Comments on: Hosted cows

By: Maj S R Roy

Maj S R Roy — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:55:54 +0000

I am one of the neighbours of pR and had the same problem. I could not get cow urine for my organic inputs – IN INDIA!!!!!

A solution that works is to get old and fallow milch animals that villagers don’t need and can’t dispose off and host them for their dung & urine.

And voila! oodles of the good stuff…..

By: Nisha

Nisha — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:31:38 +0000

Now that pointReturn has cows, may be saplings can get the benefit of Dhabolkar’s concoction Amrit Pani (Amirtha Karaisal in Tamil). It is a ferment of 3 items. 1 kg fresh cow-dung, 1 litre cow urine and 50 grams Jaggary in 10 litres of water and fermented for 48 to 72 hours. The mix is kept in shade and can be covered but not in an air tight way. It needs stirring couple of times a day. For spraying, the ratio of this concoction to water is 1:10. We have seen its good effect on leaf growth in vegetables and young tree saplings esp. as they struggle to take root.

By: Nandan

Nandan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:57:53 +0000

I thought Natural farming is possible without animal manure. Anyhow, land has many creatures other than plants. Basically cow dung manure contains grass, so manure’s energy remains the energy from sun..
The only benefit of animal manure is as a decomposing agent to make the land fertile faster. I think in 3-4 months typically mulched grass decompose and become manure. Once your land is fertile, the dependency on the animal is not big.

By: Surveysan

Surveysan — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:35:30 +0000

to be honest, i never thought pointReturn would come this far.
i am now sitting and reading all that has been achieved, with sheer amazement.

i will look forward to a success story and a text book from you, explaining how someone can repeat your steps and make another patch of green elsewhere.

awesome life, you have.