Community-Shared Agriculture in the Philippines

Practicing Permaculture at Daang Kalabaw Community Garden

I made a rain garden to catch rain water and prevent water run-off and erosion. The rain garden also stores ground water for plants to use. My rain garden has citronella, kamaria, native raspberry, and marigolds. I also throw random seeds every one in a while. Read more about rain gardens here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_garden.

Planted a papaya near the squarefoot gardening beds. It will provide shade for the noontime sun.

 Marigolds...so pretty and easy to grow.

Cosmos now grow everywhere inside the garden but I don't mind. It attracts butterflies which are pretty to look at.

This batch of okra has been providing us with food for the past three weeks. I'll just wait for it to die and plant leafies in the triangular plot. The okra provided shade for my kangkong, labanos and chinese pechay.

I'm so happy my calamansi tree is bearing fruit after two years of waiting!

Zenia flowers of different colors occupy the herb section of the garden.

It's nice to grow corn in your backyard. You can cook it with any vegetable or you can just boil it and eat it on the cob. It's easy to grow and convenient to eat. Having sweet corn is a real treat. That's why...

...Cecilia (a volunteer) and I transplanted a new batch into the plots...

...sowed new ones! We sowed these 7 days ago.

I'm trying to create a small, dense food forest with a micro-climate where I can forage for food. It's not neat but it's very functional. 

My living greenhouse! The malunggay trees are alive..so my greenhouse posts will be ok for a long time.

Volunteers Visit Farms in Laguna

Eric Go from Manila and Kuya Nonoy of Kainos Farm

Harvested some fat cucumbers!

Harvested patola and arugula!

Cecilia Lim from Queens, New York with Jay of Kainos Farm