Gardens Or Hobby Farming In Philippines

[Old55]

Thomas, JJ have ether of you guys actively growing anything?

In those pictures JJ, I can see the raised garden beds. Most of the low laying land I have seen has very little top soil unless near a river or delta. I guess in most cases a raised bed of top soil is necessary. My garden here in the cool NW requires a raised bed to warm the soil.

Mike, why would you use aqua-phonics in Philippines? I bet you could grow some huge tomatoes!

[Jake]

The trees  include Avocado, two varieties of Orange, Mangosteen, Mango, Papaya, Kalamansi, Rambutan, Banana, Passion Fruit, and dwarf coconut.  After we arrive we plan on adding various vegetables like peppers, bitter melon, green beans, okra,  tomatoes, etc.  Papa is currently growing corn.  We can buy all of these at the local market, but fresh is always better and I like to garden.  Any surplus food can be sold by the family.  There will also be herbs.  Sorry Jake, cooking herbs, not smoking herbs!  I also ordered a book from Amazon.con on  Aquaponics and may give that a try.  My wife and I both love flowers, so we will always find space for them.  By the way, it is no accident that Durian is NOT one of the trees that we had planted.  :1927_:

Here you go boys and girls -- vomit alert!

 

 

Thank Mike J, I think.....he, he.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Jollygoodfellow

[intrepid]

Here is another newer subdivision geared around residental farming.  From what I have learned it is just larger lots(750m+) mostly towards the residential side. 

This is what I am interested in and only wish it were closer around the Sta Rosa area and a little cheaper.  Enough space for a n ice home and gardens with a clubhouse & POOL.

 

JJ, is your friends property north of this location?  I'll be ready in about 2 years!

 

 

http://lahuerta.opmc.ph/

[Thomas]

Thomas, JJ have ether of you guys actively growing anything?

In those pictures JJ, I can see the raised garden beds. Most of the low laying land I have seen has very little top soil unless near a river or delta. I guess in most cases a raised bed of top soil is necessary. My garden here in the cool NW requires a raised bed to warm the soil.

Mike, why would you use aqua-phonics in Philippines? I bet you could grow some huge tomatoes!

If I have understood corect, JJReyes has a farm in the Philippines,

a Swedish friend of mine has a small mango farm in Luzon.

I have never grown anything in Ph, hard to do before I live there  :)    

(In Sweden I grow raspberries and black currants at hobby level. As kid I assisted my grandfather and a neighbour at their farms, so I have some basic knowledge, but it need adjusting to Ph. If I start a profesional farm in Ph I will employ a specialist anyway, because my bad knees don't like to do any much farm work anyway  :)

 

Yes, in Ph it's huge differences between the different soils. Here is some information of main soils in different regions http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/Philippines/Philipp.htm#2.2

But for a small hobby farming you can of course add any soil you want  :)

[Jake]

Here is another newer subdivision geared around residental farming.  From what I have learned it is just larger lots(750m+) mostly towards the residential side. 

This is what I am interested in and only wish it were closer around the Sta Rosa area and a little cheaper.  Enough space for a n ice home and gardens with a clubhouse & POOL.

 

JJ, is your friends property north of this location?  I'll be ready in about 2 years!

 

 

http://lahuerta.opmc.ph/

Looks good Dan!  I'll be right over as your permanent visitor......he, he.

[JJReyes]

Thomas, JJ have ether of you guys actively growing anything? In those pictures JJ, I can see the raised garden beds. Most of the low laying land I have seen has very little top soil unless near a river or delta. I guess in most cases a raised bed of top soil is necessary. My garden here in the cool NW requires a raised bed to warm the soil.

 

Yes. While growing up, I was at the family farm most weekends and the entire summer involved with planting, cultivation and harvesting fruits and vegetables. We also had a piggery, quails, chickens and pigeons for commercial quantity squabs sold to high end Chinese restaurants.

 

Malvar is one of some 500 small farms in the Philippines now using natural farming, an agriculture technique and philosophy developed in Japan and Korea. It's an integrated approach creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly system. Waste from farm animals is mixed with leaves and other biodegradable materials and place in vermiculture pits. African night crawlers (earthworms) create the compost., which the worms push to the surface. You scrap off one inch everyday as your topsoil. The fertilizer is Indigenous Micro Organism (IMO). The other fertilizer is ash from the burning of debris. Those vegetable beds are very spongy requiring little or no tilling. Of course, no chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides in organic farming. 

