Iyarkaiodu Naam - One with Nature

Double Digging 1. Take a 6ft x 4ft region and divide them into 6 equal  parts. 2. Take the top soil from box 1 and place it outside 3. Region on the ground from where the color of the soil changes is the sub soil (around a feet deep). 3.Dig & loosen the sub soil arnd a ft. 4. Now add a layer of green leaves dipped in dilluted cow dung on the sub soil 5. Next add a layer of saw dust or shredded coconut waste. 6. Add a layer of compost and now this reaches the top. 7. Now remove the top soil from box 2 and cover the top of box 1. 8. Finally use the top soil that was kept outside and add it on top of Box 6 9. Now level the bed and start planting the vegatables that you want. 10. Add the nitrogen fixing plants to this bed as well. 11. Add some green leaves on top and some straw and water the bed. 12. You can cover it with a roof on top for creepers. Now go plant your own vegetables and eat healthy... :) http://facebook.com/IyarkaiOduNaam

Many soil scientists insist an ancient Amerindian agrarian society will soon make a huge impact on the modern world. They say once the intricacies and formulation of the society’s “terra preta” (dark earth) is unlocked, the benefits will help stop environmental degradation and bring fertility to depleted soils. Developing and developed nations will benefit. Orellana The story goes that in 1542, while exploring the Amazon Basin near Ecuador in search of El Dorado, Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana began checking the area around one of the Amazon’s largest rivers, the Rio Negro. While he never found the legendary City of Gold, upon his return to Spain, Orellana reported the jungle area held an ancient civilization — a farming people, many villages and even massive, walled cities. Later explorers and missionaries were unable to confirm Orellana’s reports. They said the cities weren’t there and only hunter-gatherer tribes roamed the jungles. Orellana’s claims were dismissed...