this post is courtesy from a fellow member of Raleigh KL, YinkHeay
Here it goes:
I shall continue my weekend story before the next weekend comes.
As mentioned in my previous post, I went to a natural farm (Bandar Harapan) trip organized by Raleigh Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. And as mentioned, despite my low interests on gardening or farming, it brought back the long lost memories of my agriculture subject field trip in Second year in Monash. Same like the field trip, in this trip to the natural farm we got to touch, smell and even taste the leaves of the plants under the guidance of the person in charge, Ivan.
Tasty?
Not... (see Shih Chung's face)
Ivan giving explanation about how the soil indicator works
But I learned something extra during this trip as compared to the previous field trips. One of the interesting things is the garbage enzyme Ivan produced in big bulk through natural fermentation which when mixes with farm wastes and appropriate amount of water it can be treated as fertilizer.
Garbage enzyme
And, it was the first time I see people rear earthworms. Ivan made an earthworm nest by covering the patch of soil with a roof to make it shady and moist, ideal for earthworms to stay.
Baby earthworms
Not only earthworms Ivan rears. He also rears all sorts of insects and animals like frogs and crickets, which will help loosen the soil.
All sorts of insects and animals in the pots.
A frog staring at me when I took it's photo
Ivan also made another type of fertilizer, a more common type - fertilizer from animal wastes. At first I didn’t know it was made of animal waste. So when Ivan told us to put our hands into the lump of decompose to feel the warmth inside, I followed. Luckily it didn’t stink. In fact, it didn’t stink at all. Only the garbage enzyme, the natural SK2 claimed by Ivan, stinks. Lol.
A baby eggplant
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The next day was another blast. I went to help up with the Jumbo Sales at Mont Kiara organized by Lee Lee and Zhi Yong. They are going to the Sabah Expedition end of this month. The crowd was not satisfying and so was the sales. But the good thing was I saw a lot of Korean families , Japanese and white people walking around this area. How cool was that? Hehe.
This is our stall
The sales ended at 6pm but I only got back to my car at 8pm because of the carpooling effect. =( Sweat.. After that I went to yamcha with a friend in Bandar Puteri. When I reached home it was already 12am.
Maybe due to insufficient water plus too much dehydration (coz stand under the sun), insufficient sleep and too much Mc Donald's (for breakfast and lunch) on Sunday, I got a flu again. Padan muka lo. Sien.... I hate flu! It makes my head dizzy.
Now I'm having Mc Donald's phobia already. No more French fries for another few weeks!
I hate flu with runny nose! Especially when the tissue paper can only wipe a bit then it's a'll wet and have to throw away already. Maybe I should consider using sanitary pad to wipe dry? Or tampons? lol. Idea taken from the movie She's the Man. hehe.
I shall continue my weekend story before the next weekend comes.
As mentioned in my previous post, I went to a natural farm (Bandar Harapan) trip organized by Raleigh Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. And as mentioned, despite my low interests on gardening or farming, it brought back the long lost memories of my agriculture subject field trip in Second year in Monash. Same like the field trip, in this trip to the natural farm we got to touch, smell and even taste the leaves of the plants under the guidance of the person in charge, Ivan.
Tasty?
Not... (see Shih Chung's face)
Ivan giving explanation about how the soil indicator works
But I learned something extra during this trip as compared to the previous field trips. One of the interesting things is the garbage enzyme Ivan produced in big bulk through natural fermentation which when mixes with farm wastes and appropriate amount of water it can be treated as fertilizer.
Garbage enzyme
And, it was the first time I see people rear earthworms. Ivan made an earthworm nest by covering the patch of soil with a roof to make it shady and moist, ideal for earthworms to stay.
Baby earthworms
Not only earthworms Ivan rears. He also rears all sorts of insects and animals like frogs and crickets, which will help loosen the soil.
All sorts of insects and animals in the pots.
A frog staring at me when I took it's photo
Ivan also made another type of fertilizer, a more common type - fertilizer from animal wastes. At first I didn’t know it was made of animal waste. So when Ivan told us to put our hands into the lump of decompose to feel the warmth inside, I followed. Luckily it didn’t stink. In fact, it didn’t stink at all. Only the garbage enzyme, the natural SK2 claimed by Ivan, stinks. Lol.
A baby eggplant
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The next day was another blast. I went to help up with the Jumbo Sales at Mont Kiara organized by Lee Lee and Zhi Yong. They are going to the Sabah Expedition end of this month. The crowd was not satisfying and so was the sales. But the good thing was I saw a lot of Korean families , Japanese and white people walking around this area. How cool was that? Hehe.
This is our stall
The sales ended at 6pm but I only got back to my car at 8pm because of the carpooling effect. =( Sweat.. After that I went to yamcha with a friend in Bandar Puteri. When I reached home it was already 12am.
Maybe due to insufficient water plus too much dehydration (coz stand under the sun), insufficient sleep and too much Mc Donald's (for breakfast and lunch) on Sunday, I got a flu again. Padan muka lo. Sien.... I hate flu! It makes my head dizzy.
Now I'm having Mc Donald's phobia already. No more French fries for another few weeks!
I hate flu with runny nose! Especially when the tissue paper can only wipe a bit then it's a'll wet and have to throw away already. Maybe I should consider using sanitary pad to wipe dry? Or tampons? lol. Idea taken from the movie She's the Man. hehe.
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