Ranjith Guest House - Mirissa, Sri Lanka

Ranjith Guest House - Mirissa, Sri Lanka Experience true Sri Lankan hospitality at Ranjith Guest House. Stay in our private double room with en suite - A great base to explore the local area.

The Space

The home itself is a well-kept, warm family home. As part of their house, they built an extra bedroom with double bed and attached bathroom especially for guests. Meals are served on the veranda, where we heard live organ music come from one of the neighbouring houses. Interaction with Guests

Your host, Sanjeevani, lives here with her husband Ranjith. Sanjeevani is all genuine smiles,

as she served us delicious Helepa, a Sri Lankan sweet she made herself, to go with the herbal tea. This treatment certainly was no coincidence, as she’s known to love cooking and can even give proper cooking classes to her guests. Ranjith is a happy chap too, who is a tuktuk driver so he can take you all over the place and can arrange for longer trips too, for instance to the Sinharaja forest. All in all a really nice couple of hosts, these two. The Neighbourhood

Once you get to the area around Matara you’ve reached the Southern end of Sri Lanka. It was here, standing on the Dondra Head that biologists spotted the giant Blue Whales only a few years ago, which kicked of Mirissa as a whale watching hub. Matara itself is where you arrive by bus, go to the bank and do some shopping, while nearby Midigama, Weligama and Polhena are where the surfers go. Further East lie the beach towns Tangalle and Rekawa, which is known for its turtle hatchery. This area would certainly be our choice for a beach vacation. Sanjeevani’s is located in a quiet residential area of Weligama. Everyone knows everyone here, so you’ll be a neighbourhood socialite in no time. Close to the temple, the island, the surf, that bunch of crocodiles… you’ve got it all right here.

03/05/2026

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08/04/2026

The pile of branches at the bottom of your garden is not a problem to solve — it is twenty years of soil fertility waiting to be used.

Hugelkultur — burying woody material under a raised growing area — turns prunings and logs into a slow-release water reservoir and nutrient source. The wood acts as a sponge underground: it absorbs rainfall and releases moisture slowly to plant roots through dry periods. Fungi colonise the wood and extend into the surrounding soil, building mycorrhizal networks that feed plants directly. The process generates gentle warmth as it breaks down.

Burning that material is legal in England in many areas but increasingly frowned upon by neighbours and restricted by local councils under the Clean Air Act. Burying it takes the same ten minutes and the soil does the rest.

How to install a buried hugelkultur bed:

Dig a trench 30 to 50 cm deep where you want the bed. Lay the largest logs and thick branches at the base — hardwood (oak, beech) lasts longest, softwood (willow, birch) breaks down faster and releases nutrients sooner. Layer smaller branches, dead leaves, and garden compost on top. Mound the soil back over to create a naturally raised bed. Water normally in the first year. By the second season, the wood retains enough moisture to reduce watering by roughly half.

What grows well over buried wood:

Butternut squash — thrives on the decomposing organic matter and gentle warmth from below. Carrot — the deep channels left by decaying roots give long carrots room to develop cleanly. Tomato — the consistent moisture produces more regular cropping than in standard beds. Perpetual spinach and Swiss chard — abundant leaves from spring through to the first hard frosts.

The branches you were going to burn are a fertility reserve for the next two decades. 🌿🪵🍅

06/04/2026

cooking experience #

06/04/2026
06/04/2026

# Authentic cooking experience # cooking class sanjee # cook with sanjee #❤

04/03/2026

Authentic cooking experience

04/03/2026
# review award 2026 # we are happy to announce ,
09/02/2026

# review award 2026 # we are happy to announce ,

23/01/2026

# Cook with Sanjee❤

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Jayalathgama, Udupila
Mirissa

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0094 71 840 8138

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