Mango Fever Sets In The Month of May, 2011
May is the month of mangoes. We are all waiting for these green mangoes to ripen. The idea of picking mangoes myself from my farm was always a vision I had as a little girl. Mangos are my favorite...
View ArticleA Walk In The Grasslands of Cavite, Philippines
June is the first month of the monsoon season. A week has passed since the announcement of a major typhoon named "Chedeng," was headed for the Tagalog region where Cavite is located. The storm brought...
View ArticleSNAKES IN THE GRASS -- JUNE 2011
I usually take a walk-about my farm to check on every single area. My walk will start from the main house garden, to the flower beds along the center pathway, to open field, checking drains, and...
View ArticlePASSION FRUIT CAN CURE CANCER AND MANY OTHER AILMENTS!
My passion fruit vines are full of unripen green fruit. In a week, I expect more ripen fruit to harvest. Passion fruit is being studied by many medical laboratories to learn how it can cure serious...
View ArticleWhy I haven't posted anything for months...
I have been avoiding expressing my anger at my surroundings because quite frankly, I cannot do anything about what is happening. Global warming is affecting us all, but it is very true that majority of...
View ArticleShould I now learn to make snakeskin leather?
I will discuss one of the problems that is an indicator of the future changes that may happen at my farm as a result of global warming. I am now host to the wildlife that has decided to move nearer to...
View ArticleRemembering the energy of 20 years ago..and making a serious decision..
I've been staying too long in the city. My lungs hurt from inhaling the foul air, especially during the holidays when fireworks go off for hours after the clock strikes midnight during the New Year...
View ArticleThe Flash
I visited my farm yesterday, and fell asleep almost when I got in. The air was so fresh, the oxygen in the air totally relaxed me to the point I recovered many months of insomnia during a three hour...
View ArticleBanaba Tea -- Cure for Diabetes and Kidney failure
The banaba tree is a rainforest tree growing in Southeast Asia and India. The scientific name is "Lagerstroemia speciosa L" and it is a flowering tree that has lavender blooms. Banaba is also known as...
View ArticleRice Fields
I was traveling around my province of Cavite and it was still drizzling. Uncommon during this time when we are about to get into our tropical summer season. I stopped to admire farmers harvesting rice,...
View ArticleI can watch butterflies all day!
I was canvassing the internet on blogs that are about my favorite insect...the butterfly. I also love bumble bees! The Bumble Bees are huge, black and they love to pollinate my flowers! They don't harm...
View ArticleSummer Harvest 2013
I know it has been years since I came to blog something about my farm. I was devastated about being infested with pythons. The town where my farm is located has suddenly become the center of urban...
View ArticleRainy Season 2013
Rainy season automatically raises my flowers up from their sleep, and my little farm is now ablaze with color! I don't have a manicured property...in fact right now my project is to scatter flowering...
View ArticleDeluge Monsoon Season August 2013
I had a lovely weekend, despite the monsoon rains with my girlfriends who stayed over in my little farm in Silang. We had lunch in Marcia Adams, at a new little restaurant in Alfonso, Cavite. We stayed...
View ArticleFragrant Hawaiian Orchids
I have acquired a few new orchids for my farm. All the orchids originate from Hawaii, and I was delighted to see these were adult size, and already in bloom. I purchase these pampered plants from their...
View ArticleAN ORGANIC TIME PIECE..SUNDIALS..
SUNDIALS This blog entry is going to be about TIME! WHAT TIME IS IT? I keep hearing the phrases " Oh, time is up," or " there isn't enough time". Keeping time doesn't seem to be possible, but telling...
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I have refrained from writing about my farm in the countryside of the Philippines because of the urban sprawl around me. My 180 feet deep well is dry! Why? golf course nearby draining all the ground...
View ArticleA New Life For Rex
Today I went to pick up a dog that was recommended for rescue by a friend, Penny who saved an 8 month old puppy dog from the local dog-meat market. She was moving house, and she already has 2 big dogs,...
View ArticleDORMANCY...URBAN DEVELOPMENT ENROACHING ON MY FARM PERIMETER
The year has passed so I can be forgiving of whatever menace has been done to my farm. However, as I offered all the troubles to God, I have had to admit, I cannot do anything to fight a politician...
View ArticleGOOD BYE 2017....and farewell my dear friend, a kingfisher named RAMBO.....
Year 2017 Finally Ends The date : December 31 is eagerly anticipated! I can’t begin to welcome but, perhaps I cannot celebrate the New Year, 2018 unless it is over. I am sure that 2017 was good in one...
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