotra 

7. thin layer of soil

      

We tried our very best 

    

to follow Biodynamic composting protocol, 

but due to some extent of resource limitation, 

we missed out a few "ingredients" 

（e.g. fresh cow dung, stone powder, chalk powder etc）

to make this a genuine Biodynamic compost.

  

Having said so,

this is still a good baby step to begin with!

We did the compost piling just under a sick mango tree.

If the composting is successful, 

it will help remediate the soil 

and "medicate" the mango tree ^^

So, in months to come,

we shall know if the semi-Biodynamic compost is successful

by checking on the vibrancy of the mango tree and

hopefully we will reap a few big fat mangoes

when the tree heals :D

According to my Biodynamic teacher, Mr Teoh,

human beings have been asking for so much from mother Earth.

Making compost is merely a basic gesture of gratitude, 

contributing back and nourishing our mother Earth.

Making compost is labour intensive 

and requires a lot of patience.

Bearing the thought of thanking mother Earth 

for giving us good foods, 

humbles us down

to happily engage in the hard work of composting :)

May all Earthlings be blessed,

Kee Yew

#ConsciousFarming

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}

On the Path of Biodynamic Transformation

The Covid-19 saga

Prepping Biodynamic Fertiliser

has ploughed the whole world into chaos,

creating a lot misfortunes 

as well as new opportunities.

Like many others, 

I too have experienced significant impact 

in my career and life path.

One of the remarkable opportunities

this pandemic has brought about,

is something I receive with open arm.

Looking under the positive lights, 

I have actually been guided by the universe 

to take on a new lifepath

which I have been deferring for along time

-- Biodynamic Farming

About 2 weeks after Malaysia has restored domestic traveling

I got a WhatsApp message advertising for 

Biodynamic Farming workshop

organised by Malaysia Demeter Association 

Without any hesitation,

I enrolled.

From then on, 

a lot of amazing arrangement by the universe happened:

*I first met some 20 enlightened souls at the workshop

who aspires to plough up good crops 

for themselves, family and the community.

*Then, I got to know two biodynamic farming class mates, 

Oon Han and Sin Choy 

who are converting their 5-12 acres lands 

into environmental farmlands at/nearby Tampin.

*When I finished the workshop at Kulai, Johor,

I went pick up a highly-respected holistic living author, Betty Khoo 

at JB and escort her back to Kuala Lumpur.

*On the way back, we dropped by at my Tampin farmland

and she introduced to me 

another young permaculture farmer, Thomas Lim at Tampin.

*One week later which is just yesterday,

I participated another Biodynamic Farming event,

to make large scale Biodynamic fertilisers (named CPP)

at two organic farms @ Durian Tunggal, Melaka

just 25-35min away from my Tampin farmland. 

Suddenly, in just 10 days, 

my life is exploded with intensive amount of 

biodynamic farming opportunities and resources!! 

What's even more fortunate is that

I hosted my Biodynamic Farming teacher, Mr Teoh

to stay overnight at my residence at Tampin 

and he gave me whole lot of precious advices

in managing my farmland.

What's more more exciting,

according to my teacher, 

he will soon be based in Durian Tunggal (25min fr my farm)

to set up a Biodynamic Farming Vocational School 

just 23km from my house!!!  

The message from the universe 

simply can't be clearer：

Biodynamic Farming will be the new path I am baptizing myself into.

In near future, 

there will be a Biodynamic School, 

and a bunch of like-minded farmers around my area in Tampin 😀

--I nearly forgot to mention, 

there is also this environmental-minded holistic wellness establishment, 

Aenon Health Care, within 6km reach. 

They do small scale pesticide free farming too!

The sphere of environmental farming in Tampin 

is seriously nurturing, very dynamically!!

May all these blessings be aligned to higher level of humanity,

Kee Yew

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#Biodynamic Tampin