It's Green in the Farm!

It's been a while since the farm posted something here, but that doesn't mean we were quiet in the farm. In fact, it has been busy these past few months!

Mostly, we harvested a lot of produce after a marathon planting season. Indeed, seeing life happen is such a surreal thing. We planted, waited, watered, expected, and one day (or weeks I should say) miracles start to sprout. I say miracles because not all that we planted grew to become what they are now. And farming really brings me back to ground in awe of God's great design in nature. We plant, the sun shines, rain moistens the ground, we water when it's dry, and God makes them grow. 

For the past few months, we've been having mustard greens, lettuce and a lot of herbs. We've started recording most of what we got, and it's been overwhelming!

Basking in their sunshine! So green, so mustard!

They look like a lined-up army...of mustard greens!

Thanks for all the love Ate Lisa II!

Perfectly-lined heads of lettuce!

They curly design is hypnotic, intricate yet you know they dance in a pattern!

This is what I'm saying about only God can make things grow. See those six heads of lettuce who didn't grew past their size? They were all planted at the same time, same group of seeds, same plot, same sunshine, same water....

---February 17, 2015

The Joy of Harvest!

When I asked Juli what's the best thing in farming, she answered with "harvest". And I'm pretty sure that's what most people will say, including myself. There's joy inexplicable seeing a plant come out from a seed. 

Who could resist these lettuce? 

Months of uncertainty blossoming into its beautiful beacon. 

And today, I had the sweetest corns I've ever had. I munched bits of them raw and wanted to finish them as they were. But one thing that struck me was that they aren't perfect. They're bungi-bungi as shown in the next photo. But these corns simply told me one story, that if you're not pretty, it doesn't mean you're not valued? These are the most imperfect corns one can harvest but these are the sweetest ones above par. Lesson? Don't judge a corn by its cob. Or more like, that beloved of yours has all the beauty inside.

I wonder if it can it be harvest season all the time? Can I be spared of dying seedlings? Can seeds just sprout into trees and bear fruit at one's click of fingers? I doubt it....