Zeze Zahra already owns around 20 goats that are taken care of on a daily basis by Pak Amoy, who also takes care of our cabin house, rice fields, and other livestock. For the banana plantation and cornfield, they are usually taken care of by other family members. We call one of them “Bang Kiong”…
This is a favorite type of banana grown in the backyard of Zeze Zahra’s cabin in Batujaya Karawang, Indonesia. Its type is Morosebo/Cavendish Dwarf/Pisang Cebol. Although many farmers do not want to plant it because the fruit is easy to “roll” or fall off the plucking stem so it is less intriguing for the buyer,…
There is a rice field next to Zeze Zahra’s cabin house. Its location is between the cabin and the duck coop. Right on the edge of a small river. As I want to plant grass, papaya, and guava, I turned it into agricultural land. First, I filled the mud with raw rice straw. Rice straw…
Why did I suddenly come up with the idea of planting bananas? Why did IT people wander into planting bananas? Have they exhausted all options or have they given up? Well, what’s wrong with planting bananas? I do like bananas. One of the exotic fruits. It is even used as a symbol at weddings in…
When Zeze Zahra first made her cabin house, the environment was quite barren because of the wild trees and bushes being cut down. The area was then planted with fruit trees and after a year, the fruit trees grew vigorously and appeared dense. Because Zeze Zahra wants to plant Odot grass (a variant of Pennisetum…
Recently, I grew sweet potatoes using planter bags. The planting media was a mixture of poultry manure and straw. I filled 1/4 of the planter bag with straw and poultry manure, then filled it with organic waste from the kitchen, such as fruit peels, vegetable stems or leaves, food leftovers, fish bones, etc. I then…
Napier grass, or Pennisetum purpureum cv. Mott, is a type of grass that is very beneficial as livestock feed. The wide and thick leaves of Napier grass provide a lot of the nutrients needed by livestock. Napier grass is rich in protein, fat, fiber, minerals, and vitamins needed by livestock. One of the main benefits…
It is my first weekend in the holy month of Ramadhan. I chose to do activities at Zeze Zahra’s cabin house for the weekend as part of my getaway leisure. I went there alone because my family members-My wife, Zeze Vavai and Vivian-were busy with their activities. The view from my cabin house looks greeny,…