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RE: Wholesome Living at Hamsah Organic Farm
What a beautiful experience! Looks like a cool place. I am so surprised at the red color of the soil! And irrigating in trenches like that! how cool... I always love low tech solutions...
Thanks! The red colour comes from the predominantly laterite soil of the area. John's been at it for nearly a decade now, and the soil has been well cared for in all that time. He's pretty much experimented with various techniques and found the ones that work best for him. There have been some water scarcity issues with them being so close to the city, but he's learnt to overcome them. I didn't get too involved with farm work because of the timing of the season, but there usually is a lot of diversity on the fields and a whole bunch of low tech solutions used in creating it.