Urban Farming in Natural (Palekar) and Permaculture Methods

Hello,

As am from software background, i want to learn and practice farming before i step into big land. In this process, i have started urban farming with my friends by clearing a land filled with debris from years in a small area of 300 square yards plot in Sainikpuri, Secunderabad.

In our farm, we follow natural farming methods of Sri Subash Palekar and also permaculture methods.

We are growing

  1. Creepers - bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, ivy gourd, velvet beans and winged beans.

  2. Vegetables - tomato, green chilli, black chilli, regular brinjal, thorn brinjal, bush beans, bush malabar spinach, cylone spinach, cow pea, banana, curry leaf, tapioca, red & green varieties malabar spinach, moringa (drum stick), cabbage, turmeric.

  3. Leafy Veggies - coriander, methi, spinach, sorrel, roselle, amaranthus.

  4. Fruits - Mulberry, dragon fruit.

  5. Pollination attractors - zinnia, amaranths, balsam, cosmos, cockscomb, sun flower, Butterfly pea(Clitoria ternatea), Allamanda.

  6. Onion, lemon grass, Indian oregano, marigold and basil as Pest repellent.

  7. Nitrogen Fixing plants - Glyricidia, cow pea, pigeon pea, methi and velvet beans.

  8. Medicinal Plants - Indian oregano, Adamant creeper (Cissus quandrangularis), Aloe vera and Butterfly pea(Clitoria ternatea) flower got medicinal values.

  9. Flowering plants - Spider lily, rain lily, hibiscus, gomphrena, Allamanda, wood rose.

We are selling the harvest to residents of neighboring apartments from past 2 months.

Bharath
Nativus Farms
+91 9160936353