Due to the weather, the tangerine picking is taking a long time. And that's great, for the mind. We cut them and place them delicately in a crate, and sepparate the ones that are too small for regular sale or damaged for our bellies or the rotten ones for the compost.
It's a great time to work on breathing in and out.
We started late November and we should finished in late December with the primary harvest.
Monday 24 December 2012
Friday 14 December 2012
Waste Not! Want not!
Mulme Healing Farm has a bunch of pork from a freshly slaughtered pig that must be eaten. Come join us for games and a barbeque. We can feed 6-10. Would tomorrow be too soon? Message me your availability at Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com.
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Making Organic Pesticide
We gather the plant from around our tangerine trees to make organic pesticide. We cut the plant up and then boil for a half an hour to decoct the phytochemicals. We then place it in a container to spray.
It's useful to protect the vegetables from being eaten by bugs. We spray on the vegetables to keep them from being eaten. It's safe to use unlike chemical pesticides that adhere to the plants and are often absorbed into more porous vegetables such as leaf vegetables or fruits.
It works so well.
Thursday 29 November 2012
Organic Tangerines for Sale!
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Our organic tangerines are being harvest and packaged for sale to ICOOP and for sale to individuals. We define organic as using no chemicals or artificial fertilizer.
Prices are: 30,000 per 10kg for pickup.
35,000 per 10kg for delivery.
Email Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com to order.
Thanks.
Sunday 25 November 2012
Farm Party: Showcasing Traditional Food and Sustainability
On November 24th, Mulme Healing Farm had a farm party for town guest and people interested in organic food and sustainable skills. We had a variety of visitors which included farmers, teachers, foreign English teachers, and government officials, office workers, friends, family.
Here are the highlights.
Yang Hejern, then introduced musical guests and a band. We were impressed by the level of skill from the guitar players and their song writing.
Meanwhile the guests drank herbal Makeoli that was made by a friend of the farm and served warm in big 5 gallon containers.
After the guests, we listened to a traditional korean drum ceremony.
Entertained, our guests, roughly 40 people, went into the dining area to prepare rice cakes. We provided them with wooden molds and orange peel powder to shape their rice cakes.
Meanwhile our Pork and Seaweed soup was being prepared by Yang's family as well as traditional Jeju Buckwheat cakes. The cakes represent a time when Jeju people only could eat buckwheat, since rice does not grow here. This was as far back as 20 years ago. Buckwheat was introduced to Jeju by the Mongollian Army to poison the islanders, but the Jeju Islanders found that by eating it with radishes they neutralized the anti-nutrients in the buckwheat.
All of the food this evening was local and organic and it was served with love.
After making the rice cakes, soup was on and people were served big bowls of nourishing. The Pork and Seaweed soup provided nourishment and was something that many Jeju Islander's could only have occasionally.
We sacrificed one of our pig co-workers the day before and made a traditional pork and seaweed soup. The pig fed over 40 people that night. It was organic and a happy pig and all parts were used. It was a very nourishing soup for these reasons but mostly due to the bone marrow in the soup and all the nourishing materials in it.
Greg
Here are the highlights.
 Yang Hejern, introduced the reason for this event which highlights sustainability. Before the program began, the farm manager introduced friction fire, or fire without any matches or a lighter. This type of skill is necessary in a gasoline shortage. The children were particularly impressed with how such a small piece of ember was placed in ball of whiskered bark and blown into flames. |
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Yang Hejern, then introduced musical guests and a band. We were impressed by the level of skill from the guitar players and their song writing.
Meanwhile the guests drank herbal Makeoli that was made by a friend of the farm and served warm in big 5 gallon containers.
After the guests, we listened to a traditional korean drum ceremony.
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| The finished rice cakes colored with powdered orange peel sitting along side the herbal rice wine brought by an associate of the farm. |
Meanwhile our Pork and Seaweed soup was being prepared by Yang's family as well as traditional Jeju Buckwheat cakes. The cakes represent a time when Jeju people only could eat buckwheat, since rice does not grow here. This was as far back as 20 years ago. Buckwheat was introduced to Jeju by the Mongollian Army to poison the islanders, but the Jeju Islanders found that by eating it with radishes they neutralized the anti-nutrients in the buckwheat.
