Lately we've been planting some Ashitaba (Angelica Keiskei) in our garden. We got these seedlings around November 2014. We immediately planted some directly in the soil and some in big pots. Here are some pictures:
They suggest that the distance between plants should be around one meter. We decided to plant lettuces and other vegetables in between while the Ashitaba seedlings are still small.
Its been a long time since our last posting. 2011 was a busy year for us, traveling all around the country giving free seminars on organic farming.
This is for those who bought our VermiTea Brewer.
Fill your bucket or drum with non-chlorinated water
Place the brewer inside the container making sure the hook of the brewer is secured on the rim of the container
Connect the air hose of the brewer to the compressor
Place the compressor on a table higher than the water level of the container then plug it in an electric outlet
When the water starts to bubble, add your vermicast inside the brewer (chamber)
Add your molases
Recommended ratio is 2kg of VermiCast and 1kg of Molasses for every 120 liters of water.
Brewer for 18 to 24 hours
Application can be 1 part VermiTea plus 10 parts non-chlorinated water for garden/farm maintenance
For first time users, we suggest using a stronger dose of 1 part VermiTea to 5 parts non-chlorinated water
For sick plants or very poor soil, you can use pure VermiTea all over the soil and/or the plant/s
Frequency of use will depend on the health of your soil/plants
VermiTea can be used as often as 3 times a week or as seldom as once a month
It is very important to clean your brewer to avoid contamination of unwanted microorganisms in your VermiTea
Simply take off the top and bottom cover of the brewer and spray with running water
Take off the screen clamp and wash the screen
You may use a soft foam sponge or cloth to clean left over biofilms
DO NOT USE steel wool or other hard cleaning materials as this would leave rough surfaces on the brewer which can become colonies for microorganisms and leave biofilms which are hard to clean
Just reverse the disassembly procedure and your brewer is ready-to-use again
The 3rd Pinoy Herbal Festival will be held at the AANI Herbal Center this coming November 19 to 21. The 3 day event will feature a lineup of free seminars about herbs and health and also herb propagation. I was invited to talk about herb propagation and how to start a small herb garden.
I am not a fan of power point presentations, during my lectures, I usually bring an actual product or machine to show my audience instead of a picture from my computer. Sometimes I show them pictures only because I can't bring the farm to them.
With my upcoming lecture, I decided to make a small garden that I can bring during the event.
Here's how I made my mini spiral garden:
All it needs now are the herbs. Come and see the finished product on November 21, 9:00 a.m. at the AANI Herbal Garden, Quezon Memorial Circle.
For those who read the whole blog or those who know me, I'm sure you're all aware that we make Compost Tea Brewers. We've been using them for more than 4 years now and so far, we've never seen a better local version of a compost/vermi tea brewer... until now!
For the past 2 years I've been thinking of making a Vortex Brewer. I've seen pictures and videos of this all over the internet. Only this Monday I decided building one. It was a bit easier to build than I expected as long as you have the right tools.
Enough of the intro, here it is:
I will be posting more pics soon. I will also post a video of the actual brewing action.
I'm very sorry for not posting any updates on our blog. I would like to announce that we're still very very active and still very much into organic farming. In fact, I think this time is the busiest we've ever been since we started the farm several years ago.
To make it up with you guys, we will be conducting FREE seminars and forums about organic farming. We will be doing this every first Saturday of the month. We will be teaching how to make organic fertilizers like fermented fruit extracts, fish amino acids, lactic acid bacteria, vermitea, and more. We will also be inviting friends who will share their technologies to us.
The venue will be at the AANI Herbal Center, inside Quezon Memorial Circle. For instructions on how to get there, call, 4972755. We will start at around 8am and finish at 12 noon.
Leave a comment here if you have questions or you want to suggest a topic to discuss during the seminar/forum.
This video was taken 3 years ago when we were just starting Daily DOSE Farm. Here you will see the other parts of our farm and some weird activities that we do when we have, well, nothing to do. :) We hope you enjoy watching. :)
Hello, Raymond and Mariel here. We started this blog to share the developments of our small farm to all of you. We decided to call it the Daily DOSE Farm. DOSE stands for Diverse, Organic, Sustainable and Eco-friendly. Our farm is Diverse because, although small, it is home to about 100 kinds of vegetables and herbs. It also shelters hundreds of different insects, a few species of birds and billions of beneficial fungi and bacteria. We practice Organic farming. Not a drop of pesticide or a granule of synthetic fertilizer is used in our farm. We hate chemicals! We only use the best compost we can produce, freshly brewed compost tea, and the wisdom nature gave us. We support Sustainable agriculture. For us, we are only borrowing our land from our future kids and grandchildren, so we must preserve its fertility. From our farm to our stores we follow Eco-friendly practices. We use recyclable materials for packaging and encourage people to shop bringing reusable shopping bags. Shoppers with reusable bags get discounts and freebies. Join us in making our world better. We can’t imagine Mother Earth being worse than what she is today.
