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The simple life
Ever since Jon Jandai was young, he was taught that the only way to be successful was to go to Bangkok to work. When success is often measured by money, he felt there was no other option for him if he wanted to get rich. He made his way to the capital when he was 18.
"I never have enough food to eat or enough money to save, and I'm not happy with my life. Does this mean my Bangkok dream is a complete failure?" he asked himself.
He realised that even rice farmers have a poor quality of life. They have no time to enjoy life and seem to be working all the time. Some poor people are also not happy because they worry about their financial
situation.
"I could water the whole plot of land in less than 15 minutes. Then I could spend the rest of the day doing things that I wanted. I wanted to see if I could survive," Mr Jon explained.
When his first vegetables were ready to harvest, he had enough to feed his whole family of six people. After three months, he had more than enough to eat and took some vegetables to sell at the market not too far from his house.
"I basically worked one hour per day and the rest of the day I got to enjoy my life. I told my wife this was the ideal life and I would live this way as it brought me true happiness that I had been searching for a long time," Mr Jon said. "Many people take 30 years to pay off a house loan before they can actually own one. But it took only six months for me to complete one house and I have the rest of my life to enjoy being in my own house," he said proudly.
After 10 years of teaching people to build adobe houses, Mr Jon, 56, wants to focus on sustainable living. He has created his own organic farm called Pun Pun.
Everyone in the community grows different kinds of fruit and vegetables at Pun Pun. They sell what they don't consume in the local market and even make products such as soap and shampoo. The leftover seeds of fruit and vegetables are also preserved and given away to people who need them.
Jon is a farmer from northeastern Thailand. He founded the Pun Pun Center for Self-reliance, an organic farm outside Chiang Mai, with his wife Peggy Reents in 2003. Pun Pun doubles as a center for sustainable living and seed production, aiming to bring indigenous and rare seeds back into use. It regularly hosts training on simple techniques to live more sustainably. Outside of Pun Pun, Jon is a leader in bringing the natural building movement to Thailand, appearing as a spokesperson on dozens of publications and TV programs for the past 10 years. He continually strives to find easier ways for people to fulfill their basic needs.
Friday, September 4, 2020
4L /acre/year by potato
235lbs/200sq.ft == 100kg/200sqft.
If Rs. 20/kg, then Rs2000/200sqft.
That means, 1000/100sqft
That means 10/sqft
That means 10*43500/acre==4.35L
1. 30L bucket
2. 2 potatoes / bucket
3.
4. 8-10hrs sunlight
5.
6. Straw on the top to avoid evaporation
7. Support-cow fence 18" above bucket
2. 2 potatoes / bucket
3.
4. 8-10hrs sunlight
5.
6. Straw on the top to avoid evaporation
7. Support-cow fence 18" above bucket
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