S2E24 The Last two Geese
We once had a lively flock of geese at Aanandaa—until bird flu swept through and left us with just two survivors. We didn’t know whether they were male or female, but when they began laying eggs, we w...
22 Sep 15min
S2E23 Lost and Found
In October 2017, I lost my father. He chose to spend his final days at home, surrounded by the people he loved, and to leave this world with dignity and on his own terms. It was a deeply personal expe...
15 Sep 14min
S2E22 The Rice Paddy Obsession
I grew three varieties of paddy at Aanandaa—and came away questioning the entire system. From migrant workers who could distinguish rice seedlings from almost identical grasses, to flooded fields that...
8 Sep 15min
S2E21 The Flood Irrigation Menace
Flood irrigation is one of the oldest and most common ways of watering agricultural fields—but is flooding an entire field really the best way to give plants the water they need? In this episode of Pe...
1 Sep 16min
S2E20 The (un) Poplar Trees
Poplar trees grow fast, grow tall, and can become a valuable timber crop within just a few years. At Aanandaa, we planted them along our boundaries and swales—but what have we learned from growing the...
25 Aug 16min
S2E19 A Bee Keeping Workshop
A beehive is an extraordinary little world—complete with a queen, thousands of workers, drones, nurses, guards, foragers and an astonishing system of communication and cooperation. 🐝 After hosting a ...
18 Aug 15min
S2E18 Making Raised Beds or Permanent Beds
What if you made your vegetable beds once—and never had to remake them again? In this episode of Permaculture Living with MLG, I talk about permanent raised beds: how we design them, why we never step...
11 Aug 18min
S2E17 Seed saving progress
One of the greatest gifts a farmer can pass to the next generation is not land, machinery or money. It is a living collection of seeds. Because every seed saved today is a promise that diversity will ...
4 Aug 15min
