Building your own simple home - Earth Bag construction

The earthbag system was invented by an Iranian, Nader Khalili, as sustainable, affordable and earthquake-proof housing. The bags combined with barbed wire give the house incredible strength compared with other types of eco-building.

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Meen Amilam (Fertilizer from Fish waste)

Steps to prepare Meen Amilam 1. Take equal quantity of Fish Waste and Naatu Sakkarai (Jaggery). 2. Mix the above two materials in a Pot or a Plastic container and close it air tight. 3. Leave it for 21 days 4. On the 22nd day Meen Amilam is ready for use.(it looks like Honey) Usage Mix 30ml of this portion prepared above with 10litres of water and spray it on the plants. This acts both as fertilizer and pest repellent. http://youtu.be/JoSL9uRQ9AI

Zigzag pattern of Coconut plantation

Generally 45-48 plants are planted in one acre area. But, here a new method of planting was tried out, way back in 1960, which accommodates around 120 trees in one acre of land. Zigzag pattern of Coconut plantation In this zigzag method of planting, each plant is spaced at a distance of 15 feet within a row. Two rows are spaced 15 ft followed by a third row which is spaced at 30 ft. Plants in each row is planted at the mid point of the two trees of the previous row, thus making it a zigzag pattern. Due to this pattern, the distance between the trees between two rows comes to 16.77 ft. The 30 ft distance left after every two rows, helps the canopy to spread. This way of planting has not affected the light or air that passes through the plantation and zero cultivation has been adopted. Growing of intercrops such as banana and cocoa has also been possible during the initial years. With an yield of 80 nuts from each tree, it has been possible to harvest 9600 coconuts annually...

Iyarkaiodu Naam - One with Nature

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