Aanandaa Permaculture Farm

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Aanandaa Permaculture Farm Inspiring and educating people to care for the planet and themselves through permaculture design and Farm Tours are available on specific days.
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Please visit our website to book a spot for your farm tour. (www.aanandaa.com/event-calendar)

27/09/2026

The green house has been an experimental structure at Aanandaa. We have constantly observed the temperature, sunshine, humidity etc to see how to improve its working. Looks like we may need some more sunshine coming in from the roof. Everything else is working as planned.

Some of the earthworms at Aanandaa are over 12 inches long! 🪱😳Every monsoon, we encounter some remarkably large earthwor...
25/09/2026

Some of the earthworms at Aanandaa are over 12 inches long! 🪱😳

Every monsoon, we encounter some remarkably large earthworms moving through the wet soil. Which made us wonder - just how big can an earthworm get?

Much bigger, as it turns out!

There are thousands of earthworm species worldwide, ranging from a few centimetres to extraordinary giants. The Gippsland giant earthworm of Australia can commonly reach around 1 metre in length, while some giant earthworm species have been reported at 2–3 metres or more when fully extended!😱

The 12-inch worms we see above ground are only a glimpse of the extraordinary community living beneath our feet.

The bigger question is: what species are our Aanandaa giants? We need to find out! 🔎🪱🌱

24/09/2026

When other species choose to inhabit your habitat, it's the ultimate validation of your work. Nothing gives us more joy than spotting a new species at Aanandaa. We already share this space with 60+ species of birds, 10+ species of snakes, innumerable types of insects, butterflies, frogs and lizards. Together we strengthen each other and the ecosystem. It's our biggest blessing🙏

Barefoot walks during the monsoon come with a special little pleasure at Aanandaa - feeling fresh earthworm castings und...
23/09/2026

Barefoot walks during the monsoon come with a special little pleasure at Aanandaa - feeling fresh earthworm castings under our feet! 🌧️🪱

The rains bring earthworms closer to the surface, and suddenly the ground is dotted with their little piles of beautifully processed soil.

And it always makes us wonder: if they can do this much work during the brief periods when we see evidence of them on the surface, imagine what is happening underground all year!

Earthworms are remarkable soil engineers. As they burrow, they create channels that help air and water move through the soil. They consume soil and decomposing organic matter, and their castings contain plant-available nutrients and support microbial activity. Their movement also helps mix organic material through the soil profile.

Earthworms can move and process between 20 and 100 tons of soil per acre each year, depending on health, moisture, and population density. Can you believe that!!

We often talk about “building soil”. But perhaps our job is really to create the conditions in which the organisms that build soil can thrive.

Keep the soil covered. Keep organic matter returning to it. Disturb it as little as possible.

And let the earthworms get on with their work. 🌱

21/09/2026

Just because you own land or come from a farming family does not make you a farmer. Let's start getting our hands dirty in the soil to reclaim that title. You need more than genes to become a farmer .. and anyone with an interest in systems, water, soil and plants can become one. So hey, what are you waiting for?

Ripe jackfruit season may be over, but we’re still thinking about it! 💛There is something quite extraordinary about open...
19/09/2026

Ripe jackfruit season may be over, but we’re still thinking about it! 💛

There is something quite extraordinary about opening a perfectly ripe jackfruit. At this stage, you barely need a knife. The fruit almost comes apart in your hands - like unwrapping a rather enormous, fragrant gift from nature. 🎁🌿

You pull it open, dig in with your fingers and discover those beautiful golden bulbs tucked inside. Sweet, juicy, intensely tropical, with that distinctive chewy bite and plenty of fibre.

And perhaps that’s part of the pleasure - no delicate slicing, peeling or plating required. Just open, pull apart and devour with your bare hands!

Messy? Definitely.
Worth it? Absolutely. 😄

Until next jackfruit season… we’ll be remembering this one fondly.

18/09/2026

The Intro to Permaculture tour takes place most weekends at Aanandaa. You can see the schedule and book yourself a spot on www.aanandaa.com/farm-tour. It will be our pleasure to host you!

The monsoon brings out some of the tiniest workers on the farm! 🪱🌧️This season, we’ve been seeing clusters of small redd...
17/09/2026

The monsoon brings out some of the tiniest workers on the farm! 🪱🌧️

This season, we’ve been seeing clusters of small reddish-brown millipedes crawling across the damp ground at Aanandaa. The rains and water soaked soil bring them out from their usual hiding places beneath leaf litter, mulch and decaying wood.

And while they may look a little alarming when they appear in large numbers, millipedes are actually valuable members of the soil food web.

They are natural decomposers, feeding largely on dead leaves, rotting wood and other decaying plant material. As they break this material into smaller pieces, they help recycle nutrients and contribute to the formation of rich organic matter in the soil.

Yet another reminder that decomposition is not waste disappearing - it is nutrients being returned to the system. 🌱

A healthy farm needs its growers, its pollinators, its predators… and its decomposers too!

15/09/2026

Nature's logic science and stories are what we should have complete faith in. Nature can never think poorly for us. Be suspicious of modern solutions though and take them with a bag full of salt!

There is something deeply satisfying about finding a new purpose for old things. 🌿We had a bunch of waste wood lying aro...
13/09/2026

There is something deeply satisfying about finding a new purpose for old things. 🌿

We had a bunch of waste wood lying around, so we turned it into little tables, stands and shelves that now find useful corners across the farm and the house.

One of them became a perch for this old wooden Buddha, which came home with us from an antique store in Hong Kong more than two decades ago. For years, it never quite seemed to have found its place here at the farm.

Now, sitting on a simple shelf made from discarded wood, alongside a planter spilling with green, it finally feels at home. The warmth of the wood and the life of the plant seem to be just what the stone wall at the entrance was seeking. 💚

For us good design isn’t about buying something new. It’s simply about bringing together what you already have into new form and function.

What do you think of this little corner?

Address

Asrenwali Bunga Road, Village Bunga
Panchkula
134118

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

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+916283899456

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