CherasVille Kebun Santai

13/06/2022

Water is among the heavily needed resources to run a farm. Rain harvesting can be a help to cut cost and also can be designed to increase farm efficiency.

Reposting this rain barrel system by request
The higher your platform the more water pressure in your hose. Gravity ... it's not only just a good idea ,it's the law.

06/01/2022

11/09/2021

Wildland farming, is an alternative to restore land sustainably.


https://fb.watch/7XWh5UGEMI/

03/09/2021

IMO (indigenous microorganism)'s is widely known to have big role in ensuring a healthy soil. Natural forest has been thriving sustainably for million of years without any external factors, and researchers has been relating this to many factors -- one of it is IMO assistance.

What is IMO? Why IMO?
How to generate it?
How to apply?

The following materials by Cho Global Natural Farming explains it in detailed from Korean Natural Farming perspective :



http://www.kswcd.org/conference/Dr%20Hoon%20Park%20III%20-%20Indigenous%20Microorganism%28IMO%29.pdf

24/08/2021

Record keeping for one of our durian tree.

Durian is a high maintenance plant, so many kind of activities involve in growing a tree. Keeping a simple record like this can assist us to track what have been done to the tree before, so that we have confidence to troubleshoot whenever problem arise in future

* hasil kerja ayahanda kami. sambil belajar sambil buat.. lama-lama makin pandai 🙂

23/08/2021

Our very first durian flower buds.. 🎉🎉🎉
Next season gonna be more interesting~

10/08/2021

A little findings on Calcium...

Calcium is an essential plant nutrient. As the divalent cation (Ca2+), it is required for structural roles in the cell wall and membranes, as a counter‐cation for inorganic and organic anions in the vacuole, and as an intracellular messenger in the cytosol (Marschner, 1995).

Vegetable bitterness is related to Calcium content, meaning we can use the leaves of bitter plants (e.g. papaya & noni/ mengkudu) as a natural supplement of Calcium in agriculture.



Below is a reference on this :

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768385/

In the U.S. and Europe, most people do not consume the recommended amounts of either calcium or vegetables. We investigated whether there might be a connection; specifically, whether the taste of calcium in vegetables contributes to their bitterness and ...

01/08/2021

MORINGA, MURUNGAI, drumstick...
one of a plant that we highly recommend to have in each garden, not only because of its health benefit, but also a hardy & productive crop.

looks like they suit really well with our organic compost regime, and with the help of stingless bees that help pollinate their flower we see abundant harvest. See how big the bean size, about TWICE the size of an adult thumb! We impressed with the result.

31/07/2021

"cempedak nangka" hanging on branches, waiting to ripe soon.

10/06/2021

Sharing a good notes & explanations on how to prune/ train durian trees.

https://durianinfo.blogspot.com/p/why-prune-durian.html?m=1

Outline: Modern Durian Durian Tree Architecture Why Prune Durian? When To Prune Durian Low-Head Training System (LHTS) Training and ...

23/04/2021

Natural Farming Association Malaysia NFAM is currently opened for new membership registration. Contact information can be found in the banner, or you may also let us know if interested to join.

We are one of their member, and we work closedly with them as a part of our community service activities. 🙂

Join us if you are interested to explore on ways to reduce farming input cost while keeping up the farm productivity & reducing damages to our natural ecology.

23/04/2021

Here is a short video clip on our composting worm, we just completed a cycle of harvest. These worms will be put back into a new substrates for another cycle of vermicompost production. We are using only ANC (African Night Crawler) in our vermicompost production.

Currrently our production capacity is at 0.5MT per month, and expansion work is still on-going🙂

17/04/2021

Another joyful & productive weekend 🎉🎉🎉.

Another project that is currently on-going, is developing a vacant plot beside our NGO's HQ ( we thank the landlord for allowing us to use the land 🙏🙏🙏). from an abandoned land, this site will be converted into an education farm for public to learn more about natural farming technique (specifically for lowland tomato & chilli).💪⏩⏩⏩

12/04/2021

Under one of the NGO that we work closedly with, we will be helping this 6+acres orchard to develop their natural farming plot. This plot will be used as one of an educational & training site.

