The Farm

     I was not able to post in here for quite some time... we moved to a farm and there's no reliable internet connection in the area.  I was able to view webpages and emails but uploading and downloading files were impossible so I got tired of trying.

     We are currently residing in the city of the province we lived in... Alaminos City where everything is accessible and now I can finally continue blogging.  We visit the farm when we have the time, we just need to earn more so we can continue improving what we have started.  I'm going to post things that we have accomplished in the farm.  So far, only few improvements were made since we needed a bigger budget to do major improvements there.

    
 The farm is almost 4 hectares and it is beautifully landscaped by nature.  Part A is where we built the house, it is where we can plant rice and vegetables and there's also a near pond wherein we can put some tilapia fingerlings.  Part B is where we can put cows, carabao's or goats or even native pigs.  There are 7 century old mango trees in this area, mango fruits are abundant during the summer season.

Part B

Part B - carabao grass everywhere

Palm Trees which are Areca Catechu trees.  There's a spring behind those palm trees.

Part B - we put the deep well in here, my husband pump the water and it goes directly through the house through this huge hose.

Part B

    

Part A of the map, this is the view in front of the house.  Main road can be seen from here so we can hear and see vehicles coming in and out of the community we live in.

First day of the construction of the house.

We needed to cut down a couple of trees which will be needed int he construction.

One of our friends were able to catch a poisonous snake.

Doing the footing of the house.

About more than a week and this is what is done.

      At the moment, a room, kitchen and a 16sqm bathroom was made.  Only a small part of the house and we needed to start the construction again since summer is coming.  It is the only time of the year where the materials can be delivered near our house.

     There are plenty of pineapples at the back of our house.  We are able to harvest about 5 pineapples a week. I just put the flesh in the blender and sieve it to remove the fibers and we'll have pure organic pineapple juice most of the time.  My husband still need to climb up a tree to see where the ripe ones are... I think there are more than a hundred pineapple plants here.  We're so lucky they are already growing here in the farm and have propagated on their own through their slips or suckers.  One pineapple plant can have about 4 to 6 slips and when we harvested the fruits, my husband and I patiently planted each of them.

Plenty of pineapples plants.

Pineapple on the lower part have 3 slips/suckers which can be planted to propagate them.

     We are able to plant some vegetables... and the benefits are very rewarding.  We also have some chickens and ducks. Next time we'll have more... we just need to improve it more so things will be so much easier.