Digging of Holes for Moringa / Malunggay seedlings

A large portion of the 1 hectare field has already been cleared. We have started digging holes in preparation for planting malunggay seedlings.

Prepping and plotting.

  

Making the Shelter for our Workers at our Moringa Farm

Today is making-the-shelter day! We need a shelter where our moringa farm workers can enjoy their lunch and rest or have a siesta. We designed the shelter like a nipa hut, the traditional Philippine house, so it can shield them from the rains. Initially, this was where we planned to prepare and germinate the moringa (malunggay) seeds before planting them, but it's a bit far from our water source so we decided to make a shelter closer to our well.

Here are pictures of the construction:

Wooden posts

Cogon grass for the roof and body

Roof frame

Bamboo for the table and chairs

Our Moringa / Malunggay Farm - Grass Clearing Day

The farm workers have been doing a lot of clearing in the farm. The first plan is to clear and prepare 1 hectare of land first before we clear the other areas, so we can start planting malunggay seedlings. Unfortunately, out of the first 170 cuttings that we planted as perimeter fence, a lot of them were infested were termites. We are left with only 33 surviving cuttings. I think we have to keep this in mind next time we decide to plant cuttings again. We need to find a way and research some more so that the next cuttings won't be infested by these little pests.

See that cutting? That's only one of the surviving cuttings from the original 170 that were planted. It's exciting to see new branches springing out!

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Some of the cogon grass collected will be used as roof for the shelter.

 

To speed up clearing, some grass that were completely dry were burned.