Other programs related to farming, gardening & environmental activities are also in the pipeline. We hope to successfully turnaround this orchard into something meaningful to locals.

Advantage for our plan is that, a lot of things are already set-up here & readily available to be integrated into the plan 🙂

- Free-range coop (chicken, duck, geese)
- Ruminant barn (goat)
- Fish pond & pool
- Streaming river
- Fruits orchard
- Organic vegetable garden
- Very closed to a high pop**ation residential area
- Indigenous microorganism culturing
- Lead by a friendly, visionary & passionate person
- Supporting friends
- etc....





Together let us do what we can, while we still can. 🙂

We may reveal later more details, depending on approval from all the related stakeholders.

06/04/2021

Composting in the process (main organic material : equine waste comprised of horse manure & wood chips) at an integrated fruits-veges-livestocks farm where we were assigned as one of their advisor. We love nature so much, and we love collaboration for a good purpose. Let's get this done, together! 🥰🤝🤝

Organic waste in landfills generates, methane, a potent greenhouse gas. By composting wasted food and other organics, methane emissions are significantly reduced. Compost reduces and in some cases eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers. Compost promotes higher yields of agricultural crops. (source: US EPA)

13/03/2021

Organic waste? don't burn & waste them.. they can make a good organic compost & fertilizer, they house lots of beneficial microbe that help to rejuvenate spoiled land.

As for us, we are utililzing them as rabbit's meal, compost & vermicompost substrate.

22/02/2021

we paid a visit to one of our friend's goat & cattle farm. our rabbit couldn't supply enough poops to meet our compost demand, so we're sourcing out some of the ingredient. still a long way to go though, but a collaboration is definitely in our plan.

oh, kalau ada yang mencari lembu/ kerbau/ kambing untuk korban, saya boleh tolong tanyakan.

13/01/2021

Some photos from 7 years ago (January 13, 2014).. those was time when we were planting sugar cane & banana (pisang berangan) & started rearing ducks, geese & chicken. now they all have been replaced by durian, jackfruit, rambutan, p**asan & rabbit -- a tiny legacy to be past down to our future generation. time flies!

15/11/2020

rabbit playpen, rabbit playgroup, rabbit tractor, rabbit lawn mower.. whatever you may want to call it. they can help do the lawn mowing from today onwards 🚜🚜🐰






#うさぎ
#兔子
#オーガニック
#オーガニックライフ

31/10/2020

ぶどう狩りat home.
🍇🍇🍇harvested some from the home vineyard. i had been procrastinating way too much lately -- not wrapping the grapes, not harvesting them on time, neglected regular checking.. ended up some of the good ones were already eaten by birds...
yet they are still sweet! 葡萄很甜。 嬉しいです。🙂

#ぶどう
#葡萄






#オーガニック

29/10/2020

A native bee (stingless bee a.k.a kelulut by locals), hovering alone over flowers collecting nectar & pollen..🐝

We may take bees and other pollinators (butterflies & hoverflies) for granted, but they are vital to stable, healthy food supplies & key to the varied, colourful, nutritious diets we need.

10/10/2020

A successful case of a PERMACULTURE FARMING.

