agriculture tips

Does world end on dec 21 2012? No. Reason: We are living in kalki yuga, and lord vishnu will take kalki avatar as per hinduism bhagavatgita. Kalki period has more than 300 years from 2012 . So only at the kalki yuga end, world will get destroyed. Not now.

As part of our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we are going to see the General List of Plants used in Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence as well as few Windbreakers. The following list of plants can be utilized for Live / Bio Fence / Natural Fence and some of the large trees can be used as Windbreakers and it will better if the farmer goes for locally available material so as to reduce the expenses.  The below list will be updated as and when there are more data available. S.No. Botanical Name Common Name Tamil Name Habit Condition Role 1 Acacia caesia (L.) Willd. Climbing prickly shrub Dried Mechanical barrier 2 Acacia chundra Willd. Small tree Dried / Live Mechanical barrier 2a Acacia Concinna Shikakai, Soap-pod Climbing prickly shrub Live Mechanical barrier 2aa Acacia Mellifera - - - Live Mechanical barrier 2b Acacia nilotica subsp. indica  Gum Arabic, Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barrier 2c Acacia nilotica ssp. Tomentosa Tomentose Babool ??????? Live Mechanical barr...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to understand the important considerations of Live / Natural Fence. Assuming you have opted for Live / Natural Fence, the following need to be kept in mind so as to get the maximum benefit out of Live / Natural Fences. Bees - We need to have Bees for pollination and hence we need to attract the Bees to our farm.  For this, we need to have flowering plants all through the season and if we plant the flowering plants in our fences, it serves both as food for Bees and also look pleasing to the eyes and enhances the aesthetics of the farm. Birds - We need to have Birds for limiting/removing the worms in our farm and also the excreta dropped by them acts as a good manure and enriches the soil.  For this, we need to have Singapore Cherry and other fruit trees in our fences that birds eat and survive.  Birds build their nest generally in a multi-branch tree or shrub and hence it is important to have those pla...