All of the food this evening was local and organic and it was served with love.
After making the rice cakes, soup was on and people were served big bowls of nourishing. The Pork and Seaweed soup provided nourishment and was something that many Jeju Islander's could only have occasionally.
We sacrificed one of our pig co-workers the day before and made a traditional pork and seaweed soup. The pig fed over 40 people that night. It was organic and a happy pig and all parts were used. It was a very nourishing soup for these reasons but mostly due to the bone marrow in the soup and all the nourishing materials in it.
Greg
Sunday 18 November 2012
Announcements: Farm Party November 24th, and Tangerine Harvest Next Week!
Happy Thanksgiving Week Folks!
TWO THINGS.
1. Mulme Healing Farm is having a farm party on Saturday from 4-6 for demonstration. We'll serve traditional Jeju food including Pork Bone and Seaweed soup using one of our organic pigs. We'll also be demonstrating eco-stoves, mud bricks, primitive fire making, and more. Afterwards there may be or not be an afterparty for those interested. For people coming from Jeju City taking a group taxi is cheap and fast. We have space for people in our upstairs floor for people to put out sleeping bags if they want to sleep there. In the morning, those interested should come out for a hike. on the Olle Trail. I hope to see some of you before or after your thanksgiving party.
2. MONDAY we will start our organic tangerine harvest. For those interested in learning more about organic farming we'll need volunteers in the mornings to pick, box and carry the tangerines to our truck. We'll throw in lunch and some tangerines and you'll get bigger muscles. :) hehe Email Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com for details. Cheers!
TWO THINGS.
1. Mulme Healing Farm is having a farm party on Saturday from 4-6 for demonstration. We'll serve traditional Jeju food including Pork Bone and Seaweed soup using one of our organic pigs. We'll also be demonstrating eco-stoves, mud bricks, primitive fire making, and more. Afterwards there may be or not be an afterparty for those interested. For people coming from Jeju City taking a group taxi is cheap and fast. We have space for people in our upstairs floor for people to put out sleeping bags if they want to sleep there. In the morning, those interested should come out for a hike. on the Olle Trail. I hope to see some of you before or after your thanksgiving party.
2. MONDAY we will start our organic tangerine harvest. For those interested in learning more about organic farming we'll need volunteers in the mornings to pick, box and carry the tangerines to our truck. We'll throw in lunch and some tangerines and you'll get bigger muscles. :) hehe Email Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com for details. Cheers!
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Directions to Mulme Healing Farm
The farm is located in Susan-ri, West of Jeju City. Take the 31, 37 or 38 bus to
Susan-ri bus stop, in Aewolup, Jeju. You can get the 37 bus from Jeju City. It
runs through the City Hall Area such as from Halla Hospital or the 5 Day Folk Market. At Susan-ri bus stop, walk toward the
convenience mart. Make a left onto the cross street and walk for 10 minutes. The
farm will be on the left side of the street. The totem poles with the faces are
the farm's distinguishing feature.
Thursday 8 November 2012
Cooking with Acorns Class
Mulme Healing Farm will be having a cooking with acorns class on Saturday at 11am-1pm. Cost 15,000 won per person. Students will jump in and learn how to cook with acorns.
We will be making acorn pancakes, bread and dotorimuk using acorns.
Please email Greg at Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com for registration.
We will be making acorn pancakes, bread and dotorimuk using acorns.
Please email Greg at Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com for registration.
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| Here the instructor enjoys his acorn pancakes with maple syrup and butter. |
Tuesday 6 November 2012
Day at the Office Harvesting Peanuts
It took 10-6 today to harvest the peanuts with an hour break. It was a great squat workout for us. We should have students and charge a gym membership. Hehe.
Monday 5 November 2012
Medicinal Enzyme Drink Giveaway
This month we finished our lecture series on Healing Food. We revealed our new enzyme product to be given away.We were so happy to share what we gathered and prepared. The product will be ready in three months at the point when the plants have broken down into an medicinal enzyme drink. The students will take a teaspoon and mix into a cup of water and drink.
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Wednesday 31 October 2012
Harvest Times
In mid-October, we started harvesting the soy beans.. The soybeans were first to be harvested and threshed. Later in the week we started harvesting the peanuts for drying.
