Bhaskara KempaiahBuilding a movable chicken coopIt’s been on my todo list for several years to build a movable chicken coop for our farm ತಾತನ ತೋಟ, that we finally built in 2024 (thanks to…Dec 1, 2024Dec 1, 2024
Bhaskara KempaiahGetting started with Natural FarmingMY FIRST story in series of stories to share my experience of building up our “thathana thota” (means ‘Grandfathers Farm’) in Bidadi…Apr 4, 2017Apr 4, 2017
Bhaskara KempaiahFruit ForestOur farm ತಾತನ ತೋಟ (Grand father’s farm) has been setup based on several months of reading, watching videos & attending trainings plus…May 27, 20172May 27, 20172
Bhaskara KempaiahGrowing Millets (ancient grain)Our family has farming background, my grand father was a farmer, my dad relocated to Bangalore in 1966 for a job at Mico (Bosch) with his…Jun 22, 20171Jun 22, 20171
Bhaskara KempaiahRain water harvestingConserving the water usage & harvesting as much water around the farm is crucial & important aspect of long term prospects in keeping a…Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Bhaskara KempaiahGrowing TurmericStarted with purchasing about 30kgs of Turmeric roots from a natural farmer in Electronic City / Anekal area. It was good to have this…Jun 11, 20181Jun 11, 20181
Bhaskara KempaiahGrowing Ragi (Finger Millet)In my view, you become a ‘complete farmer’ if you grow rain fed crops (ragi, horse gram etc.,), because it teaches you work around the…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
Bhaskara KempaiahJourney of Banana sapling till harvest…I don’t do agriculture for commercial reasons, it’s mostly the joy of working with mother earth that has kept me ticking for past 3+ yrs…Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
Bhaskara KempaiahFast Composting…Adopting Natural Farming methodology at farm means less / no external input, which means we need to produce the required manure at the…Nov 27, 2021Nov 27, 2021
Bhaskara KempaiahLessons from CampingRecently spent a night at farm by pitching the tent, had a few learnings that I wanted to share. Farm is a bit far away from the village &…Dec 6, 2022Dec 6, 2022
