The farm is quite around 5 acres in size. Perhaps the size 2.5 football pitches. It is very, very green!
There are two buildings: a brick built house and wooden building accommodating buffaloes (which provide milk), goats and chickens. There are also two pigeon roosts which provides a pleasant cooooing sound through the day.
The most impressive thing for me was the amount of pineapples growing amongst the trees. In addition you'll find coconuts, lemon trees, guava and numerous other delights, including trees that have medicinal purposes and fixed my Kathmandu cough.
There are is also a more traditional vegetable plot where greens, potatoes, beans etc grown. All the food that you eat is harvested from the garden or the families rice padi a kilometer or two away.
Clean water comes from a well on the site. There is also a bio-gas installation that provides enough gas for cooking, fuelled by buffalo dung!
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