Linking people and the environment through organic farming and conservation science.
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12 Aug 2020
The processing plant roof is up, the floor is done. Now the carpentry for the walls! @conslinks @ ConservationLinks instagram.com/p/CDyU24eJLS-/…
1 Aug 2020
Day 3, the floor of the building almost done. Managed to get it done in between showers of rain. #conslinks @ Wetalawa instagram.com/p/CDXaAYyJiyS/…
1 Aug 2020
Day 2 of the spice processing plant. The roof is starting to go up. A simple design and affordable materials. @ Wetalawa instagram.com/p/CDU-IfHpBrE/…
1 Aug 2020
Day 2. Concreting the floor of the processing plant. Ukku Banda and our team at work! (In between the rain). @ Wetalawa instagram.com/p/CDU9zsPpcSB/…
1 Aug 2020
Our team just restarted work on our coffee/spice processing plant. It's been many quiet months since CoVID. This was day 1, levelling the floor before concreting. #conslinks #agriculture #coffee #spices @ Wetalawa instagram.com/p/CDU9HnHJ6oi/…
29 Feb 2020
I finally finished my PhD today! To say that it has been an amazing journey is an understatement to say the least. While I head out for a good beer now, as the fact that I have done it has not sunken in yet, I leave… instagram.com/p/B9J9RZugkQx/…
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8 Feb 2020
Natural regeneration of tropical #peatlands is possible! #Birds and #mammals disperse thousands of #seeds!
What do we do? - Identify and protect remaining forest patches, block canals in these patches, let nature do its thing!
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25 Oct 2019
A cobra on our farm. We knew he was somewhere, but didnt know he was so big. The responses from our staff highlight their concerns.
We dont kill snakes, particularly cobras because of the social and religious… instagram.com/p/B4BfomSAfxN/…
17 Oct 2019
Some nice shots of yesterdays weeding, fertilizing and mulching.
#ginger #agriculture #farming #conslinks #conservationlinks @ Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka instagram.com/p/B3swvEGAkPc/…
16 Oct 2019
Ginger planting beds need to be weeded, fertilised and mulched. The mulch is twice husk and slows down weed growth.
Here our female staff and Somarathna at work.
#ginger #spices #tropical ##SriLanka #permaculture… instagram.com/p/B3q3OtBgoxN/…
15 Oct 2019
Skill to separate green beans from seed coats. Again Premawathie displaying the skills needed.
#coffee #traditional #permaculture #SriLanka @ Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka instagram.com/p/B3pBCypANQ3/…
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15 Oct 2019
Separating the green beans from the seed coats. Takes skill! Premawathie is an expert!
#coffee #tradional #smallfarmer #permaculture #conslinks #conservationlinks @ Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka instagram.com/p/B3o_1GGAYil/…
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15 Oct 2019
Removing the outer seed coat. Too much force, and the beans break, too little force and the seed coat doesnt separate. Premawathie here is very experienced at it! @ Hedunuwawa, Sri Lanka instagram.com/p/B3o-__ygXGs/…
15 Oct 2019
The traditional way to remove the seed coat is by pounding the dried coffee beans in a granite mortar with a pestle made from coconut wood. The next video will show this in action.
#coffee #tradional #permaculture… instagram.com/p/B3nkaPBAO6u/…
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15 Oct 2019
Our first attempt at making coffee beans the traditional way. This is after sun drying. The next step is removing the outer coat. Stay tuned!
#coffee #tradition #Srilanka #permaculture #conservationlinks #conslinks… instagram.com/p/B3nj-slAesd/…
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13 Oct 2019
One of our founding directors, Mr JK Wijedasa, and our staff planting three native lime trees on the farm. We hope to have a diversity of plants including everything needed for cooking on the farm.
#lime #farming… instagram.com/p/B3is5UggJtn/…
13 Oct 2019
One of our founding directors, Mr JK Wijedasa, and our staff planting three native lime tree s on the farm.
#lime #farming #agriculture #homegardening #permaculture #conslinks #conservationlinks @ Hedunuwawa, Sri… instagram.com/p/B3isSsIAppO/…
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8 Oct 2019
Training in corrective pruning of a Gliricidia tree. Every tree is different, so listen to the discussion (in sinhala though) on why the pruning was done this way.
Thanks to Mr Senerath Agalawattha, one of the… instagram.com/p/B3UgSmAA2lQ/…
7 Oct 2019
Another formative pruning video (unfortunately the discussion is in sinhala). Pepper grows on a support tree called Gliricidia (nanchi is the common name). The tree needs to be pruned frequently to be able to support… instagram.com/p/B3VNP0hgbPx/…