Organic Farm at KFR
Dear all,
Recently, the Green Girls brought back some of their harvest from Kechara Forest Retreat (KFR) to the Ladrang. I was so shocked to see the freshness and abundance of their harvest as it has only been less than 3 months since they started growing vegetables on their small scale organic garden! I thought that I’d share with everyone on their progress as there has been very good results so far.
The Green Girls is made out of Li Kheng, Joy, Julia, Pamela and Wai Meng. I previously blogged about the Green Girls about their miraculous compost tea, which has since been used to water the flower plants in KFR.
I am very happy to see the organic garden at the terrace of the Ladrang Hill. It is the highest point of KFR, and the hill now looks like it has been put to good use.
Do take a look at what the Green Girls have been doing for the organic garden for the past few months. The Green Girls and KFR volunteers are doing such a fantastic job with it, I am deeply pleased and happy for their achievement… it is my dream to have an organic garden just like the Findhorn community. It’ll be very nice for visitors to come to KFR, pluck their own vegetables, wash it up and cook it. Nourishes the body with fresh, delicious vegetables!
Tsem Rinpoche
The organic vegetable patch on the Ladrang Hill at KFR.
Volunteers digging out steps so that they can work on the slopes.
Sprinklers line the organic patch to water the vegetables conveniently.
Mustard green plants growing!
River spinach.
Rows of vegetables. It is very well kept, without the slightest hint of wild grass.
Ladies fingers…
Fresh vegetables… not ready to be harvested yet!
Young saplings of the river spinach.
Tags are placed across the farm so that any one will know what is being planted at that spot.
Many volunteers help to plow the land so that the vegetables can grow on the loosened soil.
Ajai and Master Loo looking at the organic farm, thinking of what else they can do…
Spring onion being planted in a pot before they are transferred onto the ground.
The gardener’s shack!
Seeds being organically planted separately before being transferred to the garden… Here you can see the saplings have already sprouted.
Sweet corn on the farm. Here reflectors are being used to cover to ensure the plants receive an all round sunlight .
Volunteers working by the side of the slope to make steps…
Kuramame plants.
Kuramame beans (aka Edamame!)
Master Loo and his son Ba-Qin working on the organic patch.
Been a long day… Master Loo catching his breath for a while… hehe…
It’s not easy to make steps along the slope!
Ba Qin testing to see if the steps are at a good height before forming them to a more usable flight of stairs.
Bitter gourd plants… I love creeper plants like these…
Look at how fresh they are!
Another volunteer, Jeffrey Khor, helping to move flower pots around KFR.
Making sure the plants are well hydrated and getting enough compost.
Looking out from Ladrang Hill… the scenery here is breath-taking…
This is what you see from the Ladrang Hill… beautiful…
Chili plants.
Ajai (caretaker at KFR) help to loosen up the ground to plant more vegetables.
A mango tree… this will grow into quite a large tree…
Red coral lettuce has started to grow.
Lettuce growing off the organic soil… it is not fully grown yet in this picture.
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Thank you Rinpoche and blog team for sharing organic farming in KFR. There is nothing better than living with a healthy body and spiritual mind in such a beautiful holy place like KFR .Can’t wait to visit KFR and take pictures with Rinpoche’s indoor stupa. Hope Rinpoche’s 26th incarnation will come home soon to teach and spread dharma again. 😍😘🙏
Extremely happy to see the Green Girls efforts to the success of Kechara’s Organic Farm. I liked they idea, to cultivate the space to grow their own delicious, greenery, fresh and healthy vegetables. Of course we know organic vegetables contain’s more nutritious, healthier and safe.
Apart of looking at these attractive farm, I believe this farm will improves the ecology of the surrounding environment. Looking on the support of the volunteers, I hope this project will meet their goals and achieve to a greater extent.
I’m sure this though role activity involved will help the green girls and Kechara volunteers to maintain a healthy mind and body.
It has been half a year now ever since the YAKs (Young Adults of Kechara) have been involved in farming. We are working on a project which is to grow giant vegetables, we were all very excited to get this project going. But it’s harder than how we imagined it would be. Planting itself is not an easy job, there are a lot of problems that farmers have to deal with. For example, soil, pest invasion, weather and etc.
The first few months of the farming was really intense and tough for all of us, I really respect the green team of Kechara Forest Retreat. Every single day, they work under the hot sun and there wasn’t a single complaint from them and what’s admirable is that they do their work with sincerity and happiness, therefore I must say that their vegetables grew very well. They are indeed one of those people who I and many more others truly respect.