Poster for your compost project
A leaf shred is a leaf saved
A leaf shred is a leaf saved.. In the last week’s Brown Leaf blog, we had guest blogger Ratna Gokhale, who shared how she made leaf shredder at home, what…
Home-made dry leaves crusher
Home-made Dry Leaves Crusher - Ratna Gokhale. A professor of Mathematics, a passionate gardener. Her background of mathematics is evident in the experiments she has done in her garden, the…
Let’s Mulch, Let’s Donate
This is the 3rd blog on mulching. You might wonder why I am so obsessed with it. Actually yes, I am. I am amazed with the design of nature. Resources…
Let’s mulch, let’s conserve water and let’s build our soils
Come winter, and falling leaves is a big headache for majority of city dwellers. What If I say, after reading this blog, you will be glad to have all those…
Let’s mulch
In this week’s blog, we discuss in detail, most-nature-friendly way of utilizing dry leaves. It is the easiest and yet much ignored way. If you have garden, large trees, then…
Not a single dry leaf from this society is burnt or thrown away, visit 1
Buena Monte Society, Pashan road, Pune From November to April, management of dry leaves is one of the major concerns for people. Especially for the societies with a lot of…
How to build a dry leaf composter, Part 3
How to build a dry leaf composter, part 3 Method contributed by Kirti Bhave, Pune. Introduction part is a continuation of the two past weeks’ blogs. If you have already…
How to build a leaf composter, Part 2
Introduction part is a continuation of the last week’s blog. If you have already read it, if you are already convinced that you should go for composting, then feel free…
Let’s Compost, Part 1
Let’s Compost, Part 1 First, let me convince you why you should compost dry leaves in your premises. Because it is the right thing to do. Because it completes the…
Butterflies around us
Butterflies around us Session by biodiversity expert Dharmaraj Patil Recently, Brown Leaf, Organic Gardening Group and Jividha, 3 initiatives in Pune, jointly organized session on butterflies. Why this session? What…