Site Administrator 14th January 2020 Back to the roots A farmer places a lit oil lamp into a little shelter, intricately woven out of tender coconut fronds and placed on a little pedestal. The… Read More
Site Administrator 25th September 2019 The Elusive Flying Squirrel They are observed mostly at night and gliding is their way of getting about from one tree to another. Many of you may not have… Read More
Site Administrator 10th April 2019 Dasaparana Kasaya As the world slowly wakes up to the devastating effects of contemporary pesticides, traditional techniques used by our ancestors in the island’s millennia long agricultural… Read More
Site Administrator 2nd November 2018 The Old Trooper Commonly known as the Little Grey Fergie, Harry Ferguson’s TE20 was the first agricultural tractor that was made affordable for the every day farmer. Manufactured… Read More
Site Administrator 18th October 2018 Aluth Sahal Mangalyaya The history of Sri Lanka is one of farming and agriculture, and nowhere is this more evident than in the verdant fields of paddy that… Read More
Site Administrator 18th October 2018 A Flight in the Night As night steals over the verdant paddy fields of Wellawaya, cool winds from the Poongala Mountains ripple the golden stalks of a bountiful harvest and… Read More
Site Administrator 5th October 2018 Bathala Rotti Sweet potato, or bathala as it is locally known, has been a cornerstone of rural Sri Lanka’s dinner table for centuries. Packed full of nutrients… Read More
