Reviving Kainos Farm with The Mulching Matsings - a nu wave farming band

Timi and Dan digging for garden soil and compost for our raised beds

That's me setting up our mobile multicab office (photo by Dan Sta. Romana)

Kuya Nonoy leveling out our raised beds

Timi and Dan labored the whole day to work on these seedling flats

I painted garden sign posts for our client gardens

That's us listening to Charlene of Good Food Community being interviewed by Kuya Ef on 702 DZAS's Oras na Pilipinas on our portable AM radio (photo by Dan Sta. Romana)

Seeing my seedlings survive Typhoon Glenda made me cry!

The training center's roof was ripped off like a piece of cardboard. Our wind turbine is gone too.

Our solar panels are gone too.

Our lounging area and dining area's anahaw roof was shredded by the strong winds

That's the roof of the dorms

The solar panels were put to rest under the training center. One is broken.

Sun-drying wood pallets early in the morning

Timi, Dan and Kuya Nonoy having lunch

The Mulching Matsing Column in Los Banos Times

LB Times Column Page 7, Vol. XXXIV Issue 5 June 2014

The Garden is Gone, But We Will Start Over Again!

Daang Kalabaw Community Garden has just experienced its first major typhoon. The trees are gone but the garden basically retained it "shape." The black bamboo is alive! The raised beds are okay and the fence is semi-fine. It's sad that the lanzones trees and mango trees fell down. Wala na tuloy akong tree wildlife corridor sa fence line. But that's ok, we can do this! As a permaculture designer, I'm glad that I saw how nature was able to shape my garden. Now I know how to work on my sectors. Remember, work with nature!

Kainos Farm TANIM-A-THON!!!

Nothing satisfies the THIRST to sow seeds like a Kainos Farm overnight Tanim-a-thon! For two days, Timi James R. Manching and I sowed seeds and made seedling flats like madmen. Then we watched The Lorax to further fuel our desire to sow seeds and plant veggies.

bed inspection in the morning. these baguio beans are looking good!

saying hi to our cucumbers and ampalaya. we then transplanted the ampalaya to a grow pot...ang ingay kasi nung mga pipino.

1st stage: Sweet Basil in seedling trays

2nd stage: Sweet Basil in seedling flats

group photo. we moved all our stuff to the farm dorm, para tabi-tabi kami sa gabi.

Timi practicing his carpentry skillzzz

Transplanting sweet basil seedlings while listening to Fall Out Boy.

Saying goodnight to our seedlings.

The Tanim-a-thon ends with a good view of Laguna and Cavite.

TCIP Visits Narnia, Laguna

All photos taken by Gwyneth Williams

Dhanuka 'danny' Buddhakorala and Gwyneth Iola of Transition Community Initiative Philippines, together with their friend Charlotte, went to visit us here in Los Banos aka The Narnia of Laguna. 

We went to check out the permaculture gardens of The Mulching Matsings and The Nu Wave Farmers:

Paulo Sandoval of Tara Farms 

Edu Foronda and Marisse Jubi Bonita-Foronda's House 

Daniel Richard Sta Romana of Dan's Garden Stujo

Malaya Salas and Yvette Beatrice Co of Bungang Araw Magic Garden 

and Kainos Farm 

We also did a tour of the UPLB Campus and the Makiling Botanic Garden.

And of course, we did The Health Walk!

Dinner at Cafe Antonio

Lunch at Satya Graha Cafe and Restaurant

Massage at Banahaw Heals Spa Los Banos, Laguna Branch

Snack at Ashoka Indian Healthy Cuisine

Photo op at Herb Republic

Juice and chit-chat at Jus Right

and farm visit at Makiling Hillside Delicacies

Los Banos is a wonderful place! 

Thanks to all of our gracious and happy hosts: Paulo, Edu and Ate Marisse, Dan, Maya and Yvette, Ann Tuico Papag, Kisig G. Lopez, Kuyang Mellord Zarraga, Raj K. Prasad, and Kuya Joel of Kainos Farm.

Thanks to Rick Jason Obrero of ICS and my son, Timi James R. Manching for accompanying us!

#TheHealthWalk #Elbivores #TheMulchingMatsing #NuWaveFarmers

Making Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) at Tara Farms

Chikan while shredding kakawati and ipil-ipil leaves

Kainos Week 24: Making Seedling Flats and Sowing Seeds with Timi

DAY 1: Making Seedling Flats

DAY 2: Sowing Seeds