 

What has ruined most of America's agriculture land is the excessive use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. It killed all the natural micro organisms and earthworms that aerated the soil. The land is "dead" requiring more chemical fertilizers for it to produce. Natural farming is merely a return to a more productive way of growing. There are extreme versions in natural farming such as allowing the scattered seeds to grow in competition with weeds and other ground cover. 

 

My personal advocacy is to supply Philippine farmers with GMO-Free, heirloom papaya seeds. This is to combat Monsanto and others who want to dominate world food production through the use of genetic engineered seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides which they own and sell. My seed distribution is free. The GMO seeds are sold at P750 for a packet with 125 seeds. When the trees mature and bear fruits from the seeds I supplied, the seeds from the fruits can be replanted. You need to go back to the corporation and pay another P750 for 125 seeds. If you don't, you was denying them royalty rights as the inventor of the seeds. They can take you to court. Maybe not in the Philippines. US farmers are constantly sued and they pay Monsanto between $200 to $500 million in fines for violation of Monsanto's patents.

[Curley]

Thomas, JJ have ether of you guys actively growing anything?

In those pictures JJ, I can see the raised garden beds. Most of the low laying land I have seen has very little top soil unless near a river or delta. I guess in most cases a raised bed of top soil is necessary. My garden here in the cool NW requires a raised bed to warm the soil.

Mike, why would you use aqua-phonics in Philippines? I bet you could grow some huge tomatoes!

 

Aquaponics is a very efficient way of producing your own fish and fruit/veg. No need to worry about the quality of the soil, you don't use any, definitely a great project for the Phils. There are a few people doing it in the Phils already, I found some info on it once. Google

[JJReyes]

Here is another newer subdivision geared around residental farming.  From what I have learned it is just larger lots(750m+) mostly towards the residential side.  This is what I am interested in and only wish it were closer around the Sta Rosa area and a little cheaper.  Enough space for a n ice home and gardens with a clubhouse & POOL.   JJ, is your friends property north of this location?  I'll be ready in about 2 years!

 

 

Malvar is between Tanauan and Lipa City, Batangas. The property is next to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Highway) which is a continuation of the Southern Luzon Express Way (SELX). To get to this farm property requires looping around the town of Malvar, but one border is actually the STAR Highway. La Huerta Farms & Residence requires exiting the last stop on SLEX. To continue in the direction of Lipa City requires the payment of a separate toll.

 

Our farm is for sale. The size is about 45 hectares (100 acres) with nearly 1,000 mature mango trees, 400 coconuts, 1,500 calamansi and all kinds of other tropical fruits except durian (my father hated it). During my last visit in April, we walked through the Philippine mahogany reforestation project. No one in the family knew how many trees were planted and when, but the trunks look to be at least one feet in diameter. I am looking into various ideas including a K-12 international green school similar to one in Bali, Indonesia; a continuing care retirement community; an agritourism u-pick fruits project; and small farm lots similar to the current topic.

Edited June 23, 2013 by JJReyes

[JJReyes]

Aquaponics is a very efficient way of producing your own fish and fruit/veg. No need to worry about the quality of the soil, you don't use any, definitely a great project for the Phils. There are a few people doing it in the Phils already, I found some info on it once. Google

 

Aquaponics is a good large backyard project in the Philippines. In my opinion, and this is very subjective, is the fish and vegetables are lacking in taste. 

[Curley]

 

Aquaponics is a very efficient way of producing your own fish and fruit/veg. No need to worry about the quality of the soil, you don't use any, definitely a great project for the Phils. There are a few people doing it in the Phils already, I found some info on it once. Google

 

Aquaponics is a good large backyard project in the Philippines. In my opinion, and this is very subjective, is the fish and vegetables are lacking in taste. 

 

 

A lot depends on what you feed the fish and the variety of vegetables grown. Feed the fish natural plants instead of the manufactured crap that is given to encourage fast growth and the flavour is far better, grow veg and fruit for the flavour and not their abundance and you'll have tasty healthy food for your family. Remember, you're doing this as a hobby not a commercial enterprise.