Permaculture Living with MLG

It's not easy to convince the children that its more fun to spend their summer vacation in 42 degree summer in a village in north India, rather than go for a holiday overseas. Yet, it can be done. And it will build tremendous character and mettle in your children, which will serve them well in life. Thanks for stopping by, stay safe xx   #permaculture #permaculturepodcast #foodforest  contact us a...

Our two weeks at the farm forced us to interact with people from all walks of life. It opened our worldview and helped us to reconnect with the real India. We could see the clash between the rural and urban sections of society. We experienced that first had as well. All four of us changed that summer .. and I think for the better   Thanks for stopping by, stay safe xx #permaculture #permaculturepo...

Our summer stay at Aanandaa was soon coming to an end. We still had a few tasks to accomplish before we left! We had to build a basic irrigation system for our tree saplings. We had to build the brick walking path through the spine of the land. We planted a bougainvillea hedge all over our perimeter. We had a litter of 4 pups by the village dog Basanti - we had our first set of farm dogs! On our l...

On Sunday, 3rd July 2011, we gathered with our friends and family to begin the tree plantation. Panditji had arranged for extra labour to help with this task, as he wanted the trees to be put into the ground as soon as possible. While I had a plantation plan in mind, and a list of all the trees, it all started to blur in the heat of the moment! Eventually, we did a random plantation of the native...

We managed the deluge with some temporary hacks, knowing very well that we will have to find a permanent solution once teh rains are over. We added bamboo to our list of plants and incorporated them into our design. Bamboo would hold the edges of the water path, filter the water, provide a habitat for birds and give us bamboo for structures. One plant, so many purposes. It had been almost a week n...

Rains arrived on time when we landed in Chandigarh for the planting season of July 2011. We made a day trip to Saharanpur and bought 1000 trees from Farman Bhai. A collection of fruiting trees, flowering trees, medicinal trees, timber trees, and native heirloom trees. The size of the saplings were a bit of a shock for us, and Agam was highly sceptical of any of these 12 inch twigs becoming full gr...

Restoring a ravaged piece of land is as simple as managing rainwater through earthworks and planting trees. It does not take rocket science or any great knowledge to do this. It is the most intuitive and simple activity to undertake. A simple contour map explains the slopes & potential flows of water. A simple design map will give an idea of where to plant trees and which trees to keep in the...

In the corporate world we are taught to get professionals to help us with everything. Pay them the money and outsource. You can't do everything yourself, we say. But a landscape design that mimics nature works differently. It needs someone who will listen to it, walk together with it and evolve over time. You have to do this yourself. It is one of the most intuitive things to do, because we are wi...

Our life in the cities is so fast paced, that we can barely find time for our hobbies, interests or even for our families! In that context to take on another commitnment like restoring a patch of nature seems like an audacious or even foolhardy exercise. But a time audit will reveal how you can make time for something that is important for the future generations, but also a great way to bring the...

We need money to invest back into nature, because resources have been exrtacted from our environment never endingly for the last several decades or even centuries. For nature to heal, we need to shift monetary resources back to it. This money is in the capitalist economy of the cities. We need to do a reverse migration of wealth. For more information on permaculture, visit www.aanandaa.com. You ca...

On agricultural land, you come face to face with fresh water resources. There is no municipality, no tanker water, and no back ups. Just rainwater and borewell. The reality of how much or how little there is, and where it comes from, really hits hard. For more information on permaculture, visit www.aanandaa.com. You can contact us at  hello@aanandaa.com  and +91 62838 99456   Follow us on our soci...

Finding people to help you with your long distance permaculture project can be a challenege. But by paying a good remuneration, giving them respect for their skills, embracing the community and of course some luck, you can find many people to help you.   For more information on permaculture, visit www.aanandaa.com. You can contact us at  hello@aanandaa.com  and +91 62838 99456   Follow us on our s...

Many of us describe ourselves as nature lovers. It is time to convert this adjective into a verb, and work towards restoring the nature we love so much. Influencing the younger generation early in their lives and taking them along can be a very rewarding experience as a family.   For more information on permaculture, visit www.aanandaa.com. You can contact us at  hello@aanandaa.com  and +91 62838...

Living in cities we are so far removed from what is going on in villages. It is a very extractive economy, which is taking natural resources like food, minerals, metals, stone, sand etc into urban centres. Any land you buy in the country comes with it's shares of problems, and is more often than not, degenerated. 2015 saw us making some big changes. Some of those decisions were taken by us, and by...

We all feel a latent sense of anxiety about climate change and the state of the planet. But we have a sense of helplessness at the problem. Manisha & Agam felt the same, till they heard about permaculture. It sounded like something they could do, and something they SHOULD do! 2015 saw us making some big changes. Some of those decisions were taken by us, and by the end of the year destiny steer...