It's a good time for organic food.
Soy bean harvest started Tuesday, October 15th and we finished the cutting of the plants about 5 days later, while doing other things during the day.
It's boring work for many city dweller's and it's a good time to practice meditation exercises. Through breathing in and breathing out, the monotony and joints not used to the squatting become the distant noise they should be. At least that is true when one practices enough. I am having these experiences more frequently, but the higher level still alludes me.
My logical mind thinking that this is hard, is tested by the ajummas. I've always had a lot of respect for the ajummas working dilligently. Their pace is slower than mine but they have been consistent and diligent in their work and that proved to be more important than any sprinting I've tried in my practice. They can squat the whole time for this exercise and I have to wiggle around, kneel and stand at times.
After 5 days of cutting with some help we let the soy beans dry on the field. We gathered together the soy beans and started beating them. We used sticks to beat the beans out of the husks. Because the traditional sticks were hard to come by we used smaller and lighter sticks, so we used a modern truck to drive over the soy.
We bagged 20 kg of beans. We let the remaining plants that didn't split open dry for a week. Today I'm going to beat the remaining beans out of the husks and bag them.
It's a good time for organic food.
Soy bean harvest started Tuesday, October 15th and we finished the cutting of the plants about 5 days later, while doing other things during the day.
It's boring work for many city dweller's and it's a good time to practice meditation exercises. Through breathing in and breathing out, the monotony and joints not used to the squatting become the distant noise they should be. At least that is true when one practices enough. I am having these experiences more frequently, but the higher level still alludes me.
My logical mind thinking that this is hard, is tested by the ajummas. I've always had a lot of respect for the ajummas working dilligently. Their pace is slower than mine but they have been consistent and diligent in their work and that proved to be more important than any sprinting I've tried in my practice. They can squat the whole time for this exercise and I have to wiggle around, kneel and stand at times.
After 5 days of cutting with some help we let the soy beans dry on the field. We gathered together the soy beans and started beating them. We used sticks to beat the beans out of the husks. Because the traditional sticks were hard to come by we used smaller and lighter sticks, so we used a modern truck to drive over the soy.
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| Jack and I, put gathered the beans and put them on a tarp to be beaten. |
After Jack, pictured on the left, and I beat the beans. Yang Hejern sepparated the beans using an ancient way of letting the beans fall down and sepparate from the debris using a modern dust pan.
We bagged 20 kg of beans. We let the remaining plants that didn't split open dry for a week. Today I'm going to beat the remaining beans out of the husks and bag them.
Friday 26 October 2012
Symbol of the Universe at Mulme Healing Farm
Symbols are important to us so when Yang designed the Healing Farm Field he made a hexagram. It means many things to many people but for us it is a symbol of the universe.
Thursday 18 October 2012
Acorn Forraging Class, Sunday October 21st
Mulme Healing Farm will be conducting a foraging class for acorns this Sunday October 21st from 9am until the late afternoon. Wild food has more nutrition than our organically grown and loved crops so incorporating wild food is a good way to bring health and a deeper understanding of our relationship with food.
We'll start with a breakfast of Acorn pancakes and go through the uses have a discussion of its uses and value as a food in history. Then we will go to the deep forest to collect acorns to bring back to the farm. We recommend bringing a bagged lunch for our lunch break. Students will get to take home their acorn flour. Depending on how much time is spent and the processing time of the acorns, which vary by the species of oak we harvest from, visitors may have to come another day to pick up their flour.
See our directions to the school for more information.
For whatever reasons you might be interested in forraging come join us and enjoy.
Please RSVP by the night before the class by my email: Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com
We'll start with a breakfast of Acorn pancakes and go through the uses have a discussion of its uses and value as a food in history. Then we will go to the deep forest to collect acorns to bring back to the farm. We recommend bringing a bagged lunch for our lunch break. Students will get to take home their acorn flour. Depending on how much time is spent and the processing time of the acorns, which vary by the species of oak we harvest from, visitors may have to come another day to pick up their flour.
For whatever reasons you might be interested in forraging come join us and enjoy.
