Bigger Playground - 1 man show

Didnt update my blog as am very busy setting up my big play ground.

Here are some of the pictures taken while working.

 Move in 17 tons of soil - Lone Ranger!!! Completed within 10 days.


Planting on concrete floor - My challenge


Ground ready - Very clayey subsoil, almost impossible to plant. Many feedback I am crazy.


Preparing seedling


Week 0 - Transplanting


Week 1 - After transplanting


Week 2 - After transplanting


Week 3 - After transplanting


Week 4 - Ready to be harvest - 1st batch & 2nd Batch (cycle continue....)


Close up view of crown white


Freshly harvested Crown White from the ground.


Veggies ready for packaging after post harvest trimming.


Post harvest process to be send to packaging.


Veggies ready for retail.


Other pics ...........

My Daikon harvested recently along HDB along the corridor.


NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE IF THERE IS A WILL!!!!!

IF YOU HAVE A DREAM, DREAM!

IF YOU DARE TO DREAM, YOU WILL SEE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE.

DARE TO FAILED AND DO NOT SEE FAILURE AS AN OBSTACLES IN LIFE.


Thank you for all your support.


Derrick
By Generation Green
GENERATION GREEN



OUR NEXT GENERATION

Nurturing our Next Generation

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Glass Walls - Compassional Choice

Chinese Cabbage - Done it again (>300g per stalk)

Consistent production

Per stalk - 350g

Per stalk > 350g 

 Consistant effort

Beautiful Landscape

Give me Light, Water & Space

Growing pesticide free veggies on concrete floor....

 Concrete floor...

Move in 30 tons of soil + transplanting within month. No machinery. Very clayey and almost impossible to grow.

Awaiting to harvest in 2 weeks time.

Looking forward to condition the soil.

I have done it again!!!

My dream is coming closer into reality.

Derrick work hard....

Thank you all the support and well wishes.

Looking Back - Past Months Memory with Residents

Those days...

Residents taking photo with grower.

Veggies grow from the community garden supporting the lady club at RC level.

Ah Xiong busy transplanting the lettuce. 

 1st time harvesting his bitter gourd.

 Resident giving me old newspaper to recycle.

 Auntie Lai busy trimming the seedlings.

 Old kumpung days.....

 Just brought a packet of veggies from the farm.

 The bigger bitter gourd, weight about 800g.

 The parent is so happy her daughter put theory into practice.

 Busy cooking our produce.

 Planting their 1st tomato.

 The moment has come.

 Auntie Rebecca sharing her knowledge from Malaysia.

He come back again for his second bitter gourd. He loves it. 

 Water is precious.

 Let play hard --- Hurray!!

 His 1st time in Singapore.

His taking his photo before harvesting his veggies.

Healthy Digestive System

A balance lifesytle and diet help to maintain a healthy digestive system.

Excessive stress, for example, is thought to contribute to poor digestion. If food is not broken down or absorbed properly, it is thought to irritate the lining of the intestines, causing them to become 'leaky'.

Food molecules and toxins then pass into the bloodstream, causing problems in other part of the body, depleting the immune system and leaving you vulnerable to illness.

Poorly digested food in the intestines is also thought to upset the intestinal balance, leading to an overgrowth of unfriendly bacteria.



Improvement digestion is the key to good health because of the knock-on effects this has on the rest of your body. Vitamin B6 and zinc are needed to produce digestive enzymes, and calcium and magnesium help to reduce excess stomach acid (which causes indigestion). Acidoplilus improves the activity of beneficial bacteria in the intestines.

What is Vitamin B6?
A group of water-soluble substances that work together and are converted into th active form pyridoxine in your body. Vitamin B6 is popular with women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome as it is thought to regulate levels of sex hormones.

How it works?
Breakdown of food and the production of energy in the body with the present of Vitamin B12. It helps to reduce skin inflammation and keeps your teeth and gum healthy.

Deficiency symptoms
- water retention
- Anxiety, irritability and depression
- Muscle cramp
- Anaemia

Food Sources
A regular intake of vitamin B6 is essential, as it is excreted in the urine. B6 is present in many foods, but is easily destroyed by storing, processing food and cooking.

- bananas
- chicken
- fish
- brussels sprout
- potatoes
- wholemeal bread

- green, leafy vegetables

- bake bean


To be continue - Zinc

Why Organic?

Select Less Food Additive 

It perform many functions, from giving flavour and colour, to preventing food from spoiling. However, some may produce side effects, such as allergic reactions. Food may also contain potentially HARMFUL substances such as growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides, which can be contribute to toxic overload in the body.

Organic Food

If choose organic food, which is grown without chemicals, you will reduce the THREAT to your health

Getting the most VITAMINS & MINERALS from your food
- Do not cut or wash FRUITS and VEGETABLES until you are ready to eat them
- Eat the skin of the VEGETABLES
- Eat food RAW whenenver is possible
- Eat foods as fresh as possible, and keep them cool and in the dark if you are not going to eat them immediately
- If cooking, use as little water as possible and keep the water for stock
- Do not overcook food
- Cooking in copper pans can destroy folic acid and vitamin C and E.

Why select vegetables grow in soil medium?
"Gaia Hypothesis" - All green plant are able to grow and reproduce using only the energy contained in the sunlight, together with water and a few essential minerals they obtain from solid substrate (mostly soil).

Why soil growth VEGETALBES taste tastier? 
The uptake of the soluble minerals from the soil for the plant to grow and the green plant gaseous waste product (oxygen) into the atmosphers, stores sugars and proteins in their tissue make the VEGETALBES taste sweeter. This natural growing process of the PESTICEDE FREE VEGETABLES are of superb QUALITY as the transfer of mineral from green plant to human body is a natural cycle. Unlike other growing method.

Warning - Diet Checklist & Foods for Optimal Nutrition

Do you need to improve your diet?

1. Do you smoke?
2. Do you add salt to your food and eat sweets more than twice a week?
3. Do you eat fried foods?
4. Is your fat intake above 30% of your daily calorie intake?
5. Do you eat processed and "fast" food?
6. Do you eat red meat more than twice a week?
7. Do you drink more than one cup of coffee or three cups of tea a day?
8. Do you drink more than one unit of alcohol a day?
9. Do you rarely eat fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES?
10. Do you often skip meal?

If the answered is yes to most or all of the questions above, then your health is likely to SUFFER. You need to make permanent changes to your lifestyle and diet.

If you answered yes to half of the questions, you can improve your health by getting rid of bad dietary habits.

If you answered no to most or all of the questions, you are on the right track to a long and healthy life.

Foods for optimal nutrition
- Complex carbohydrates should form half of your daily diet.
- At least five portions of FRUITS & VEGETABLES a day, preferably ORGANICjj
- Low-fat dairy foods
- OILY FISH at least twice a week
- Olive oil or other m monounsaturated fats for cooking and SALADS
- Plenty of fibre-rich foods
- Fresh foods whenever possible
- Steam VEGETABLES rather than frying or boiling
- Drink enough fluid to keep urine pale - at least 2 litres of water a day to flush out toxins.

Works, Rest, Play & Stay Healthy

Urban Farmer Life

@ Works

@ Rest

@ Play

@ Harvesting

@ Quality

 

@ Satisfaction  

@ Tampines Ville Urban Farming CommunityFarm 

(Tampines Central)



Thank you!