Bug's Paradise Farm, Puchong
April 8, 2022
It's 9:30 AM on a Sunday morning; scores of families with excited young children have come together at Bug's Paradise Farm in Puchong, soaking up its serenity and savouring its lushness.
Welcome to the Guided Organic Farm Tour, happening every Saturday and Sunday here, culminating in a fresh-from-the-harvest steamboat lunch, a weekend experience well spent for RM38 per person.
As our one-hour tour kicks off, curious kids start peering at the farm's feathered inhabitants, a fowl menagerie of chickens, ducks and geese in an open pen beside a peaceful pond, setting the stage for our harmonious encounters here with Mother Earth.
Mission One: Find and hold a red earthworm - these helpful worms have a key ecological purpose, a beneficial force in the composting of organic matter, showcasing how even the tiniest creature plays its part in the natural environment.
Mission Two: Pluck a vegetable and taste it, for the original taste of leafy wholesomeness.
Mission Three brings us back to compost, made with a mix of brown material, such as deep-brown dried leaves, cardboard, newspapers and sawdust, and green material, like vegetables, fruits and grass.
We're pointed to a wheelbarrow of black soil, the result of organic decomposing, a patient and painstaking process that could ultimately take up to six months.
We complete our final mission by sticking our fingers into the soil to feel it. Is it too cool? Then it might need more green material. Is it stinky? Then it needs more brown material.Before we head for an early lunch, tour participants have the opportunity to personally plant their own lettuce, complete with a wooden sign bearing their name or initials beside their crop. It's a wonderful way to feel like you're part of the farm and its work.
We're hungry by now, so the steamboat meal is very welcome.
Prefer a pizza? Fire up your appetite with the pizzas by Yookybites, whipping up Margherita pizzas, honey cheese pizzas, and one for the veggie lovers, loaded with green capsicum, brown mushrooms, yellow onions on tomato puree with extra virgin olive oil.
Quench your thirst with Oat Merry's Jasmine Oatmilk Tea with Jelly Pearls and Oolong Oatmilk Tea with Jelly Pearls. These smooth beverages feature gelatin-free konjac jelly instead of boba, cutting on the sugar content while retaining the textural pleasure.
You'll also find a wide range of BMS Formula Products in the BMS Organics store at the farm.
If you're stressed out or trying to improve your quality of sleep, try A Good Night's Sleep, a set of BMS Organics Ocean Energy and BMS Organics Zi Enzymes to supplement the body with essential minerals and trace minerals, especially magnesium to help calm the mind, and organic enzymes to reduce fatigue and assist nutrient absorption.
For patrons who want to boost their immune system if they're often ill or recovering from ailments, the Enhance Antibody & Self-Defence set features BMS Organics Apple Enzyme, for rich enzymes that reduce body acidity and enhance nutrient absorption, and BMS Organics Brazil Green Propolis, a natural antibiotic with antiviral properties to fight infection.Bug's Paradise Farm's Sunday market is also buzzing, offering opportunities to purchase plenty of fresh organic produce and other healthy products to bring home.
Lot 46692, Jalan Pulau Meranti, Kampung Pulau Meranti, 47120 Puchong, Selangor.
Open Wednesday-Friday, 12pm-10pm; Saturday-Sunday, 930am-10pm.