Table of Contents
Samba 2009
Highlights
- Pond constructed. See rain water harvesting for details.
- 850×450 sq.ft. - ~5% of land area
- 3 stepped pond with storage capacity of over 8.15 lakh litres
- 28,795 cu.ft. of red soil unearthed and used for constructing the pond's banks, a broad varappu for growing coconuts around the boundary and two elevated platforms for constructing a shelter later in the future.
- Total of 5 inlet/outlet pipes across the farm - 4 in zone 1
- Pond filled up and changed shape quite a bit!
- aquaculture using 4 varieties of fish, totalling to 750 fish in all
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- 40 Plantain trees, 30 Coconut trees and 33 other assorted fruit/utility trees
- 85+% survival rate overall (except plantains others' survival rate is 100%). Localites' reassure that the rest 10 plantains will survive too.
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- Gandagasaala and Garudan samba - native organic variety paddy crops sown and transplanted.
- Water arrived on August 17th
- Paddy seed buying, costing, planting and operations calendar are part of Organic Paddy
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- Total 750 fish
- Catla: 300
- Rogu: 150
- Mirgal: 200
- Grass Carp (Pillu Kendai): 150
- Survival rate not known (How to estimate survival rate of fish?
) - As of 20 Oct 2009, each fish is about 50 gms
Guiding principles
- Go the tried and the tested way
- No fertilizers
- Organic, Natural pesticides
- Use compost if need be
- Document needs, set aside produce to fill up storage capacity
- Return “wastes” to soil as much as possible
Goals
- Publish Samba 09 yield and costs data
- Publish results about Tree planting
- Publish water remaining (as height in inches from the deepest point)