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

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