Jason and I brought Joshua and Jimmy to the farm last rainy Friday and Saturday. Joshua has been a regular player on the sand, hunter of tiny crabs while it was the first time for Jimmy. We stayed overnight in the trailer home without electricity and we all enjoyed the "camping" adventure, cooking food on the portable gas stove, sleeping to the ocean's lullaby, collecting starfishes and sea urchins and letting them go after a creature squirted a poisonous pink substance.
Jason took home from China a number of seed packets which I gave some to Carling and Gary to plant. We identified the area with the strongest water source where the initial plantings will be concentrated. There are three water sources with tanks and machines but one is broken, the second in the middle portion of the lot is the strongest while the third is weak.
Two out of the four farm staff will attend the organic farm training seminar over at Costales Farm on January 23 - 25 so we planned the logistics. I talked to the neighbor with the prawn farm who has been interested in renting our fish ponds so that's a possible income generator. However, I need to check with my Mom.
Fifteen years ago, we planted hundreds of trees with Mang Pascual. His health has deteriorated so he let his son take over his job. He visited the farm to say hi and it was so good to see him after so many years, and for him to meet my three J's.
I bumped into my classmate's husband at a children's party on Sunday who happened to be into organic farming so all this serendipitous occurrences will hopefully lead to lush and productive farms someday.
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