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Why We Chose Button Drippers for Banana Drip Irrigation
Our Mwembeshi banana plantation stalled after water-planning, pump, solar and cattle problems. This field note documents our six-month drip-irrigation recovery plan.
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Plants
Why We Chose Button Drippers for Banana Drip Irrigation
Our Mwembeshi banana plantation stalled after water-planning, pump, solar and cattle problems. This field note documents our six-month drip-irrigation recovery plan.
9
minutes
The Crops I Want to Grow at Kugarika—and the Records I...
Gideon Mafungautsi Kapamulomo writes about the crops planned and tried at Kugarika Tange Nhamo Farm, and why he is separating planting plans from measured...
3
minutes
How We Expanded Kugarika’s Banana Plantation—and What We Still Need to...
Gideon Mafungautsi Kapamulomo traces the banana planting records at Kugarika, from one plant to a working dashboard count of 670, and explains what still...
3
minutes
Animals
Why Kugarika’s Fish-Pond Project Is Still Unfinished
Farm documents record an excavated pond project that stalled and a later tarpaulin-pond proposal. Gideon Mafungautsi Kapamulomo explains what remains unknown before the farm...
2
minutes
What Pigs, Goats and Ducks Taught Me About Farm Records
Gideon Mafungautsi Kapamulomo reflects on livestock losses and why Kugarika Tange Nhamo Farm needs a dated animal register.
3
minutes
Field Notes
How Kugarika Farm Records Shape the Carbonnest Dashboard
After irrigation mistakes on our Mwembeshi farm, I built a dashboard to keep plots, plantings, activities, costs and harvests connected.
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minutes
Markets and Climate
From Bamboo to Biochar: Testing Soil Restoration for Bananas, Onions and...
Carbonnest documents a planned Mwembeshi trial using bamboo biochar and composted goat manure on banana, onion and garlic plots.