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).

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Day Four:

Baby mustard greens

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Day 15:

Basil seedlings

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Day 17

Planting basil

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Day 18:

Planting basil

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Day 31:

Basil

Basil seedlings

Day 37:

Basil

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Day 39:

Picking basil

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Day 45:

Peter setting up trellis

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Day 67:

Peter picking basil for Pika’s Cafe

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Day 75:

Red long beans for Pika’s Cafe

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Day 88:

Peter using our new tiller

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Day 96:

The guys clearing space to be tilled

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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
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Day 102:

Okra and Eggplant

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Day 103:

Manila bananas, okra, starfruit, papaya, baby avocado, long pole beans, cayenne pepper, and french breakfast radish

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Day 106:

Donne’ Sali

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Day 107

Peter putting finishing touches on cucumber trellis

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Day 114:

Our first tomatoes, yellow pear and juliets

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