Swamy’s Mulabagilu sounds like Malgudi? 
Hi All,
Iam on tour now camped at Bangalore. Tomorrow onwards Iam atteding (2nd time) Shri Subhash Palekar’s Natural Farming Workshop at Tumkur for 5 days. Thereafter going on tour to (1) Study/training in Apiculture. (2) To collect seedlings of Kamara/Anjana tree at Chitradurga district. (3) To collect good variety Betel Leaf planting materials.
Immediately after returning home, need to plant them along with doing other farm activities of plugging and making land preparation for next crop. Further I am going to get other saplings of Coconut, Lemon, Jackfruit,Cocoa, Nutmeg etc from South Canara, Shimoga and Udupi districts for starting developing other plots within in this 31st July.
As I early mentioned, it will be better to have visit to my place to see the developments in August. However all or any one are always wel come round the year 24/7 what ever is your convenience and I will be ready to serve you people.
Murali,
Please give me a call and I shall be ready at a moment’s notice for these farm visits or visits to GKVK. Let me know if you want to do anything this weekend (today afternoon or tomorrow).
Thanks,
AK
Swamy, any plans of detailed report of the workshop on daily basis?.
Why not? I will updating in AGRICULTURE TOURISM thread.
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Hi,
How about next Saturday (12May12) to GKVK / somewhere else, as you all know i am very much beginner.
@ Murali Thank you for invite once i make a visit to your farm i am think over it.
Just give me a call whenever you are leaving for your farm.
With regards
Pradeep.H
Hello All in Bangalore
Maybe you guys already know this still
One of the farms had visited last year was Vanashree - same website also - Srikanth and Preeti have been farming for 10 years. Wonderful people and are there most weekends and willing to share info -
Murali - he has been growing yeleki banana’s organically (hope spelling is correct) for sometime. So maybe he can help answer questions of TC for this type of banana
navadarshanam.org/ - they have 150 A all organic and sustainable close to TN border. Older people but have a wealth of info
They have study group circle and plan to meet weekly or monthly - will send more details soon.
Madhavi
Hi Madhavai,
Yes I had visited Vanashree some time back. I have seen their yelakki banana, grown organically, but the size of the bunches were pathetic. At present not much is happening there.
Before that, I should welcome you on board. Navyadarshanam, is more or less community living with some rural stuff sold in cities.
We are all waiting for invitation from Swamy. so that we can visit his farm. Swamy is one person on the forum who has given confidence that more than a lakh can be taken per acre per year.
Me, AK, Heggde and others are waiting for swamys invitation.
Regards
Murali
Madhavi,
I visited Vanashree about a month ago. While Srikanth’s work is definitely commendable, that farm is still in its gestation period as far as produce is concerned. As per my experience and calculation, that farm is taking at least 1-1.5 lakhs/year from outside as of now for maintenance.
All,
As an update, Hegde and I visited each other’s farm (if we could call it that) last weekend. It was a good learning experience for me, getting to hear from Hegde’s brother about Nutmeg and Areca cultivation. We also visited Sri.Nandeesh’s farm near Shikaripura. That’s definitely one place to visit, especially for you Murali! He speaks from experience and he is the only person who practices “natural farming” as closely as possible (that I have come across).
We should try and meet up once again sometime soon, probably get some new members to join us this time. The ideal thing to do would be to visit some farm near Bangalore - maybe Sri. Kailash Murthy’s.
Thanks,
AK
Some pics from Nandish’s farm that AK mentioned. picasaweb.google.com/1072704091 … vnEr4yT9gE
Hello Hegde sir,
Nice pictures.
Just curious what kind of nutmeg trees do you grow. How has been the yield pattern?
Thanks
Biju
Thanks.
Not very sure of the name of the variety, i will try to get it, my dad has been growing since his teenage, so some trees should be around 45+ years. Yield is mostly consistent, but as in all other variety, there are years with lesser yield. It all organic cultivation.
We have this as inter crop with Areca and Coconut, a 10 year old tree will fetch you approx 8 -10 kg of nutmeg when the tree is older and have larger canopy it would yeild more. I will check with by bro again and reconfirm the figures.
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What news from the Bangalore folks - no more meets?
I see members like Murali have not turned up in weeks - all well with everyone?
Bangalore folks should meet up soon, at least in honor of Murali who was the key person behind Bangalore meet #1. I am open Nov 10-11.
Nov 10,11th are good. I hear that there is some organic crop fair happening in Lalbagh premises on these days. It will be a good time to meet some organic farmers also.
dear sirs,in honour of mr.murali,keep meeting in lalbaugh on 10 th or 11 th ,november, 2012, so that all the like minded farmers can share.
Hi ,
Will u share me details next plan Nd which area ?
I unable to reach on-time .in. April./ May…12th.
Plz prefer category…
Vegetables
Flowers
Fruits
Exotics…
Recently we have done transplantation 1. dates 2. guava at Andhra… NELLORE.
Now looking tuberose flower,moringa,curry leaves,dwarf coconut .for that I want to visit farms in Bangalore…if u r planning anything like I am very happy.