How we became community farmers!

For past some days we were in search of ways to support our sustainable leaving goals and actively researching on community farming options here in Bangalore.

At home after most of my balcony garden plants and specially veggies became rodent and pigeon food, I still had not lost my hopes and still wanted to go ahead and grow our own fresh food.

That is when we landed with this platform called Farmizen!

Though we did not find many reviews of Farmizen around, their social handles were showing good progress and so we thought of giving it a try.

So two weeks back we registered on to Farmizen as community farmers with many like minded farmers.

They have multiple plots per farm and the app gives you a lot of flexibility in choosing what you want to grow. On the other days the farmer takes care of your farm and you can plan visits and work around your farm on weekends. You also can see growth and harvest and other activities at your farm through the app.

With lot of excitement and some doubts on our mind we went for our first farm visit. Our farm is some 2 hours drive and it was through lush green roads on ourskirts of city. The farmer, a very humble guy and his lovely family were very helpful. The landscape unfolded some great views and we could see and experience farming first hand.

Definitely this is going to be a great learning experience for our 6 year old who has already started loving his greens now that he knows where they come from.

Through this series I will keep logging and sharing our farming journey though it's successes and failures.

Some glimpse of our mini farm:

Sapling ready to be planted

Coriander growing well

Some chilli plants in neighbors plot

Beautiful yellow lotus pond at the farm

And here is bonus video of the farm!! Keep the sound on to hear the wind roar!

Note: This is not a paid review. This is my farmlog with a hope that it will help many to take up community farming.

Keep visiting to soon hear new updates from the farmlog!

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