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Permaculture Course Progress – Visit to farm in Tiruvannamalai

The entire course was invited to a beautiful and inspiring farm, the home of Ananda and his family located in Thiruvannammalai, a local city about 110kms away. Spending 4 days there the course excitingly built a composting toilet, created a raised bed area for future vegetable garden and also took on a few maintenance progress such as improving irrigation, pruning trees and enjoying the company and care of Nalini the cow!

 

Tiruvannamalai bus station
Arriving with the bus to Tiruvannamalai.

 

Arriving
A crowed of rickshaws dropping us of at the farm.

 

Chosing Site
Laying flour lines to show the composting toilet foundation.

 

Digging down for stability
Planting the bricks in the ground for stability.

 

Composting Toilet
An excellent example of the greenery at the farm.

 

Working on compost toilet foundation
Nathan and Isa working on the foundation of the composting toilet.

 

New raised veggie bed
Finished vegetable bed infront of Arunachala, the holy mountain of Tiruvannamalai.

 

Compost toilet foundation
Composting toilets coming to a close.

 

Sleeping under the stars
Even after being offered huts and beds the permaculture course eagerly huddled under the stars.

 

Along with full days of enthusiastic projects the evenings and free time brought music, games, delicious food chefed by Gayatri, Aditya and Anuja, wife, son and sister of Ananda. With this experience the group came back to Sadhana feeling inspired and very grateful for the time there!

It was commonly decided and hoped upon among the team that everyone wanted to return to the farm to celebrate the course once it’s finished!

 

Experiencing without sight
Florian leads Ally through the farm to allow her to experience other senses.

Thank you very much Ananda and everyone one at the farm for sharing your wonderful home with us!

The Permaculture group
Permaculture class at Ananda’s farm, Tiruvannamalai!

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