The community farm in Tagumpay set up early last year for the victims of the heavy monsoon known as Typhoon Habagat has proved to be very productive (see blogs Apr 19, 2013 and Feb 14, 2014) despite being unusable during August to December because of floods. After harvesting about 1.6 tons of mustard and pechay since the start of this year, the farmers have paid back to Goducate the seed capital.
Another plot of land about 1000sq m in area and adjacent to the original 2000sq m farm has been made available to the farmers. It has been planted with a variety of vegetables, such as tomatoes, eggplants, sweet gourds, corn, and squash. With so much area to cover, watering has been difficult. Hence Goducate has bought a water pump for the farm. The farmers will repay the capital for this pump in stages. 4 wells have been dug. Each well is 6-8 ft deep and takes a day for 2 persons to dig. Water can be pumped directly from the well to the hose used for watering the vegetables.
