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Organic Rice Production In The Philippines – What We Did It’s October and we are the first in our barangay (village) of Gumot to harvest our rice. This year’s harvest is the best we have had in 5 years of planting rice. Everyone in our area used to ‘laugh’ at our rice – usually privately…

The beauty about organic farming is that it’s comprised of many principles or activities, for example composting. So even if you have a conventionally farmed property you can still start to integrate organic principles into your everyday work flow. This is how Lily Of the Valley Organic Farm in  La Trinidad, Benguet got started. One…

                  Did you know that if you waited just a single day your results could be 200% better and your workload 80% less and your energy 180% higher? With results like these who would not want them! Most people wake up and just get the jobs done…

Back in  February we were showcased on ABS-CBN News Green Living program. It was the middle of the dry season then at a time when we get no rain for 5 to 6 months. Right now we are coming to the end of the wet season so it’s planing time for when we can grow things…

                  Since I started gardening in 1973 when I was 7 years old, everything I have learned has changed. I discovered organic farming when I was travelling in my mid 20’s in New Zealand and working as a WWOOF volunteer. Funnily  enough one of the people I met all those…

At Last! We have just updated our image history page ( at last! ). Agnes one of our guests from France took some great pics so do check them out: organic farm photos >  along with many other pics from the recent and far past. It’s always amazing for us to personally see how far…

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At last as of last week, in time for Kyra’s 2nd birthday party, we have finally finished all the final touches to the Happy House

Check out these recent past videos if you have not seen them…

Philippine Organic Rice Farming We have just started our Philippine organic rice farming experience. Last week week we planted our first rice crop. Everyone helped along with two guests, Julie from Denmark and Simon from the UK.