Comments on: A Banana Circle

By: kedar

kedar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:19:34 +0000

Dear DV,

Along the inner circle of the mound (near the water) you can plant “Brahmi” (Bacopa). It grows near the water and very useful for human being.

Regards,
- Kedar

By: pointR

pointR — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:17:58 +0000

sriram…
that’s a great story from Down to Earth, that you flagged. i hope more people -especially in urban India- start patas or food circles
kedar…
i am guessing here:
sizing the pit to match the waste generation would be the answer. if sized right, depletion by plants for food production and creation of compost would be in balance.
but if you do find excess compost production -unlikely in my view, you could scoop out from the bottom and start a second circle

By: kedar

kedar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:04:02 +0000

Dear DV, Good info. One question – what happens when the pit is full just like the compost pit? Do I need to dig it again and take out the compost formed in it?

By: sriram

sriram — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:42:50 +0000

dear dv
great to see this happening.
we had a good 2 days at dipakbhai’s farm.
we saw 2 circles (he calls it the ganga maa mandal) in full operation.
they also plant more than 10 types of herbs in this circle (pudhina, elaichi, karuveppilai, etc – will get the full list shortly)

i also found this article from downtoearth on traditional women’s vegetables strip – http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20091130&filename=news&sec_id=50&sid=29