The Meditation of Tangerine Picking

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.

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.

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.  

Organic Tangerines for Sale!

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.

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, 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. 

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.

The finished rice cakes colored with powdered orange peel sitting along side the herbal rice wine brought by an
associate of the farm.
 

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

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!

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.