Our September Second Harvest - The Cabbage Harvest Has Begun!

Hello to all hardworking and unstoppable farmers and gardeners in this amazing community!

How are you doing?, I hope and pray that everyone is doing well, in good health and enjoying time with your plants and vegetables

Today, I’d love to share with you another harvest journey but this time, it's all about CABBAGE!

This is already our second harvest for the month of September, and we’re truly grateful even though the market price is a bit low. What’s most important is that our vegetables are of good quality and in good condition, so buyers are more likely to purchase them at a fair price. I just hope they don’t go to waste like some of our previous crops, which ended up being thrown away.

Since the cabbage is now ready to harvest, we couldn’t afford to delay especially with all the rain we've been getting lately due to moonsoon rain, which can cause the cabbage heads to crack. Thankfully, we had help from both our neighbors and family. This kind of group effort is what we call "comboy". This "comboy" is a big help specially harvest season, because we are harvesting tons here so we cannot do it on our own.

In our "Comboy" tradition, the ladies handle the cutting of the cabbage heads and place them into the baskets, while the men carry the baskets full of cabbage to the truck. This "comboy" really makes the whole process quicker and easier. We do this with all our crops during harvest season, it’s part of our way of life. We help each other out, and when it’s their turn to harvest, we gladly return the favor. Both Husband and wife must be there to help not just the Husband.

Harvesting is a truly rewarding experience for us farmers, especially when market prices are good and the crops are of high quality. However, there are times when things don’t go our way, whether it's due to low market prices or unfavorable weather conditions, like typhoons and rainy seasons. Still, we keep moving forward and stay positive, because we believe that challenges like these don’t last forever. Better days always come.

Being both a farmer and a mother is not easy, but I’m truly grateful to my husband and our neighbors for always being there to support us, especially during busy times like this.

I’m hoping and praying for more abundant harvests in the coming months not just for us, but for all of you, my fellow farmers and gardeners in this community.

Remember, As farmers, when we go through tough times or even face bankruptcy, we need to stay positive and keep going. We must continue planting, because the crops we sow today might be the very ones that lift us out from poverty someday because not all farmers are poor but there are some of us, like my family, who are still striving. And that’s why we never give up, instead we keep planting.

Thank you for taking time to read my farming blog. It really means a lot for me. MABUHAY!

*photos are mine and edited in canva