Kenny Ng / Date: 05-May-08
Major activities
- Host 38 pax from Kajang Rotary Club, for a day trip.
Lo-light
- Again rain almost every day for the whole month of April. The vegetable yield, especially the bayam and kangkong that were grown outside the rain shelters, were very low.
- The yield of the long beans (snake skin type) and French beans were low also, could be due to too much rain.
- Rats ate up at least 50kg of groundnuts before I could harvest it!
- The Siew Pak Choy(SPC) leafy vegetables were small compared to other farmers’ produce, commented a long time organic consumer. I think it is either due to soil fertility or the breed itself. I have to find out.
- A few customers feedback that the papayas were infested by worms before it could be eaten. Guess I should have harvested them before they became too ripe.
Hi-light
- Started getting more direct customers from Kampar and Tapah after doing some marketing. My friend used to tell me that these two townsfolk are generally thrifty and would not buy organic grown produce at a premium price. Well I hope I am able to get enough customers to justify my delivery cost.
- The okra (lady’s finger) plants grew well and healthy. The quality and yield were good.
- April output is 540kg, only slightly more than March output. Leafy vegetables output is about the same as the month of March, 244kg.
- A friend offered me a RM10k interest free loan, as a gesture of goodwill and friendship. He likes the organic farming movement but he himself is not able to do it. He wanted to share my burden and support organic farming in a way. I told him that I still have some money to invest but he insists I take his offer. I am touched!
Problems
- Rats have been a major problem. Cats can help but unfortunately my two dogs cannot live and get along with cats. I have tried.
Accomplishments
- nil
Output (Target is 1000kg by end of 2008; to be financially sustainable)
| Sep 07 – 150kg | Jan 08 – 351kg |
| Oct 07 – 224kg | Feb 08 – 523kg |
| Nov 07 – 141kg | Mar 08 – 513kg |
| Dec 07 – 340kg | Apr 08 – 540kg |
“So long as one is fed on food from unhealthy soil, the spirit will lack the stamina to free itself from the prison of the body”
Rudolf Steiner
