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- Fr. Christian Sabili, our parish priest blessing our land
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- Jay preparing the plot
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- Ate Rose overseeing the applying organic fertilizer to the plots
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- Dorm pips watering the newly mulched plots
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- Chers & Ai watering the beans & okra
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- Ready to harvest upo!
Last April of this year, we started to venture into organic farming as one way of sustaining our mission of the dorm. It was also last April that Pondo ng Pinoy 2-year project of food sustenance for the dorm ended. Providence sent us Kuya Chong who taught us(the students, volunteers and sisters) the technicalities of starting an organic farm. The FMA Provincial Office & Bishop Pabillo provided us the initial funds, the parents of the students gave their share of organic fertilizers, while the whole dorm was enthusiastic in giving their share of labor. We had our first taste of the fruits of our project last May, 2008, when we harvested 9 kilos of pechay. As of end of June, 2008, we were able to harvest: 58.57 kilos string beans; 58.30 upo; 43.38 eggplant; 24 kilos cucumber; 8 kilos patola; 4.5 kilos kalabasa; 3.05 kilos radish; 2.55 kilos tomatoes; 9.55 kilos pechay; 6.50 kilos mongo, etc. So that practically our harvest of these vegetables has provided us the bulk of our food consumption!
