As part of our newest project, “Tanom, Fatinas, yan Sustansia,” one goal is to develop and operate a Community Supported Agriculture Model Farm (CSA). The yield of the farm will be combined with the produce of other small farms and distributed via a subscription service with regular subscribers, by the end of 2014. Below you can see the progress of the farm, beginning with day one of our first planting!
Day One:
Planted seeds of basil (cinnamon, lemon, genovese and Siam Queen), mizuna (mustard greens), komatsuna (mustard mix for salads), rainbow chard, pak-choi, and hon-tsai-tai (Asian broccoli grown for the stems).
Day Four:
Baby mustard greens
Day 15:
Basil seedlings
Day 17
Planting basil
Day 18:
Planting basil
Day 31:
Basil
Day 37:
Basil
Day 39:
Picking basil
Day 45:
Peter setting up trellis
Day 67:
Peter picking basil for Pika’s Cafe
Day 75:
Red long beans for Pika’s Cafe
Day 88:
Peter using our new tiller
Day 96:
The guys clearing space to be tilled
Day 101:
Organically grown plants for sale! Donne’ sali, hungarian hot wax, serrano del sol, joes long cayenne, red rocket, yellow pear tomatoes, black cherry tomatoes, and okra
Day 102:
Okra and Eggplant
Day 103:
Manila bananas, okra, starfruit, papaya, baby avocado, long pole beans, cayenne pepper, and french breakfast radish
Day 106:
Donne’ Sali
Day 107
Peter putting finishing touches on cucumber trellis
Day 114:
Our first tomatoes, yellow pear and juliets