Some people would worry of white ants/ anai-anai attacks, resulted from applying a lot of mulching. Permaculture is about replicating the resilient process observed in natural ecosystem i.e. mimicking the nature. White ant is also an element within the natural ecosystem. If white ants attack is a problem, the entire forrest would have already been vanished, not fertiled nor flourished.

https://www.facebook.com/100051407505454/posts/121370706253179/

10/10/2020

welcoming our new addition... the first batch of New Zealand siblings for test running 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 making our current headcounts to 30+.

our rabbits are currently on 50% vegetation feed program, and we are trying to increase it to 100% vegetation feed without commercial pallet.
🌱is it possible : YES
🌱is it realistic : not sure
🌱is it challenging : might have some, but so far so good.
🌱what motivates us to pursue? : enable ourselves in utilizing & reducing abundantly & freely available vegetation waste + zero reliance on syntetic growth hormone + much tastier herbal-fed rabbit meat + zero feeding cost + free organic input to garden from manure... or in short, "LOW COST, SUSTAINABLE & ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY PROJECT"

17/09/2020

Tupai (Squirrel) 🐿️🐿️🐿️

One of a creature that make the garden alive. This guy has been released free.😁😁

28/08/2020

Rabbit P**ps' Compost --- the poops were supposedly composted by worms, but we had too much rabbit poops as compared to the volume of worms. Luckily we have rhinobeetle / their other bugs & microbic friends to assist. Looks like it's time to expand worm pop**ation soon! --> second phase

24/08/2020

Asian Palm Chivet a.k.a Musang Pandan...
They are able to slip into a very tiny hole, which make them still survive within modern concrete jungle & residential area.

This little chivet had accidentally trapped into a mouse trap.. so we released it away.

20/08/2020

Salam Maal Hijrah.

Gotong-royong tokwan-anak-menantu-cucu untuk memperelok/menaiktaraf laluan motosikal @ reserve sungai depan kebun/ kebun jiran. JPS tak datang maintain, maka kita bantu setakat yang mampu..

Laluan motosikal ini digunakan setiap hari sebagai alternatif penduduk setempat untuk ke sekolah, kedai, kawasan seberang dan sebagainya. Hujan lebat & banjir menyebabkan jalan yang hanya ditimbun dengan pasir sungai ini berlopak-lopak.

Sepatutnya ada dua lori hantar batu crusher run pagi ni, tapi katanya kuari tutup p**a hari ni, maka esoklah jadinya..

19/08/2020

DIY plant booster

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=683977558327035&id=119097911481672

18/08/2020

we were given this product for trial. thank you to the sponsorer, this suits well to , in our journey to transform into .

* all these are from the same manufacturer, contact number is as shown in the pamphlet

13/08/2020

10~12 days old 🐰🐰🐰, they are raised in just a small barn at a home backyard.

*Kindly ignore the noisy, onen of our neighbor is having house renovation.

04/08/2020

Surprise after returning back from vacation.. 3 + 3 new baby bunnies 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰. glad that they are all healthy, despite their mothers are first timer. another two bunny mothers also looks like going into labor mode soon --- expecting a busy week ahead 🎉🎉🎉

01/08/2020

Another educational visit today : to a kelong fish farm by a river/ kuala

26/07/2020

Rabbitery, an important section of sustainable farming system practised in .

Our version of Sustainable Farming system :
Plants/ Leaves/Farm Waste --> Animal Feed --> Animal P**p/ Meaty Waste --> Compost (Vermicompost/ Bokashi/ Heat Compost) --> Compost Fertilizer --> Plant growth ... and the cycle goes on and on ♻️

we try not to waste any output from the sytem, even the animal has their own merit.

Video : How we process/ skin/ clean rabbit carcasses within 10 minutes per carcasd

18/07/2020

Kebun dah ada sungai.. 🏞️ boleh lah kita lepaskan ikan~
berangan sebentar 😆😆🚣‍♀️🚣‍♂️

03/07/2020

sebelum jadi tokey cempedak, kita masterkan dahulu teknik menyiang buah cempedak..cempedak kebun kecil-kecil je, tapi buah lebat...sementara buah tengah banyak ni, bolehlah kita main-main sikit sambil belajar.. senang nak makan, p**as aje!
😎😎😎

28/06/2020

(videos uploaded in the comment section)

Beberapa minggu lepas, dapat report dari pengurusan bahawa terdapat masalah pokok terencat di KebunTo'Wan of .. maka minggu ini kita lancarkan MISI PEMULIHAN DURIAN~🎶

Buat permulaan, kita try handle 2 kes pokok bermasalah dahulu, iaitu durian D24 & durian BlackThorne. & alang-alang nak try, kita try guna 100% organik approach! (teddiaa...)

