How We Grow

Every practice on this farm is a deliberate choice. Here is what we do, and why — so you know exactly what you're eating.

What We Never Use

These are non-negotiable. No exceptions, no "just this once."

Synthetic pesticides
Chemical fertilisers
Weedkiller (herbicides)
Hybrid or GMO seeds
Mechanical plowing
Growth hormones
Plastic mulch
Treated water
Soil
No Plowing, No Tilling
We never turn the soil with a machine or deep plow. The land is prepared by hand where needed, and only the top layer is loosened for planting. The soil structure — built by years of roots, worms, and microbes — stays intact.
Undisturbed soil holds moisture better and is alive with beneficial organisms. This is what makes our produce different from conventionally farmed food.
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FYM — Farm Yard Manure
We regularly apply FYM (composted cow dung and farm waste) as the primary source of plant nutrition. No bag of chemical fertiliser has ever been opened on this farm. The manure is composted on-site before use, so it feeds the soil slowly and completely.
FYM builds soil carbon and feeds the microbial network that plants rely on. It means richer nutrition in your food, not just faster growth.
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Crops Grown Under Trees
Vegetables and crops are planted in and around fruit and shade trees — not in open, cleared rows. The trees drop leaves that mulch the soil, their roots break up deep layers, and they attract insects that keep pests in balance. This is the food forest approach.
Trees are the farm's long-term fertility engine. Crops that grow in this system absorb a richer mix of minerals than those grown in bare, cleared fields.
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Natural Mulch Instead of Weedkiller
We suppress weeds by covering the soil with dry leaves, straw, and farm waste — not herbicides. The mulch layer blocks light from weed seeds while decomposing to feed the soil. Weeding where needed is done by hand.
No herbicide residue in the soil, none in your food. The mulch also keeps moisture in, so plants stay hydrated without extra watering.
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Water
Filtered Groundwater from Tubewell
Our primary water source is a tubewell drawing clean groundwater. Before it reaches any crop, it passes through a filtration system to remove sediment and impurities. Clean water from the ground up — literally.
The water that irrigates your vegetables is filtered, not from a polluted canal or surface drain. This matters for food safety, especially for leafy greens and root vegetables.
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Rainwater Harvested for Irrigation
During the monsoon, we collect and store rainwater in our farm pond. This harvested water is used for irrigation through the dry months. The pond bed is unlined — water that seeps through recharges the groundwater table, benefiting the entire neighbourhood.
Rainwater-fed crops and an aquifer that is replenished rather than depleted — this is what sustainable farming in Rajasthan looks like.
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Planting & Growing
Seeds Sown by Hand
Every seed on this farm is placed by hand — not by machine. Seeds are spaced deliberately, planted at the right depth, in the right spot. There is no mechanical seeder, no industrial row-planting. Just human attention to each planting.
Hand sowing means each plant gets a proper start. It also keeps our seed source honest — we know exactly what variety went in and where it came from, often saved from our own previous harvests.
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A note from the farm These practices aren't a marketing checklist — they're the result of years of learning what this land in Khedli Pandya, Kota needs to thrive. Some things work well, some we're still learning. We'll be adding detailed pages for each practice as we go.
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