IT to Farming at Nachankulam

Situation is worsening further.. There is draught at Farm Subbu was expressing his anger and frustration.  Reason there is no rain.  No r...

One of the sour point is lifting the pipe assembly from borewell manually everytime you need to access the pump or repair something.  It re...

It is now countless days have passed with no rain in sight.   Nearest rain was some 25 kilometers away. Lot of bird sanctuaries around also...

"Has Kandan learned to ride the bicycle at last ?" -  I asked. I thought all of our compulsive advise would have worked. "...

My depiction of the new pump inside the borewell It is clear, that if I need to increase my cultivation I need more water.  One way i...

I have achieved some significant maturity in my Balcony experiments on Concentrated Solar Energy. The story :   As already explained, I a...

1.  The windpump is working smooth for the past many days.  The new solution has really worked. There is normal wind also. I believe we are...

Farm Pond has a fence It was decided not to leave the mud pond as is.  It will be highly slippery when it rains. The water level will be ...

Water is now plenty as windpump is working very normal for the past 4 days.  The solution was a jugad one (Not so optimal, but is ok till I...

After crossing a very hot extended Summer and battling for water,  this is how the farm looks today.  There is good news. Team out there co...

Is that so ?  Could be !  is what we should think.  It is umpteenth time that the rod assembly is unscrewing itself, especially during the ...

Subbu had successfully re-pealed and replaced the washer in the pump by taking out the assembly. He was so pushed to the corner at some poi...

Finally after many enquiries for old and new Pumps, we decided we will not purchase one. Let us endure this draught, hoping Rain/Wind will ...

Well entire day went in hunting and discussing for a right Pump Set. Finally we concluded what we need is a "Slow Speed Diesel Engin...

Renewable Sources or Survival First ? The climate is hot hot and hot in my farm. There had been no rains for the past few months. Ironica...

My mood was upbeat last few days.  I hear many farming activities going all over the country like tilling the soil, seeding etc in preparat...

Well, it is few years now that I have started my initiative.  What is that which is running in my mind. Let me try to capture with all sinc...

As planned, I wanted to prepare the dish, this time with more mirrors.  Therefore removed the reflecting paper and affixed tiny mirrors, wh...

On the left is food wrap and right is a paper food cover (Chappati) which is laminated. So as mentioned already, I have successfully s...

For the past many days there had been intermittent problem with Wind mill.  The head used to turn in whichever direction the wind blows.  T...