First visit~
1. 🔎check log book pokok-pokok tersebut -- baja/racun teratur & mengikut jadual. nampak ok, tapi terbantut (kemungkinan ada isu lebihan baja/racun sintetik💡)
2. inspect fizikal pokok & persekitaran -- rumput tumbuh lebat di pangkal, tanah agak lembap, nampak tompokan kulat pada batang & dahan, 10%~15% crown telah mengering, kurang pucuk baru

Potential reason~
1. Tanah sentiasa lembap - akar pokok lemas - serangan kulat
2. Tanah berasid & tepu akibat overdose baja/ racun vs usia pokok yang terlalu muda
3. 🐞Serangan serangga perosak pada teras batang

Immediate action~.. setelah menilai situasi & keadaan pokok, langkah-langkah segera yang diambil adalah
1. cabut rumput -- rumput menyerap nutrien, menjadi sarang perosak, menyebabkan tanah terlalu lembap, merangsang pertumbuhan kulat🍄
2. larutan mangrove wood vinegar & epsom salt -- disembur pada daun/batang & siraman di sekeliling pangkal
3. stop pemberian baja & racun sintetik, serta merta.
4. buang sungkupan/mulching pada Blackthorne

Next action~
1. lawatan susulan setiap dua minggu.
2. check penghasilan pucuk aktif atau tidak
3. check pH tanah (lupa bawak pH tester)
4. siraman Effective Microorganism Solution di pangkal tanah sebagai rawatan awal tanah (pemulihan keasidan/ tepu baja & racun)
5. continue semburan mangrove wood vinegar & epsom salt -- rawat jangkitan kulat & hama
6. semburan foliar Fish Amino Acid & Photosyntetic Bacteria sebagai booster pemula

Cuba-cuba, sambil berhibur.

27/06/2020

PULASAN & RAMBUTAN. Serba sedikit hasil kebun yang dapat dikutip pagi ini, dapat juga dikongsikan dengan sahabat & jiran-jiran berdekatan..🍒 ambil sekadar yang perlu, selebihnya kita tinggalkan sedikit untuk abang mesin rumput, musang, tupai & burung-burung yang berkeliaran..

21/06/2020

We go for educational tour occasionally to explore ideas & gain inspiration. And today we had a chance to visit an "integrated" TILAPIA fish & CATFISH farming site.

Catfish, which is quite a hardy fish and can live in muddy & heavy ammoniatic water, is one of the key element for this farm which doesn't use high maintenance water treatment system. It is included as one of the farming element to :
- optimize the usage of second hand water from the tilapia pool
- consume excessive food from tilapia's pool, so no food will be wasted
- which then avoid the secondary water (waste) from becoming smelly due to rotten food
- subsequently letting microorganisms to have some times to breakdown organic particles lying in the waste water to a level that it can be used as an organic fertilizing water & foliar.

It was just a small scale fish farm, but with an impressive simple system.

12/06/2020

Untuk rujukan, antara kaedah pembajaan organik yang telah terbukti berkesan & mudah untuk dipraktik, dah ramai yang cuba...
Kebun rumah telah juga bertukar kepada 100% amalan pertanian organik sejak dua bulan lepas. Insyaallah, akan ada perkongsian aktiviti-aktiviti kebun urban organik di masa akan datang.

Rupa-rupanya ada resipi rahsia yang dipraktikkan oleh pekebun di Thailand untuk memastikan pokok yang ditanam walaupun masih muda tapi buah merimbun

08/06/2020

This weekend @ KebunTokwan of .. strolling around the farm while inspecting some trees which are already bearing fruits.

Cempedak durian
Cempedak
Pisang berangan
Pulasan
Rambutan