Please RSVP by the night before the class by my email: Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com
Directions to Mulme Healing Farm
The farm is located in Susan-ri, West of Jeju City. Take the 37 or 38 bus to Susan-ri bus stop, in Aewolup, Jeju. You can get the 37 bus from Jeju City. It runs through the City Hall Area. At Susan-ri bus stop, walk toward the convenience mart. Make a left onto the cross street and walk for 10 minutes. The farm will be on the left side of the street. The totem poles with the faces are our distinguishing feature.
Map of Susan-ri
Harvest Times, Planting Times, and New Arrivals
Currently we have to harvest the soybeans, and peanuts. Soon we'll be harvesting our sweet potatoes.
We are planting garlic and onion in the next week.
In November, we'll be harvesting our winter vegetables such as radish, spring onion, garlic, large cabbages,
We still need to plant garlic and spring onions this week.
There are many things to do, but it's best to take it slowly and remember to deeply breathe.
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This week Jack from America has signed on to help us build the stove for our meditation room. Our meditators will have a cozier space from which to gather our positive energies in part because of him. Construction will be sometime this month.
Next week, a wwoofer from Germany is coming to the farm. We are looking forward to sharing the farming life with him. .
We are planting garlic and onion in the next week.
In November, we'll be harvesting our winter vegetables such as radish, spring onion, garlic, large cabbages,
We still need to plant garlic and spring onions this week.
There are many things to do, but it's best to take it slowly and remember to deeply breathe.
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This week Jack from America has signed on to help us build the stove for our meditation room. Our meditators will have a cozier space from which to gather our positive energies in part because of him. Construction will be sometime this month.
Next week, a wwoofer from Germany is coming to the farm. We are looking forward to sharing the farming life with him. .
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Mulme Healing Farmer Program
Mulme Healing Farm is looking for people to participate in and grow from the farm life here. We recommend stays of a week or more. We understand people are busy so visitors are welcome on the weekend for short stays and to come over several weekends.
The days are long and varied and not easy for spiritual and physical growth. For those not used to farming, you will feel sore at first and then your body will adjust.
Ethically raised meat is hard to find so we often eat vegetarian style, with a little meat. We eat Buddhist style so we don't waste food. If friends give us pork as a gift we have to eat it to respect that animal.
Farm life is no joke. In fact, it can be very rewarding.
In your stay you can learn somethings about organic farming, herbalism, building, healing foods, meditation and Buddhist style living. Meditation is the
centerpiece of our approach and we hope it clarifies your thinking like it is doing for our own.
In your stay you can learn somethings about organic farming, herbalism, building, healing foods, meditation and Buddhist style living. Meditation is the
centerpiece of our approach and we hope it clarifies your thinking like it is doing for our own.
Our farm days vary depending on the needs at hand.
We have one day or a week and sometimes more if the work is particularly hard that week.
Yang Hejern, the farmer and master will need help with his healing food lectures so we will take day trips on certain weekends of the month to offer.
Volunteers may be asked to help with classes and with our weekly meditations.
The order is more important than the times in our schedule. Here is a sample schedule.
6:30 Martial Arts
7:00 Meditation
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Work begins
11:30 Meditation and Tea
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Work
16:00 Meditation
17:00 Break
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Freetime
If you are interested, commited or have more questions please email: Greg.A.Sandford@gmail.com.
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| Taken in August 2011, when there were only Wwoofer here. We are taking a rest after weeding the tangerine trees. |
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What is Mulme Healing Farm?
Mulme Healing Farm is an education center in natural living skills as well as an organic farm growing tangerines and medicinal herbs. We are working to provide healing food, lectures on the medicinal properties of food and teach farm skills.
We advocate a lifestyle in martial arts, farming, herbalism, simple organic foods, and spiritual growth through meditation and these ideas combined.
We also host Wwoofers and volunteers to participate in the day to day life of the farm. For those who want the physical and spiritual demands please see our Wwoofer page.
We advocate a lifestyle in martial arts, farming, herbalism, simple organic foods, and spiritual growth through meditation and these ideas combined.
We also host Wwoofers and volunteers to participate in the day to day life of the farm. For those who want the physical and spiritual demands please see our Wwoofer page.
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| Greg(farm manager and program director) and Yang Hejern(owner and master teacher) |
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